The forty-second annual report of the Railroad Commission of Georgia, 1914

THE LIBRARY OF
THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA rift Of
Georgia Railroad Commission

FORTYSECOND REPORT
OF THE
RAILROAD COMMISSION
OF
GEORGIA

PRINTED BY FOrEft DAVIES CO l l ijLANTA
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 1915
To His Excellency John M Slaton Governor
Sir The Railroad Commission of Georgia has the honor to submit herewith its 42nd Report the same being for the year ended December 31st 1914
The title of the Commission is misleading its jurisdiction extends over every public utility in the State and it would be well if its official designation so indicated
The number of utilities under the jurisdiction of and reporting to the Commission increases year by year The following table gives the number and character of utilities reporting for 1914 as compared with 1913
Number and Classification of Corporations Reporting to the Commission for
1914 and 1913
Street Railroads Gas Electric Light and Power Companies 1914 57 1913 KQ
Steam Railroads 67 O
Terminal Companies 5
Express Companies
Telegraph Companies 2 O
Telephone Companies 90 1 12 92 11
Cotton Compress Companies
Total 234 229
During the year the Commission made final disposition of 598 petitions complaints or subjects requiring formal action or order the number and character of subjects thus disposed of in comparison with 1913 being as follows
Number and Character of Cases Formally Handled by the Commission During
1914 and 1913
Passenger fares and service
Freight rates 176
Freight service 45
Claims for overcharge loss damage and demurrage 120
Side tracks and spurs
Depots and stations
Street car service andfares 9
Gas and electrib rates and servjce
Express rates and service 24
Telegraph and telephone service and rates 27
Stock and bond issues 1 13
Miscellaneous 20
Total I 598
Commission During
1914 1913
68 66
132
105
120 101
19 26
59 59
9 13
18 12
24 37
27 41
13 9
20 17
ti 598 618
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Showing a decrease of cases formally handled in 1914 under the previous year of 20
We are inclined to the belief that this slight decrease in formal petitions and complaints requiring action by the Commission notwithstanding the increase in the number of utilities under the jurisdiction of the Commission is due to two causes towit the lessened volume of business done by utilities during the last four months of 1914 owing to the general business depression brought about by the European war and to the much improved and more cordial relations now existing in Georgia between public utilities and the people they serve
Of the fact that these relations are friendlier there is no question This desirable state has been largely the result of broader and more liberal policies upon the part of railroads and other utilities in their dealings with the public
As tolls and rates of public utilities are exactions of the public for services rendered the public has the right to such information in regard to the necessity therefor and the earnings thereunder as will enable it to form correct opinions as to their reasonableness
These utilities enjoy franchises granted by the public to the end alone that it may be efficiently served and hence the public has the right to correct and full information as to their use and the private benefits from such use
Conceding that just rules and regulations for the conduct of their business with the public are essential the public still has the right to have such information as to the underlying reasons for their promulgation as will enable it to reach intelligent conclusions as to their reasonableness and justness
When members of the public have claims of any character against carriers or other public servants they have the right to demand and expect prompt business methods in their handling and if declined intelligent statement of the reasons for such action
The growing recognition of these principles by public utilities in this State in their everincreasing services to and dealings with the public is a fact and the results are beginning to show in more cordial relations between the served and the servant
The interests of the public in and their plain right to information in regard to the business of serving it and the rates rules regulations and practices necessary to such service are emphasized by the fact that during 1914 it paid for these services the vast sum of 7308613494
The following comparative tables show the steady increase in the business and financial operations of the public service corporations of Georgia
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Summary of Financial Operations Intrastate of Corporations Subject to the Jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Georgia for the Fiscal Years 1912 1913 and 1914
Railroad Companies 1914 1913 1912
Gross Earnings 67 Cos 5307995177 5155958306 5081355022
Operating Expenses 67 Cos 3955589157 3885423023 3665196256
Net Earnings 61 Cos 1355580383 1275226070 1419521254
Deficits 6 Cos 3174363 4690787 3362488
Terminal Companies j 3 LtoL O 10 miciIf1 WUtf f7L
Gross Earnings 13214669 14218288 8293275
Operating Expenses 24798439 22889296 24152222
Net Earnings 2 Cos 1082671 1309847 552933
Deficits 3 Cos 12666441 9980855 16411880
Telegraph and Express Companies
Gross Earnings 349500908 201601873 191670508
Operating Expenses 338084269 203379935 187927586
Net Earnings 2 Cos 13173274 3726167 5017897
Deficits 1 Co 1756635 2204495 1274975
Compress Companies
Gross Earnings 100784938 75619410 122258164
Operating Expenses 68752208 55807756 80404720
Net Earnings 12 Cos 32032730 19943784 41853444
Deficits
Street Railroad Power Gas and
Electric Light Companies
Gross Earnings 1174084861 1074777078 999849038
Operating Expenses 614703277 569999533 503224297
Net Earnings 54 Cos 560496832 507450003 496831321
Deficits 3 Cos 1115248 2672458 206580
Telephone Companies
Gross Earnings 363032941 343030366 316421274
Operating Expenses 198723228 201503800 179746694
Net Earnings 88 Cos 164360254 141699005 136981622
Deficits 3 Cos 50541 172439 307042
Totals for all Companies
Gross Earnings 235 Cos 7308613494 6865205321 6719847281
Operating Expenses 235
Cos 5200650578 4939003343 4640651775
Net Earnings 219 Cos 2126726144 1949354876 2100758471
Deficits 16 Cos 18763228 19853164 21562965
The number of companies indicated in the foregoing statement as reporting relates only to the year 1914
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It should be borne in mind that from net earnings as given above taxes and interest charges must be provided for before there can be any distribution of earnings as dividends to stockholders
It is encouraging to note that the net earnings of all public service corporations in Georgia for 1914 exceeded those of 1913 by 1773713
The fiscal year of steam railroads covered by the foregoing ended on June 30th 1914 The reports for 1914 therefore do not reflect the results on their operations caused by the European war which commenced about August 1st 1914
Perhaps more than any other section of the United States the South has felt the depressing influences of a war among the wealthiest and most populous of the European nations
Cotton is our great staple crop and the principal source from which our financial needs are supplied Next to Texas Georgia is the largest grower of cotton The 1914 crop was large and all the indications up to the breaking out of the war pointed to fair prices for a bountiful yield of this great staple
With the outbreak of this war our European cotton markets principally England Germany France Austria and Russia were partially or practically closed and the demand and consumption reduced with disastrous effect on prices
Every business line in the South felt these effects during the past fall and winter and possibly no one except the cotton growers more than the railroads
Their gross earnings for the past six months show declines as compared with the same period last year of from fifteen to forty per cent They have not been able to reduce maintenance and operating expenses correspondingly and hence their gross and net earnings for the fiscal year ending June 30th next will undoubtedly show heavy decreases
But for this one great and disastrous influence wholly external to our State and the South and for which we are in no sense responsible the year 1915 would beyond doubt have been one of the most prosperous and satisfactory in the history of Georgia carriers
The depressing effects of the war have also been appreciably felt by other public service corporations such as the Express Companies Telegraph and Telephone Companies and Street Railroad Companies though not to the extent experienced by steam railroads
From an examination of the monthly reports of railroads to the Commission we believe the worst has passed although we are satisfied that the improvement so much desired will come slowly so that economies of operation and management must be practiced for quite a season yet
STEAM RAILROAD MILEAGE
No new line of railroad has been constructed in Georgia during the past year although through extensions of existing lines there have been increases of 2994 miles in main line 1241 miles of main line second track and 2178 miles of side or passing track
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The following table shows the actual mileage in the State in operation June
30th for the past two years towit
1914 1913
Miles single track main line 732572 729578
Miles second track main line 11045 9804
Miles siding passing and yard track 198921 196743
Total miles of rail all descriptions
in actual operation 942538 936125
Increase 1914 over 1913 6413 miles
NEW RAILROAD DEPOTS
During the fiscal year ending June 30 1914 forty new freight and passenger depots were erected in the State as compared with fiftyfive last year
Because of the unusual financial conditions prevailing during the past six months the Commission has not insisted upon the erection of new depots or extensive improvements in old except in instances where there were either no accommodations at all or such as did exist were wholly inadequate and insufficient for the public business
The public generally seems to have appreciated the situation and has not been unreasonable in its demands
STEAM AND STREET RAILROAD ACCIDENTS
The report of accidents required by the Commission from steam and street railroad companies includes all persons killed or injured in the operation of their roads separating them into three classes towit Passengers Employees and Other Persons The lastnamed class includes mail express and news agency employees as also trespassers and persons lawfully upon rights of way as at public crossings etc
Last year one of the principal trunk lines of the State misunderstood the scope of the Commissions inquiries and reported in its list of accidents to employees a large number of minor and inconsequential injuries to persons in its employ in shops and upon road sections in no way connected with its road operations
This character of accidents has been eliminated from its report for 1914 and hence there is a very large apparent decrease in its list of accidents
Leaving out of consideration however this decrease because of last years erroneous report there has been a most encouraging decrease in accidents
Steam and street railroads have been pressing upon the public and their employees Safety First principles and practices with such pleasing results as to deserve the commendation of the public and of Commissions
The following comparative tables are interesting
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Steam Railroad Accidents
1914 1913 1912
Passengers killed 8 13 16
Passengers injured 321 439 512
Employees killed 33 62 74
Employees injured 689 1898 2284
Other persons killed 53 91 101
Other persons injured 177 210 249
Total killed and injured 1281 2713 3236
Street Railroad Accidents
1914 1913 1912
Passengers killed 0 0 0
Passengers injured 994 1012 897
Employees killed 0 1 0
Employees injured 129 121 82
Other persons killed 9 12 18
Other persons injured 302 289 333
Total killed and injured 1434 1435 1330
The street railroads reporting the above number of accidents transported
during the year 105585000 passengers that not one was killed is a fact
greatly to their credit
The total number of persons killed and injured on both steam and street railroads in Georgia during 1914 was 2715 as compared with 4148 in 1913 and 4566 in 1912
The carriers of the State deserve the highest commendation for their concern in and increasing efforts for the safety of their passengers and employees
STOCK AND BOND APPROVALS
The past year has not been distinguished by marked activities in the organization and development of new public service enterprises This is true of the whole country as well as of Georgia Applications to the Commission for approval of stock and bond issues for new corporations have not been numerous
The approvals for the past year have exceeded those of the previous year but with one or two exceptions they have all been for reorganization or consolidation of existing enterprises
These approvals have been as follows
Capital stock totals 4052525000
Mortgage bonds totals 1348926194
Time notes and equipment trusts 155025000
Total approvals 5546476194
As compared with 1886186207 in 1913
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TAXES PAID IN GEORGIA BY PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS The public service corporations under the jurisdiction of the Commission report that they paid taxes during 1914 to all taxing jurisdictions such as State County Municipal and School Districts aggregating 292293997
The following table shows the amounts paid by each class of utilities and also a comparison with the years 1913 and 1912
1914
1913
1912
By steam railroads 188045901 178706123 1729 413 89
By terminal companies 4212743 3989451 3958213
By express companies i 2043233 2088571 1943547
By street railroads gas electric light
and power companies 74290030 72085046 36049551
By telegraph companies 2907419 2174611 21J6323
By telephone companies 17381419 16050252 14825261
By cotton compress companies 3413152 2757570 2571373
Total 292293997 277848624 234465657
Increase in taxes paid in 1914 over 1913 14345373
Increase in taxes paid in 1914 over 1912 57828340
THE WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD
The possibility that the General Assembly which convenes in June may have under consideration during its sessions the proper disposition of the States road upon the expiration of the present lease suggests to the Commission the propriety of embodying in this report such details as to its operations under the present lease as are in the possession of the Commission and Avhich may be of use to the General Assembly in its consideration of the question of future disposition
The Commission is not charged with any special supervisory duties as to this road its relations to it have been and are exactly similar to those of the Commission to every other railroad within the State The Commission has only required of the operating company such reports as are required of the other railroads of the State
Prior to 1911 these reports were submitted by the lessee the Nashville Chattanooga St Louis Railway and included the operations of all rail in this State owned or leased and operated as a part of its system
Beginning with 1911 the Commission has required a separate report of the operations of the Western and Atlantic Railroad proper excluding other leased or owned properties in this State operated by the lessee as parts of its system
From these reports for the past four years we have compiled the following statistics as to gross earnings operating expenses net earnings characteristics of the road traffic handled etc
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RAILWAY OPERATIONS Cents Omitted
1913
193005 2922112
1914
Gross earnings 3006811
Operating expenses 2209058
Net earnings 797753
Gross earnings per mile 21976
Operating expenses per mile 16145
Net earnings per mile
Per ct operating expenses to gross
earnings
Analysis of Railway Operating Earnings 1914 1913
1912
1911
3019683
2209058 2279820 2103593 2045622
797753 913184 818519 974061
21976 23337 21357 22070
16145 16662 15374 14951
5830 6674 5982 7119
7347 7140 7190 6774
1912
1911
TTroicrlit VOVPTinP 2098205 2262888 2051791 2201468
571457 587936 553842 523148
I ttSScilgcI icvciiuc htJOPilPP rPVftTlllP 8364 8781 9145 8421
JuiXCcDb Uagbcloc icvcuuc 94485 87454 78597 78568
113991 114280 113086 105718
r4t nncoonopr VQ1T1 TPV PlTl 11 P 463 588 301 5
Utner PabScllci U am icvcuuc Switching and special service Revenue other than transportation Less Dr Joint Facilities 1200 82946 38097 82293 49981 79419 37128 70217 33284
Total operating revenue 3006811 3193005 2922112 3019683
Analysis Railway Operating Expenses
1914 1913
Maintenance way and structures 220233 197582
Maintenance equipment 451273 453475
Traffic expenses 109495 101523
Transportation expenses 1344389 1448748
General expenses 83666 78491
1912
196580 443238 105278 1283715 74772
1911
216838
438306
96017
1227133
67327
Total operating expenses 2209058 2279820 210 593
AUXILIARY operations
Revenue
1914 1913
Dining and special car service 22018 21465
Hotels and restaurants 26149 28499
1912 16933 28356
1911
23011
31459
Total 48167
Expenses
1914
Dining and special car service 26362
Hotels and restaurants 26087
Total 52450
Loss on auxiliary operations 4282
49964 45290 54471
1913 22465 28524
50990 1025
1912 18680 29451
48132 2841
1911
26077
31234
57312
2840
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TRACK AND TERMINAL RENTALS T racks
1914 1913 1912 1911
A B A R R at Atlanta 4550 7800 7800 7150
Seaboard Air Line Ry at Atlanta 16249 16250 16249 16235
L N R RAtlanta to Junta 61919 59919 60911 56624
Seaboard Air Line Ry at Howells 2606 2867 1790 1800
Southern Railway at Dalton 2530 2760 2760 2760
Total track rentals 87854 89597 89692 84569
Yards and Terminals
A B A R R at Atlanta 3500 6000 6000 6000
L N R R at Atlanta 1000 1000 999 999
Seaboard Air Line Ry at Atlanta 2000 2000 1999 1999
Southern Railway at Dalton 240 240 240
Total yard and terminal 6740 9240 9239 8999
Total track yard and terminals 94595 98837 98931 93570
ContraTrack and Terminal Payments
Georgia Railroad at Atlanta 3250 4499 4499 4500
Ala Great Southern Ry at Chatta
nooga 806 485 924
4056 4985 5424 4500
Mrs C Wallace lot Marietta 75
D P Montague switch track Chat
tanooga 1935 1669
Totals 6066 6654 5424 4500
Net track and terminal rentals 88529 92183 93507 1 89070
Miscellaneous Rentals
1914 1913 1912 1911
Buildings and other physical property 35449 33037 31229 32124
Private sidings etc 240 76 45 514
Totals 35689 33113 31274 32638
Charges Against Miscellaneous
1914 1913 1912 1911
Expenses of properties 11480 1209 1246 1521
Taxes on properties 10455 7584 7584 6141
Totals 21935 8793 f 8830 7663
Net from miscellaneous rentals 13754 24320 22444 24975
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CONSOLIDATED INCOME ACCOUNT
1914 1913 1912 1911
Net rail operating revenues 797753 913184 818519 974061
Less railway tax accruals 19363 17842 18112 17461
778390 895342 800407 956600
Less loss on auxiliary operations 4282 1025 2841 2840
774108 894317 797566 953760
Plus track and terminal net rentals 88529 92183 93507 89070
862637 986500 891073 1042830
plus net miscellaneous rentals 13754 24320 22444 24975
876391 1010820 913517 1067805
Less net bal for hire of equipment 266655 279348 273645 287853
609736 731472 639872 779952
Less interest on overcharge claims 66
Net earnings of leased property 609670 731472 639872 779952
Less rental paid state 420012 420012 420012 420012
Net profit on leased property 189658 311460 219860 359940
Corrected account of Cents Omitted
in calculations 18965602 31145733 21985870 359940
NoteTire net corporate income as stated by the Company is 33496252 An examination of the Consolidated Income Account as included in the Companys report apparently omits a credit of 24975 from Property and Buildings rentals If this apparent omission is one in fact the net corporate income should be as we have stated omitting cents 359940
The net earnings of the leased property excluding rental paid the State for each of the years given above show earnings of 5 per cent on
1219340000 for 1914
1462944000 for 1913
1279744000 for 1912
1559904000 for 1911
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MILEAGE
On June 30th 1914 there were in operation
13682 miles of main line single track
633 miles of main line second track
10229 miles of siding passing and yard track
24544 miles of all tracks in operation All main line track is laid with steel rails Practically all of the road is ballasted with rock
TRAFFIC STATISTICS
Passenger 1914 1913 1912 1911
Number of revenue passengers transported 505378 526119 504080 475521
Number of revenue passengers carried one mile 27181208 28150250 26145498 24341420
Average distance carried miles 5378 5351 5187 5119
Total passenger revenue cents omitted 571457 587936 553842 523148
Average amount received from each passenger 113 111 109 110
Average receipts per passenger per mile cents 0210 0208 0211 0214
Total passenger train revenue cents omitted 788761 799041 754973 715863
Total passenger train revenue per mile of road 5764 5840 5518 5232
Number of tons revenue freight carried Freight 2096674 2328755 2114821 2247063
Number of tons revenue freight one mile 212523965 241392446 215096693 226525985
Average distance haul one ton miles 10136 10366 10171 10081
Total freight revenue cents omitted 2098205 2262888 2051791 2201468
Average amount received for each ton 100 0971 0970 0979
Average receipts per ton per mile mills 987 937 954 972
Total freight revenue per mile 15335 16539 14996 16090
Of the total number of tons of freight transported in 1914 428463 originated on the Western and Atlantic Railroad and 1668211 tons were received from connecting roads and carriers
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CHARACTERISTICS OF ROAD
There are on the road 25 iron bridges with an aggregate length of 4291 feet the shortest being 13 feet and the longest 596 feet
There are 37 trestles with aggregate length of 2869 feet the shortest 12 feet and the longest 479 feet
There is one tunnel 1478 feet in length
There are 8 overhead highway bridges on the line two overhead railway
bridges and one underpass
EQUIPMENT IN USE JUNE 30TH 1914
Locomotives owned 9 leased 49 58
Cars in passenger service 59
Cars in freight service 2851
Cars in company service 47
Total cars in service of which 196 owned 2761 leased2957
The owned locomotives and cars are we presume the property of the State
LITIGATION
At the time of our last report there were pending in the courts the following litigation to which the Commission was a party
1 In the Federal Court for the Northern District of Georgia Bills by the Southern Railway the Central of Georgia and the Atlantic Coast Line pending since 1906 in which permanent injunctions against the enforcement of Circulars 316 317 and 318 issued by the Commission in 1906 reducing the percentages above the Commissions Standard Tariff which these roads are allowed to charge were asked
2 In the Superior Court of Effingham County a suit against the Seaboard Air Line Railway for a violation of the Commissions Freight Rule 33 involving the misrouting of a shipment of potatoes
3 In the Supreme Court of the United States an appeal by the Wadley Southern Railroad from the affirmance by the Supreme Court of Georgia of a penalty judgment for 100000 by the Superior Court of Jefferson County for a refusal upon the part of said railroad to obey an order of the Commission directing the discontinuance by it of certain discriminatory practices between connections in the matter of prepayment of charges In this case the Wadley Southern Railroad attacked the constitutionality of the penalty clauses of the Act of 1907 enlarging the duties and jurisdiction of the Commission
4 In the Federal Court for the Northern District of Georgia a Bill by the Seaboard Air Line Railway seeking permanent injunction against the enforcement of an order by the Commission requiring physical connection and interchange of freights between the Seaboard and the Lawrenceville Branch Railroad at Lawrenceville with a decree by the Court declining to grant the injunction
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if In the firstnamed cases involving the validity of Circulars 316 317 and 318 issued in 1906 the Court has since the writing of our last report handed down decisions permanently enjoining these circulars on the ground that they were issued without due process and therefore void
These cases are therefore at an end
2 The suit in Effingham Superior Court was disposed of by a consent verdict and confession of liability by the Seaboard the refunding to shipper of overcharges and the payment of court costs
3 The Wadley Southern case has been disposed of by a judgment of the Supreme Court of the United States upholding the constitutionality of the Act of 1907 and affirming the judgment of the Supreme Court of Georgia sustaining the Commissions order
4 The Lawrenceville physical connection case has been appealed by the Seaboard Air Line since our last report to the Supreme Court of the United States where it is now pending
The Commission is glad to report that this is the only case pending in any Court to which the Commission is a party
CLAIMS
The Commission is pleased to report marked improvement and despatch in the handling of claims by the carriers of the State since it had occasion to comment on this subject in its last report
A considerable number of contested claims still reach the Commission with occasional complaints or exceptions to their manner of handling We are glad to report however that these complaints of delays in and of unsatisfactory handling are less frequent than heretofore
A technical arbitrary or careless claim agent can and does make enemies of shippers Claimants have a right to demand the intelligent and prompt handling of their claims When declined they are entitled to a plain statement of the grounds upon which declined and if such statements are given in a courteous manner in most cases claimants are satisfied
We believe at this time that probably every important railroad line in this State is making honest efforts to handle claims promptly and equitably
That these efforts are fairly successful is shown in the lessened number of complaints now reaching this office
Of course there will continue to arise honest differences of opinion between carriers and shippers as to the legality or justice of many claims and these will continue to reach the Commission as they should
REVISION OF EXPRESS RULES TARIFFS AND CLASSIFICATIONS
In its last two annual reports the Commission has made mention of the fact that it was engagfed in the very considerable and important task of making complete revision of our State Express Rules Tariffs and Classifications To this work the Commission and especially its able and industrious Rate Expert have given much time study and labor
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During practically the same period tlie Interstate Commerce Commission was making a most exhaustive investigation and study of the rates practices and services of all Express Companies with especial reference to their interstate business with the result that some eighteen months ago it handed down a final order placing in effect a radically new system of rates and rules governing the interstate practices and services of these companies
This Commission through its Rate Expert kept in constant touch with this investigation by the Interstate Commerce Commission and gave to its final orders on the subject our best thought and study
As a result the Commission has adopted for Georgia with modifications the general scheme of block rates made effective by the Interstate Commerce Commission on interstate traffic thereby bringing about uniformity in the method of stating express rates and the classification of the different commodities that move by express
The modified subblock system of constructing express rates was adopted after a most careful study as to its effect on Georgia traffic
Explaining the method of constructing the new Georgia rates as well as the modifications made therein from the Interstate Commerce Commission s scale it is only necessary to say that
Each interstate block is subdivided for Georgia traffic into sixteen 16 subblocks and rates provided for transportation between subblock points rather than between points in the Interstate Commerce Commissions main block or adjoining Interstate Commerce Commission main blocks which has the effect of very materially reducing the rates on short haul traffic between Georgia
points
The firstclass express rate in Georgia under this method begins with 50 cents per hundred pounds for Georgia shipments instead of 65 cents as on interstate shipments Food and drink commodities are rated secondclass in the interstate plan at 75 per cent of firstclass this percentage has also been followed by the Georgia Commission in fixing secondclass rates except that it has been the purpose of this Commission to protect native grown fruits and vegetables and certain other food and drink articles and therefore in lieu of the 75 per cent of firstclass rate made applicable on interstate shipments this Commission has prescribed for the same distances on Georgia shipments that such articles shall be transported at 60 per cent of the firstclass rate The commodities on which this reduced rating is applicable are shown in the Commissions order of June 9th 1914 printed elsewhere in this report
Express tariffs or rates are more easily ascertained today than ever before All rates in Georgia together with all rules and classification governing are printed under one cover Express companies are treated as the unit of transportation and not the railroad companies Express rates while published on the subblock basis are in reality based on mileage regardless of the number of railroads handling or the number of express companies handling a particular shipment There is only one rate and one way to ascertain that rate regardless of the route that shipments may move The Commission has required the express companies to make publication of rates rules regulations
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and classification prescribed by this Commission covering all intrastate express traffic and a copy of said publication can be bad on application to this office
The Commission hesitates to put the State to the expense of reproducing in this annual report the entire express rates rules regulations and classification believing that a separate issue of the express rates as above suggested is much more desirable to the express shipping public than if included in this report along with railroad rates and regulations resume of the work of the Commission for the past year etc
EXPRESS MARKET BUREAU
The Commission takes pleasure in commending the Southern Express Company for establishing and placing in operation its Market Bureau While of course the primary desire of the Company is to secure for itself the transportation of the marketable small products of the State it is at the same time and in this effort rendering to the fruit and produce growers dairymen poultrymen and others very real and valuable assistance
It has occurred to us that one of the serious problems confronting the average small fruit or produce grower the dairyman or poultryman is to find a ready accessible cash market or buyer for his products
It is the aim of this Express Market Bureau to assist in bringing together the grower or producer and the consumer or his supply agency
This Bureau issues and scatters broadcast throughout the State publications containing names and addresses of
1 Shippers and dealers in fish oysters shrimp etc
2 Growers and dealers in butter eggs poultry etc
3 Growers and dealers in oranges apples peaches and other fruits
4 Growers and dealers in vegetable and garden products
5 In addition it issues frequent market bulletins containing reliable and seasonable information as to prices demand supplies and available markets for such fruits and food products as oranges apples vegetables bread butter eggs poultry fish oysters sausage fresh meats hams bacon etc
The Commission believes that there is a great field of usefulness for this Bureau in supplying reliable information to growers producers and shippers of such food products as above mentioned as to markets and dealers and like valuable information to dealers as to who and where are the growers and producers
One of the real difficulties in securing a diversification of farm products in Georgia is in the finding of a market therefor
It is to help growers find markets and purchasers that this Bureau has been created If in such a real service to shippers the Express Company can secure transportation benefits such a fact should in no wise prevent our commendation of the effort it is making at the same time to help our growers and producers of food products
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RAILROAD MARKET BUREAUS
What has been said as to the Express Market Bureau for the smaller products should also be said in commendation of the Southern Railway Central of Georgia Atlanta Birmingham Atlantic Railroad the Georgia Southern Florida Railway and possibly other railroads which have established and are effectively maintaining similar Bureaus for the purpose of assisting farmers along their lines in introducing new methods in diversification of crops and in the reaching of profitable markets
Some of these roads have established and are operating experimental farms for demonstration purposes as well as disseminating information as to animal industry the improvement of cattle horses and hogs the business of dairying the cultivation of diversified crops etc
The Commission heartily commends these efforts to upbuild our State and to encourage the development of its splendid agricultural resources
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
This duty the Commission has heretofore undertaken
Our report for last year contained a number of recommendations which seemed to us to include needed legislation some of them urgent
These recommendations we renew and earnestly ask at the hands of the General Assembly their consideration
Respectfully submitted
Chables Mubphey Candler Chairman
Geobge Hlllyeb ViceChairman
v Joseph F Gbay
Paul B Tbammell
James A Pebby
Commissioners
Campbell Wallace Secretary
J Pbince Websteb Rate Expert
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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 ofthis 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 or taken to impair the obligation of any contract heretofore made by the State of Georgia
Par VII The General Assembly shall enforce the provisions of this article by appropriate legislation
Tower to regulate rates and fares
Corporations subject to the provisions of this Constitution
Corporations not authorized to buy shares tending to defeat competi tion
No secret
rebate
allowed
Not intended to impair contracts
Appropriate legislation required
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Liability of Railroad Companies as carriers
Time of responsibility
What passengers may be refused
Carrier of passengers
For baggage
On baggage
Limit as value of baggage
The following references to the laws of the State on the subject of transportation of passengers and freight by Common Carriers are here inserted as relating to matters of general interest
A
Railroad companies are common carriers and liable as such Code of Georgia section 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 poip 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
to A carrier of passengers may limit the value of the baggage to be taken for the fare paid In case of loss however and though no extra freight has been demanded or paid the carrier is responsible for the value of the baggage lost
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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 the day and night and lights during the night for the use of passengers Any conductor or agent of a railroad who after being requested by a passenger to furnish a sufficient supply of water to the passengers in each car in the day or night and light at night shall pass any depot or station without so doing may be indicted in any county through which said railroad runs of which he is agent or conductor and shall be punished as for a misdemeanor Code Sections 522 and 523
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
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
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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
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
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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 the 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 thegoods 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 begone 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
Duplicate
freight
receipts
Liability of railroads where there are several
Roads required to deliver to and receive cars from connecting roads
Weighing by sworn weigher
When lumber etc laps from one car to another
Unjust discrimination prohibited
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
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The following is the law under which the Railroad Commission was created being Act No 269 Part 1 Title 12 of the Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia 18781879
AN ACT
TOprovide 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
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
Commlsloners appointment term and salary
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Location of office employment of Secretary expenses etc
Extortion by railroads forbidden
Unjust discrimination forbidden
Duty of commissioners
sioner becomes disqualified in any way be 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 IV That if any railroad corporation as aforesaid shall make any unjust discrimination in its rates or charges of toll or compensation for the transportation of passengers or freights of any description or for the use and transportation of any railroad car upon 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
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the safety of freight and the public comfort may require Provided however That before applying joint rates to roads that are not under the management and control of one and the same company the Commissioners shall give thirty days notice to said roads of the joint rate contemplated and of its division between said roads and give hearing to roads desiring to object to the same shall make reasonable and just rates of charges for use of railroad cars carrying any and all kinds of freight and passengers on said railroad no matter by whom owned or carried and shall make just and reasonable rules and regulations to be observed by said railroad companies on said railroads to prevent the giving or paying of any rebate or bonus directly or indirectly and from misleading or deceiving the public in any manner as to the real rates charged for freight and passengers Provided That nothing in this Act contained shall be taken as in any manner abridging or controlling the rates for freight 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 saidrailroad 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 freightand passenger transportation to be allowed for longer and shorter distances on the same or different railroads and to ascertain what shall be the limits of longer and shorter distances
Sec 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 to time and as often as circumstances may require change and revise said schedules When any schedule shall have been made or revised as aforesaid it shall be the duty of said Commissioners to cause publication thereof to be made for one time in some public newspaper published in the cities of Atlanta Augusta Albany Savannah Macon Rome Athens Americus and Columbus in this State at a rate not to exceed fifty cents per square of usual advertising space when less than a column is Occupied or more than twelve dollars per column when as much space as a column or more is occupied by inserting said schedule or change of any schedule so that said newspaper shall not charge for such advertising any rate in excess of that allowed for county legal advertising and after the same shall be so published it shall be the duty of all such railroad companies to post at all their respective stations in a conspicuous place a copy of said schedule for the protection of the people Provided That when any rate or change is made by the Commissioners that affects only one road or roads in a particular locality
Commissioners shall make schedule of rates publish same etc
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Jurisdiction and power of Commissioners
Power of Commissioners over contracts between railroads
Injuries resulting from violation of rules
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 beprinted and published as aforesaid shall be received and held in all such suits as prima facie the schedules of said Commissioners without further proof than the production of 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
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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
Buies of evidence
Meaning of terms
Duplicate
freight
receipts
Reports of Commissioners
Power of Commissioners over witnesses
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Railroad officers to report to Commis sioners
Duty to Investigate through rates
Shall call attention of railroad officials to discriminations
Shall appeal to Interstate Commission
AttorneyGeneral to represent Commission
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
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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 lesseesin this State from charging other than just and reasonable rates and to punish the same and to prescribe a mode of procedure and rules of evidence in relation thereto and to appoint Commissioners and to prescribe their powers and duties in relation to the same approved October 14 1879
Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of this State and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same That the caption of the above recited Act he and the same isNhereby 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 be no settlement of the same without the consent of the said Commissioners so that said section when amended shall read as follows If any railroad company doing business in this State by its agents or employees shall be guilty of a violation of the rules and regulations provided and prescribed by said Commissioners and if after due notice of such violation given to the principal officer thereof ample
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 TV of original act
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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
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
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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 6e 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 suchdiscrimination 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
Commission to fix charges for storage
And when such charges shall begin Power to vary rates
Provisions of other acts as to Railroad Commission applied
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Express and Telegraph Companies to be under the control of the Commission
For rgula tion 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
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 wholly or in part in this State so far as said provisions of the Code can be made applicable to any corporation company person or persons owning controlling or operating a line or lines of Express and Telegraph The said Commissioners shall also have power and authority to require said companies to locate agencies at Railroad Stations
Sec 2 Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That the powers of the Commissioners to regulate charges by corporations companies and persons herein referred to shall apply only to charges by express for transportation from one point to another in this State and messages sent by telegraph from one point to another in this State
Sec 3 Be it further enacted That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed
Approved October 21 1891
CARS FOR WHITE AND COLORED PASSENGERS
AN ACT
To require all railroads doing business in this State to furnish equal accommodations and separate cars or compartments for white and colored passengers to require said companies to furnish comfortable seats and to sufficiently light and ventilate said cars to provide for keeping white and colored passengers in their respective cars or compartments to give conductors and other employees of railroads andconductors 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
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
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Cars to be
comfortable
etc
Railroad Commission may regulate transportation of freights
Shippers requirements of
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 OP FREIGHT AN ACT
To further extend the powers of the Railroad Commission of this State and to eonfer 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 wich 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 after 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 Commissionit 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 cthe rules and regulations of said Railroad Commission such shipper conbrjpjor iiail ilikewise be subject under proper
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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
An 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 hall 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 pary 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
Bills of lading between points within State
Claims against railroad companies penalty for failure to pay
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Railroad Passengers station accommodations for at night
Penalty for tediare to provide
Railroad Commissioners election of
Term of office and elections
be recovered but tbe 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
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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 be held under the same rules and regulations as now Regulations apply to the election of governor of this State
Sec 4 Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That in case of Vacancies 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 be 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
Five Commissioners
Terms of office
Qualifications of Commissioners
Chairman of Board
Rate Expert
Printed reports admissible as evidence
Section 1 From and after the passage and approval of this Act the Railroad Commission of Georgia shall consist of five members to be elected by the qualified 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 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 in this State and who is not directly or indirectly interested in any mercantile 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 It shall be the duty of 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
Sec 4 The said Railroad Commission is hereby authorized and empowered 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
The printed reports of the Railroad Commission published by its authority shall be admissible as evidence in any court in Georgia without further proof and the schedules of rates made by the Commission and any order passed or rule or regulation prescribed by the Commission shall be admissible in evidence in any court in Georgia upon the certificate of the Secretary of the Commission
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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 railroadsand street railroad corporations companies or persons owning leasing or operating street railroads in this Staj provided however that nothing herein shall be construed to impair anyalid 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 StateJ 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 herebygiven authority to examine into the affairs 1 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 1t 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 hereundr 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
Authority
over Street
Railroads
Docks
Terminals
and othr
corporations
Power of Commission
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Side tracks
Passenger
Physical
connection
Overcharges and losses
Transferring
cars
Depots and Agents
Schedules
Issuance of Stocks and Bonds
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 procure 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 itsjudgment 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 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 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
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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 be 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 be refunded by any issue of stocks or bonds or by any evidence 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 jpublic 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 actr 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
Indebtedness payable within twelve months exempted
Commissioners required to treat official information confidential
Liability of corporations
Repeal of Sections of Code
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Repeal of Sections 3 and 4 Act approved August 23 1905
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 upon the Commission the power to regulate the time and manner within which the several railroads of the State shall receive receipt for forward and deliver to its destination freight the said sections applying to penalties 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
Penalty for violations of Rules and Orders of Commission
How action to recover penalties may be brought
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 be 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 tenu 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
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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 any 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 PenalCode 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 fund 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
Punishment for aiding or abetting violations
Officers approving or directing violations
Domicile of Commission
Contingent and Printing Funds
Attorney to Commission
Repealing
Section
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CARS FOR PEACHES CANTALOUPES ETC
An Act
To require railroad 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 cbst of the first or initial icing in the event that the
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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 entitledAn 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 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 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
Rallroad Commission powers of
Experts
employed
Spur tracks
Regulation of passenger service
Connections may be required
Overcharges etc adjusted
Freight carriage of etc regulated
Depots
Schedules
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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 in the 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
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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 i Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia Railroads That from and after the passage of this Act it shall be unlawful for any rail cketsof road company having an office or agency within the State of Georgia to refuse ejecting 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 At rate fixed rate fixed by the Railroad Commission of this State for passage over lines of 5y KallroaJ such connecting roads less such amount as may be directed to be deducted etc SS1n from such rate by any one or more of said connecting lines and it shall be Unlawful to unlawful after the sale of such ticket to refuse to issue check or checks for rfuse t0 baggage over such connecting lines and upon such tickets to the extent that gagekoverS the baggage may be allowed to be checked under the ordinary rules and regu CineseCtins lations of said companies
Sec 2 Be it further enacted that it shall be unlawful for any railroad com Unlawful to pany operating or doing business wholly or partly within this State to refuse tfekete in51 to put on sale with the agents of any other railroad company wherewith it sale may be directly or indirectly connected tickets for any point upon its lines of Siting road or to refuse to receive such tickets for passage over its lines or to re lines fuse 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 fo receive6 with any other railroad company may demand a reasonable deposit of money or other reasonable security to recover the price of suchtickets so placed on gage S sale and may demand from time to time such renewals of such deposits or Proviso other security as will protect it from any loss by reason of the amounts received from the sale of such tickets
Sec 2 Be it further enacted That for every violation of any of the provisions Penalty for 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
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Carriers opon application must trace freight
Penalty for failure
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 line 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 informations in writing within the time prescribed then said carrier shall be 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
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GENERAL RULES
RULE i
The word Company as used and intended by any and all of the rules and Definition of regulations of theCommission shall be deemed and taken to mean and include Conny 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 All unjustafford to all persons equal facilities in the conduct of such business without SoBfeS unjust discrimination in favor of or against any and wherever special facili denties 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 ah rate
public and the giving of any rebate bonus or drawback is hereby expressly lina fldeforbidden No rebates
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
Rates of Commission are maximum rates
Rates may be reduced below maximum provided no discrimination is made
RULE 4
Each company shall keep conspicuously posted at all of its stations offices Tariffs to
and agencies in Georgia a copy of the schedule or schedules of rates prescribed beeRt
by the Commission for the government of such company pOS
When any change is made in such schedule either by such company volun Changes in
tarily or pursuant to an order of the Commission such company shall imme iariff8to
ne posted
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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
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 ihere 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
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 first train practicable provided however that carriers will not be required to accept for transportation the following articles
Bank Bills Coin or Currency Deeds Drafts Notes or Valuable Papers of any kind Jewelry Postage or Revenue Stamps Precious Metals or articles manufactured therefrom Precious Stones
RULE 9
In no case shall any company collect 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
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RULE 10
All just claims for overcharge and loss shall be paid within thirty days after Claims for claim supported by proper papers is made therefor Claims for loss shall be ovrfharge paid by the company at fault but claims for overcharge shall be paid by the SS 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 Monthly the last day of each month a report duly sworn to showing the earnings and RePrtsexpenses of such company during the month preceding
Each railroad terminal express and telegraph company shall file in the office Annual of the Commission on or before the fifteenth day of September of each year a Reports
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
All of said reports shall be rendered on and in accordance with the printed Blanks furforms that the Commission will prescribe and furnish for that purpose nished by
In addition to the foregoing each of such companies shall furnish such other otteMn1011 reports and information as the Commission may require from time to time formation to
Furthermore it shall be the duty of each of said companies to proudce for w1ienrrehed the inspection of the Commission any and all books papers contracts agr S
ments and other original records of any character whatsoever that may be in tobe pro C possession of said company or within its power custody or control or copies 1nce thereof as may be demanded and designated by the Commission
RULE 12
All complaints made to the Railroad Commission of alleged grievances must How to bring plainly and distinctly state the grounds of complaint the items being numbered Complaints and objections all being set forth in writing procedure
Both in cases of complaints and when the Commission initiates action notice Giving notice shall be given to the persons or corporations interested in or affected thereby t0 1terested ten days 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
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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
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
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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 io cents per 100 pounds
For 30 miles and over 20 15
40 30 20
60 40 25
70 60 30
80 70 35
90 80 40
100 It 90 45
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
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Must receive bagpage and issue claim checks
For 110 miles and over 100 50 cents per 100 pounds
120 V 110 55
130 120 55
140 130 60
160 150 70 a it
170 160 75
180 170 80 a tt
190 180 85 a u
200 190 90 a a
210 200 95 i
220 210 100
230 220 105
240 230 110
260 240 115
290 260 120
320 290 125
350 320 130
400 350 135 a
J 450 400 140 n
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
All railroad depot or terminal companies in this State shall receive at all stations where they have agents all baggage proper for transportation pre
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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 storage within twentyfour hours after being so received or where baggage is allowed charses 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 Basgge
unless the baggage shall have been checked fifteen minutes before the departure checked 15 Of that train minutes be
fore train
RULE 7 leaves
Nothing in the rules of this Commission shall be construed as placing any Excursion restriction upon the privilege of railroad companies to make special rates for rateaax excursions or for any other special occasion emp e
RULE 8
All of the various kinds of tickets that may be on sale at any and all other Must sell offices of a given railroad company in any given town or city shall likewise icketsat 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
A11 Passenser waitingrooms at junction points and passengercars in use comfortal by railroads in this State shall be kept supplied with suitable sanitary or blecars sterilized drinkingcups which shall be placed or kept so as to be at all times Ks 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
nuUUi ju
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 passengertrams
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
m which case such rooms shall be kept open until the actual arrival of such delayed trains
Waitingrooms to be opened before arri1 of trains At nonjunction stations
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RULE 11
Delayed trains must be bulletined Whenever any passengertrain on any railroad in this State shall he more than onehalf of one hour behind its schedule time it shall be the duty of said railroad 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
Notice to be given of obstructions 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
Convenient stopping of passenger trains 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
Guns on passenger trains 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
Careful handling of baggage 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
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FREIGHT RULES
RULE 1
Where in this State two or more connecting lines of railroad are operated by or under one management 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 he considered as constituting but one and the same railroad and rates for the carriage of freight over such railroads or any portion thereof shall be 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
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 bills of lading shall show separately and in detail the weight and freightclass 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
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 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
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
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
Continuous mileage ratea when applicable
Freight to be promptly received
Bills of lading what they must show
Prompt delivery of freight to consignees
Expense bills what they must show
Prompt interchange of freight
Actual weights to govern
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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
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 pr 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
I sworn weigher for the
at do certify on oath that I this
day of weighed car number of 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 disconnectedexcept where articles lapped and that it was free from all bearing of other car or cars that the scales so used were balanced immediately before weighing said car and that to the best of my knowledge the abovementioned weights are correct
Signed
Weigher forRailroad
At
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In the event a carload shipment originates at or moves from a point where there is no track scales it shall he the duty of the carrier to have the same weighed at the first convenient weighing station in the general line of direction in which the shipment moves and immediately thereafter upon written request furnish the shipper with a true copy of the weight certificate above prescribed
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 be
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 3500lbs
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 3000lbs
Mare and Foal together for both 2500 lbs
Colts under one year old each 1000 lbs
Colts Donkeys or Ponies crated each actual weight hut not
less than 1000 lbs
Cow and Calf together for both 2500 lbs
Yearling cattle except bulls each 1000 lbs
Yearling bulls each 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 but not less than 100 lbs
Hogs boxed or crated each actual weight but not less than 150 lbs
Pigs boxed or crated each actual weight hut not less than 100 lbs
GoatsSame as Sheep
KidsSame as Lambs
Uve stock weights
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Extra charge for high valuations
Live stock regulations
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 V 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 shipperand 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 mixeSl 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 3000 lbs
White Pine and Poplar green per 1000 ft 4000 lbs
Yellow Pine Black Walnut Ash seasoned per 1000 ft 4000lbs
Yellow Pine Black Walnut Ash green per 1000 ft 4500 lbs
Yellow Pine Boards 2 in and less seasoned and undressed
per 1000 ft 1 3500 lbs
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Yellow Pine Boards 2 in and less dressed and seasoned per
1000 ft 3000lbs
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 in 24000 lbs
Hooppoles Staves and Heading green car loaded to depth of
43 in 24000lbs
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 150lbs
Sand per cubic yard 3000 lbs
Stone crushed per cu yard 1 2500 lbs
Gravel per cubic yard 3200 lbs
Stone undressed per cubic foot 160 lbs
Lime per bushel 80 lbs
Coal per bushel 80 lbs
Coke per bushel 40 lbs
Portland Cement per barrel 400 lbs
Other Cements per barrel 300 lbs
CANNED GOODS
2 lbs 2 dozen cans per case 60 lbs
1 4 dozen cans per case 70lbs
IVa flat 2 dozen cans per case 36 lbs
1 2 dozen cans per case 22 lbs
1 4 dozen cans per case 42 lbs
2 2 dozen cans per case 42 lbs
3 2 dozen cans per case 65 lbs
6 tu 1 dozen cans per case 65 lbs
1 gallon cans dozen cans per case 45 lbs
1 gallon cans 1 dozen cans per case 90 lbs
Tall 1 pound can 2 dozen cans per case 24 lbs
Tall 2 pound can 2 dozen cans per case 50 lbs
Tall 1 pound can 4 dozen cans per case 46 lbs
RULE 8
Fractions that occur in the net rate after adding or deducting any percentage 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
Estimated weights Lumber canned goods etc
Fractions how disposed of
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Percentage of Increase how applied
by the Standard Tariff fractions of threefourths of a cent or over shall be 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
Total 81 from which deduct fraction leaving desired
rate of 8 cents
Ex 2Standard Rate 95
20 per cent added 19
Total 114 Substituting 5 for the fraction the desired
rate is 115 cents
Ex 3Standard Rate 8
20 per cent added 16
Total 96 Substituting 5 for the fraction the desired
rate is 95 cents
Ex 4Standard Rate 55
25 per cent added 13
Total 68 Adding a unit instead of a fraction the
desired rate is 7 cents
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
Total204Deducting 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 freignt specific provision is made for a certain percentage above the Standard Tariff that percentage alone shall be applied to the Standard 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
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But on the contrary where the freight classification in classifying any given Percentage article or class of freight specifies a percentage of decrease below the Standard of decreaseTariff 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 How to apply that in the freight classification is assigned to a certain class without percent Percentages age regardless of any percentage of increase that may be allowed upon other ncreasearticles 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 intra Equal fastate business shall at all terminal and connecting points to any other rail all rdl road company whose tracks are of the same gauge afford under substantially roadssimilar 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 DiscreClay Stone Brick Bone Lumber Shingles Laths Staves Empty Barrels Wood auction on Syrup Sugarcane Straw Shucks Hay Fodder Corn in ear Tanbark Tur these artlpentine Rosin Tar and Household Goods below the maximum rates prescribed ces 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 ship Loading ments of naval stores in carload lots and any goods in classes L M N O and foadfng to P and whenever railroad companies are required to do such loading or unload Redone by ing the actual cost thereof may be collected upon such shipment shipper
Articles not included in Classification
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L C L rate not to exceed C L
C I 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 insutU cient
Passenger trains rates of freight on
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 7 00
For 5000 6000 pounds 8 00
For 6000 7000 pounds 10 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 articles are loaded on an open car on account of being too long or too bulky to be loaded through the side door of a box car they shall be charged at the actual weight and class rate for each article provided that in no case shall the charge for each shipment for one consignee be less than 4000 pounds at firstclass rate
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
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RULE 18
Where short of 100 miles the actual distance that a shipment may be car Distances ried is not shown by Standard Freight Tariff charges may be collected as for fernirur8 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
For distances over 100 miles where the actual distance is not shown by the Over ioo Standard Tariff the next greater distance shown shall govern For example mIles
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
A ton as intended by all of the regulations of the Commission is 2000 pounds Ton Defiunless otherwise specified nition of
Unless otherwise specified in the Freight Classification of the Commission Minimum a minimum carload is ten tons carload
Where the weight of a shipment of any class of freight exceeds the specified Carloads carload weight for such freight charges for the transportation thereof shall ofmiifi8 be based upon the carload rate per hundred pounds applied to the actual weight eight 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 carload weight of one class of freight at one time by one consignor from one dSfinUi point of consignment to one consignee at one point of delivery of
RULE 20
Where owing to the length size or other peculiarity of articles composing a Lapped shipment such as lapped lumber more than one car is required for the trans lumoer portation thereof freight charges may be assessed as if upon the prescribed etC 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
Where pursuant to any rules or orders of the Commission or otherwise it Telegraph shall become the duty of a railroad company or where such company shall vol Slsteibuuntarily undertake to transport poles wire and other materials for the con tln of on struction maintenance operation or repair of telegraph or telephone lines and Say f 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
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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
All such freights shall be billed 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 con signor 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 except to and from team tracks of connecting carriers 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 200
Delivering carrier 00
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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 100
Delivering carrier 200
When a charge is made for the transportation of a loaded car between such points ho 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 company 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 the 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
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
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Inspection facilities for
Joint rates
Narrow gauge railroads carloadweights
Transfer to and from narrow gauge railroads
Reduced rates on returned shipments
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
NoteDisposition of fractions in constructing joint rates by use of Freight Rule No 27 Upon consideration the Commission hereby interprets its Freight Rule No 27 to mean that fractions resulting in the deduction of 10 per cent from the locals of each line as required by said rule shall be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of Freight Rule No 8 before combining the factors which constitute the joint rate
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
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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
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
RULE 30
Unless otherwise specifically provided in the Classification any package mxed containing articles of more than one class will be charged at the rate for the shipments highest class articles contained therein
When 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 he 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 he arrived at by applying the less carload rate for each article at the actual weight thereof
RULE 31
Upon the request of a consignee or consignees of carload shipments for Reweighreweighing a car or cars providing such request is made within the free time shipments 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
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Overloading cara by shippers
Routing
shipments
Penalty for failure to observe routing Instructions
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 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 the 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
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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 Lhe 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
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Allowance for dunnage
Notice of arrival of goods to be given 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 define shall be a condition precedent to the collection by railroad companies of any storage charges upon any shipment notice of arrival of which has notbeen 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 daysafter 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
Notice how served and information given 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 ef 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
Free time 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 disputa the Commission shall judge
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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 sufficient 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 ene day
Order
notify
shipments
Substantial compliance
Amounts that may be charged
Arrival
definition
of
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RULE 5
Cars must be accessible for unloading 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
Rejected shipments 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
Distant con signees 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
Detention of cars by shippers 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
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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 th 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 tOthe 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 bn less than carload shipments 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 this Commission 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
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Railroads must promptly deliver freights at destination
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 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 is located And if it be necessary in reaching the designated side 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 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
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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
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 made place such car or cars at an accessible point for loading or unloading same on any sidetrack on its line that may be designated Jjy 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
Railroads required to accept cars from connecting lines for placing
For a violation of any provision of this Rule the railroad company at fault shall within thirty days after demand in writing is made thereof 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
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BULBS GOVERNING THE ERECTION AND LOCATION OP RAILROAD EXPRESS AND TELEGRAPH DEPOTS STATIONS AGENCIES AND OFFICES
Depots etc to be estab lished
No discontinuance of agencies without consent of Commission
Application for depots what they should show
Separate waitingrooms for white and colored
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 every depot station office and agency now maintained conducted or used in Georgia by any railroad express or telegraph company doing business in this State for the transaction of business with the public is hereby formally established and located at the point and on the premises where the same is now being so 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
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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 hack to the office where itoriginated 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 Ho 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 be 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
Tari If of rates
Limits of free
delivery
Time of Sling messages to be shown when desired
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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 P 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
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originarordendUCed S6rViCe sha11 be reported monthly as contemplated in the
The Commission will call for such special reports from time to time as it deems proper
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 Geor
Obdeked 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 Fubtheb Obdebed 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
By order of the Board Campbell Wallace
Secretary
H W Hill
Chairman
Office of the
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
Atlanta October 21 1909 File No 7065
where such officers or employees hold no public office etc By order of the Board
Campbell Wallace
Secretary
wauo uc duittuuea so as not to require reporting of transportation issued to dependent members of families of railroad officers and employees
H W Hill
Chairman
Office of the
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
Atlanta October 25 1907
GENERAL ORDER No 2
gia and it is
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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 P Montgomery S G McLendon
Secretary Chairman
Office of the
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
Atlanta October 29 1907
GENERAL 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 P 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 he 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
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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 Montgomeby s a McLendon
Secretary Chairman
GENERAL ORDER No 5
Office of the
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
Atlanta October 29 1907
Obdebed 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
Obdebed Fubtheb That a copy hereof be mailed to each of said companies without delay
By order of the Board
Geo F Montgomeby s a 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 Montgomeby s Q McLendon
Secretary Chairman
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Office of the
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
Atlanta November 6 1907
GENERAL ORDER No 7
Ordered 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 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 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 pwning 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
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Office of the
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
Atlanta January 3 1908
GENERAL ORDER NO 9
ordered by the 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 q McLeitoon
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 sard order extended therefore it is now
Obbebed 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 compames and further that no electric light or gas oompaw 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 Montgomeey S j McLend0
Secretary Chairman
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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 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 anl those that may hereafter be fixd
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 sr 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 P Montgomery S G McLendon
Secretary Chairman
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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
Obdebed That so far as relates to shipments between points in Georgia said action of the railway companies is unreasonable and not authorized by any rule of this Commission
Obdebed Fubtheb 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 Hillyeb
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
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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
Obdebed 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 Hillyeb
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 serviceshall 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
Secretary
H W Hill
Chairman
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Office of the
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
Atlanta December 23 1909
FileNo 9163
GENERAL ORDER No 15
Whereas 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
Whereas said companies corporations and persons are from time to time changing their schedules of rates and charges as provided for by said rules and
Whereas the files of this office do not contain complete information as to all rates and charges published by said companies corporations and persons it is
Ordered 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 jj W Hill
Secretary Chairman
Office of the
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
Atlanta February 1 1910
File No 9220
GENERAL ORDER No 16
Ordered 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 speediest information of each derailment or collision on its line in which any person is injured whether passenger employee or other person stating the time place and character of such accident and shall within 48 hours thereafter 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 ifascertained and such other information as may be called for by the Commission
Ordered Further That on or before the tenth day of each month each of said railroad and street railroad companies shall file a written report of all
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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
Ordered That beginning February 3rd next each Railroad in this State be required to reportin 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
Ordered That beginning April 1 1910 each railroad and street railroad company in this State be required to notify this Commission a3 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
Ordered Further That on or bfore the 15th day of each month each 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
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Office of the
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
Atlanta August 11 1910
GENERAL ORDER No 19
File 9221
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
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 ity
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
Station to be Repobted
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 Valdosta
Albany
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 H W Hill
Secretary Chairman
Note This order suspended by the Commission on April 28 1915 until further notice

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Office of the
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
Atlanta October 7 1910
File 7333
GENERAL ORDER No 20
Whebeas the Railroad Commission of Georgia by General Order No 3 adopted as applicable to free transportation between points in Georgia the terms governing interstate free transportation prescribed by the Act of Congress approved June 29th 1906 known as the Hepburn Act and
Whereas 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 with a minimum charge of twentyfive 25 cents
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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 Candles
Secretary Chairman
Office of the
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
Atlanta July 12 1912
File 10663
GENERAL ORDER No 22
On and after October 1 1912 each railroad company operating in Georgia shall keep conspicuously posted at each of its stations offices and agencies in Georgia the following notice
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 be found beginning on page 55 of this report
OFFICE OF THE
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
Atlanta November 8 1914
File 10913
GENERAL ORDER No 23
In the Matter of Publishing and Filing Tariffs with the Railroad Commission
of Georgia
Section 1 All tariff publications containing rates fares charges rules regulations etc covering Georgia intrastate traffic shall conform in general style and makeup to the form prescribed by the Interstate Commerce Commission Sec 2 All changes in rates charges rules regulations etc shall be sym
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bolized and such explanations made thereof as will indicate the character of the change
Sec 3 No tariff shall contain in excess of four supplements or amendments unless special permission be first obtained from the Railroad Commission of Georgia to issue supplemental or amendatory matter in excess of said four supplements
Sec 4 All tariffs must be filed in the office of the Railroad Commission in accordance with the general rule of the Commission prescribing that advanced rates must be filed ten days before the effective date and reduced rates three days before the effective date provided however that the filing of such tariffs with the Commission shall not be construed as an approval of any of the rates charges rules regulations etc of any carrier which advances a charge or decreases a service which has not been authorized by the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Sec 5 That each carrier shall within six months from February 1 1915 file in the office of the Railroad Commission a local commodity tariff publishing all local commodity rates effective between all local stations on its line which are not published in the general commodity tariffs such as lumber fertilizer cotton seed oil etc and thereafter only have in effect one such local commodity tariff
Sec 6 That each carrier in this State shall within six months from February 1 1915 file in the office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia a Georgia interline commodity tariff publishing all Georgia commodity rates effective between all stations on its line and all stations on other lines in Georgia which are not published in the general commodity tariffs such as lumber fertilizer cotton seed oil etc and thereafter only have in effect one such local commodity tariff provided however that the Commission will construe as a compliance with Sections 5 and 6 a consolidated issue carrying all of the commodity rates above enumerated or will permit the consolidation of such local commodity tariffs with its regular local mileage tariff
Sec 7 Carriers will only he allowed to enjoy the benefits of the Commission s General Rule No 6 permitting the long route lines to meet the short route lines rates when proper tariff publication is made to cover in advance of shipments
Sec 8 In the construction and publication of rates on commodities embraced in the Commissions twothirds of sixth class rating the basic sixth class rate shall be the regularly published and filed sixth class rate of the various carriers
Sec 9 In interpreting the Commissions Freight Rule 10 providing for the use of Southern Classification on Georgia shipments where the Georgia Classification does not provide a specific rating the term N O S when shown in the Georgia Commissioners classification shall be construed as specific rating in said Georgia Commissioners classification
The above tariff rules and regulations shall become effective on and after February 1 1915 and repeals everything in conflict
By order of the Commission
Campbell Wallace C M Candles
Secretary f Chairman
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
J P Brown Chairman a
H Warner Hux L Commissioners
Jos M Brown i
Geo F Montgomery Secretary
Atlanta Ga July 19 1905 CIRCULAR 309
Rates on Stoves Stove Plates Stove Furniture and Hollowware Including ths 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
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 6th 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
Adrian
Albany
Americus
Arlington
Athens
Atlanta
Augusta
Bainbridge
Bremen
Brunswick
Cartersville
Cedartown
Collins
Columbus
Cordele
Covington
Culloden
Cuyler
Dalton
Dawson
Dublin
Elberton
Empire Everett Fitzgerald Fort Gaines Fort Valley Griffin
Harris
Hawkinsville
Haylow
Helena
Jesup
LaGrange
Macon
Madison
Marietta
Meldrim
Milledgeville
Millen
Montezuma
Moultrie
Newnan
Offerman
Pidcock
Pitts
Quitman
Rockmart
Rome
Sandersville
Savannah
Sparks
Statesboro
Stillmore
Swainsboro
Tennille
Thomaston
Thomas ville
Tifton
Valdosta
Vidalia
Vienna
Washington
Waycross
Woodbury
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
Secretary
J P Brown
Chairman
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RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
H Warner Hill Chairman
Jos M Bbown
O B Stevens
Geo F Montgomery Secretary
Atlanta Ga January 20 1906 CIRCULAR No 315
Whebeas on the eleventh day of May 1905 the Railroad Commission approved a schedule of rates submitted by the several lines of railway interested 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
Ordebed 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 4 Chairman
Commissioners
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 Whltestone 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
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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
110 90 330 165
120 95 340 170
130 100 350 175
140 100 360 180
i 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 Candlek
Secretary Chairman
CIRCULAR NO 383
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 in the seed were made effective between all Georgia stations on the following lines of railway Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company Seaboard Air Line
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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 8 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
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CIRCULARS
The following circulars contain the amendments of the rates rules and other regulations published in the 41st Report of the Commission which amendments are carried forward in their proper places in this Report
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Chas Mubphey Candles Chairman
Geo Hillyeb ViceChairman
Joseph F Gbay
Paul B Tbammell
J A Pebby
Campbell Wallace Secretary
J P Websteb Rate Expert
y Commissioners
CIRCULAR NO 386
Fertilizer and Fertilizer Material Rates
Classification
The following changes in and additions to the Commissioners Classification of Freights are hereby adopted
Change item reading
Cotton Seed Hulls C
L min wt 25000
lbs p
Same without percentage L C L G To read
Cotton Seed Hulls Apply Fertilizer rates
FERTILIZER C L min wt 30000 lbs See note
Including also Ammonia sulphate of
Ashes cotton seed
Ashes rice straw
Ashes tan bark
Ashes wood
Bones
Bran cotton seed hull
Cake cotton seed oil
Cake nitre
Cake salt
Carbonate of Potash crude
Cassava Pomace
Castor Pomace
Cinders wood
Cyanamid Lime nitrogen
Fish Scrap
Fleshings trimmings and scrapings of hides Garbage Tankage dried and ground in bags
Guano
Gypsum Land Plaster Hartsalz Manure Salts Double Manure Salts Muriate of Potash and Sulphate of Potash
Hoof and Horn Meal
Hulls cotton seed in bags bales barrels or in bulk C L min wt 24000 lbs
Revise Fertilizer and Fertilizer Material List and ratings to read as follows
H XU GO 4
S Saag
fl
Q 02 02 o c3
a 8
05
02 g4 50
10 J
4 pj O ft
V 03 N
tSs
3 SS
VjJ m
u zi go rH
S s o feu
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Humus Swamp earth soil
or peat
Marl Green Sand in bags or barrels Not taken
when in bulk
Meal cotton seed
Mussell or Clam Shell Dust
Plaster land
Soda Nitrate of
Sylvinit
Tankage and dried blood
Note Articles enumerated above may be shipped in mixed carloads subject to minimum C L weight of 30000 lbs at the carload fertilizer rates
This Circular shall be in effect on everything in conflict
By order of the Commission Campbell Wallace
Secretary
Fertilizer including fertilizer materials as above not in bulk L
C L
Acid Phosphate in bulk C L min wt 40000 lbsapply fertilizer rates
less 10
Same L C L and not in bulk C L Apply fertilizer rates Not subject
to Freight Rule No 27
Kainit in bulk C L min wt 40000 lbs Apply Fertilizer rates less
10
Same L C L and not in bulk C L Apply Fertilizer rates Not subject to Freight Rule No 27
id after August 1st 1914 and repeals
C M Candlek
Chairman
CIRCULAR NO 387
Team Tracks
Circular No 381 is hereby cancelled
Storage Rule No 13 as issued in Circular No 383 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 is located And if it be necessary in reaching the designated side 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 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
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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
Second paragraph of Storage Rule No 14 is hereby amended to read as follows
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
Freight Rule 23A
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 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 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 500 to be divided as follows
Initial carrier 200
Intermediate carrier 100
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
General Rule No 8
General Rule No 8 is hereby amended to read as follows
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 first train practicable provided however that carriers will not be required to accept for transportation the following articles
Bank Bills Coin or Currency Deeds Drafts Notes or Valuable Papers of any kind Jewelry Postage or Revenue Stamps Precious Metals or articles manufactured therefrom Precious Stones
This circular shall be in effect on and after July 15th 1914 and repeals everything in conflict
By order of the Commission
Campbell Wallace C M Candles
Secretary Chairman
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CIRCULAR NO 388
Classification
The following changes in and additions to the Commissioners Classification of Freights are hereby adopted
CR or
Change items now reading
Cigars boxed and strapped corded and sealed 1
Cigars not packed as above not taken
To read
CIGARS See Note
In wooden boxes strapped corded and sealed with metal seal bearing identification mark cording to pass through each and every board and over and outside of each and every seam in top bottom and sides of box or
In shipping cases with cleats at both ends extending all around case with strapping wire extending around the case at both ends interlaced in and out through cleats side boards and in frames and with a wire extending around the middle of the case in and out through side boards and crossing all joints on outside
Two additional wires interlaced through the end frames of the case all in such manner that no part of the end frames nor any part of the case can be disturbed without breaking the wires and showing the case to be tampered with
The ends of three wires to meet on outside of case and sealed with approved metal seals or
In wooden boxes metal or wire strapped ends completely encircled by straps or wire secured to
CR I OR
each board and for every foot or fraction thereof in length of box an additional strap or wire encircling the box to be secured to each board ends of all straps or wires to be sealed with metal seal bearing
identification mark 1
Note Each metal strap or wire must be of one piece
N O S in boxes 3T1
Not boxed not taken CIGARETTES in wooden boxes See Notes 1
Note Boxes weighing each less than 15 pounds will not be accepted
Note Boxes must be strapped with metal straps and sealed with metal seals except when constructed as follows Ends rabbetted tops and bottoms flush with sides and ends secured with not less than two nails at each side and end corners locked and glued
Note The term Cigarettes will include only such articles with paper wrappers
Cigarettes N O S in boxes 3 T 1
Change item now reading
Limestone ground same as Lime
For special rates on C L shipments see Circular No 376
To read
Limestone Whitestone or Marble ground powdered or pulverized L C
L same as Fertilizer
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For special rates on C L shipments see Circular
No 376
Change items reading
Mats and Rugs N O S 1
Mats grass hemp hair steel wire rubber and
cocoa 3
Mats oil i
Matting 2
Rugs N O S 1
Rugs grass hemp hair steel wire rubber and
cocoa 3
Rugs oil i
To read
MATS MATTING AND RUGS
Grass hemp hair steel wire rubber and cocoa 3
N O S 1
Oil Press Cloth or Matting worn out Same as Rags
Rugs See Mats Matting and Rugs
Change items now read
ing
Rice rough d
Rice in sacks c
Rice clean in barrels or
sacks c
Rice clean in boxes or kegs 3
To read
RICE
Clean in sacks barrels casks or in cartons in boxes c
CR j oR
Broken carloads in bags
used for brewing purposes
Rough
N O S
Change items now reading
Pipe stove and elbows
L C L
Pipe stove and elbows C
L loose or in bundles straight or mixed C L
min wt 20000 lbs
Pipe stove side seams not closed viz Nested and wired or crated L C L
Same O R of rust L
C L
Pipe nested and wired or crated or otherwise C
L min wt 20000 lbs
To read
Pipe stove side seams closed or elbows loose or wired in bundles L
C L
Same in boxes or crates
L C L
Same loose wired in bundles in boxes or crates in straight or mixed carloads min wt 12000 lbs
Pipe stove side seams not closed nested wired in bundles or in crates L
C L
Same in straight carloads or in mixed carloads with stove pipe or elbows C L min wt 20000 lbs
This Circular shall be in effect on and after July 15 1914 and repeals everything in conflict
By order of the Commission
Campbell Wallace c M Candleb
Secretary Chairman
CIRCULAR NO 389
Fertilizer and Fertilizer Material Rates
Classification
The following changes in and additions to the Commissioners Classification of Freights are hereby adopted
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Cancel items in Circular No 386 reading
Change Item Reading
Cotton Seed Hulls C L min wt 25000 lbs P
Same without percentage L C L G
To read
Cotton Seed Hulls Apply Fertilizer rates
Eliminate from Fertilizer and Fertilizer Material List shown in Circular No 386 the following item
Hulls cotton seed in bags hales barrels or in bulk C L min wt 24000 lbs
Ordered that the following rates he continued on Cotton Seed Hulls
Cotton Seed Hulls C L min wt 25000 lbs P
Same without percentage L C L G
This Circular shall he in effect on and after August 1st 1914 and repeals everything in conflict
By order of the Commission
Campbell Wallace C M Candler
Secretary Chairman
CIRCULAR NO 390
Freight Rules
Rule No 7 Freight Rule No 7 is hereby amended so as to provide an estimated weight on Crushed Stone of 2500 lbs per cubic yard
Rule No 16 Add following paragraph to Freight Rule No 16
When articles are loaded on an open car on account of being too long or too bulky to he loaded through the side door of a box car they shall he charged at the actual weight and class rate for each article provided that in no case shall the charge for each shipment for one consignee be less than
4000 pounds at firstclass rate
Classification
The following changes in and additions to the Commissioners Classification of Freights are hereby adopted
Change item now reading
CR OR CR OR
Fruit Apples Peaches fruit in barrels boxes
Pears not dried and or crates carloads pre
other green fruit in bar paid 0
rels or boxes C L 0 Change items now reading
To read Pumps and pump material wooden L C L 3 4
Fruit Apples in barrels Same C L 4 5
boxes or crates or in 0 Pumps hand 1
hulk C L Pumps steam pumping
Fruit Peaches Pears not engines and machinery
dried and other green L C L 3 4
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CR 0 R I CR O R
Same C L 4 5 Pump parts for hand or
To read windmill pumps Cylin
Pumps hand or windmill ders working barrels
iron or steel cast SU Brass in barrels boxes
Loose wired in bundles or crates 2
barrels boxes or crates Iron or steel lined with
L C L 3 brass or enamel or not
Wooden and pump mate lined in barrels boxes or crates L C L 3
rial wooden L C L 3 Change items now reading
Pumps power other than Starch C L min wt 24
windmill SU loose or 000 ibs C
on skids in boxes or To read
crates KD ip bundles or Starch C L min wt 30
crates L C L 3 000 lbs C
This circular shall be in effect an and after December 1st 1914 and repeals everything in conflict
By order of the Commission
Campbell Wallace C M Candleb
Secretary Chairman
CIRCULAR NO 391
Freight Rules
Rule No 6
Amend Freight Rule No 6 by adding at the end thereof the following
In the event a car load shipment originates at or moves from a point where there is no track scales it shall be the duty of the carrier to have the same weighed at the first convenient weighing station in the general line of direction in which the shipment moves and immediately thereafter upon written request furnish the shipper with a true copy of the weight certificate above prescribed
Rule No 27
Disposition of fractions in constructing joint rates by use of Freight Rule No 27 Upon consideration the Commission hereby interprets its Freight Rule No 27 to mean that fractions resulting in the deduction of 10 per cent from the locals of each line as required by said rule shall be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of Freight Rule No 8 before combining the factors which constitute the joint rate
Passenger Tariff of the Mllltown Air Line Railway Company
The Milltown Air Line Railway Company is hereby allowed to charge a minimum passenger fare of 25 cents
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Passenger Tariff of the Macon Birmingham Railway Company
The Macon Birmingham Railway Company is hereby transferred from Passenger Tariff Class D to Passenger Tariff Class E of the Commissions Passenger Tariff Classification and is allowed to charge for the transportation of passengers no more than the rate prescribed for said Passenger Tariff Class E
Revision of Commodity Class P Rates
Ordered That effective April 1st 1915 the following shall be the maximum Standard Tariff class P scale effective on all commodities classified class P moving between points in the State of Georgia
Miles Per Car
5 500
10 6i00
15 700
20 750
25 800
30 850
35 900
40 950
45 1000
50 1000
55 1050
60 1100
65 1150
70 1200
75 1250
80 1300
85 1350
90 1400
95 1450
ioo 1500
110 1550
120 1600
130 1650
140 1700
150 1750
160 1800
170 1850
180 1900
190 1950
200 2000
210 2033
220 2066
230 2100
240 2133
250 2166
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260 2200
270 2233
280 2266
290 2300
300 2333
310 2366
320 2400
330 2425
340 2450
350 2475
360 2500
370 2525
380 2550
390 2575
400 2600
410 2625
420 2650
430 2675
440 2700
450 2725
460 2750
s Ordered further That the following changes in and additions to the Commissioners Classification of Freight are hereby adopted
Change items now reading as follows
Bark tan C L min wt 20000 lbs Class P less 20 per cent
Barytes C L 25000 lbs
Chert C L min wt 30000 lbs Class P less 20
Clay C L See Rule 12 min wt 25000 lbs
Copper Ore C L min wt 25000 lbs
Graphite C L min wt 25000 lbs Class P less 20
Limestone for Furnaces C L min wt 25000 lbs Class P less 40 Limestone N O S C L min wt 25000 lbs Class P less 20 Manganese Crude C L min wt 25000 lbs
Ores Iron C L min wt 25000 lbs Class P less 40
Phosphate C L min wt 24000 lbs
Pine Straw loose C L Class P less 20
Posts split or round C L min wt 30000 lbs Class P less 20
Pyrites C L min wt 24000 lbs
Roofing Slate C L min wt 25000 lbs See Rule 12
Sand N O S C L min wt 30000 lbs Class P less 20 See Rule 12 Sawdust loose C L min wt 25000 lbs
Slag C L min wt 30000 lbs See Rule 12 Class P less 20 Soapstone Crude C L min wt 25000 See Rule 12
Stone Marble and Granite viz
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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 protected otherwise at owners risk valuation limited to 20c per cubic foot C L min wt 25000 lbs Class P less 20 Not subject to Rule 27
Blocks Paving rough rubble and crushed stone C L min wt 30000 lbs Rule 12 Class P less 20
Curbing C L min wt 25000 lbs Class P less 20
To Read
Bark tan C L min wt 24000 lbs Class P
Barytes C L min wt 30000 lbs Class P
Chert C L min wt 36000 lbs Class P
Clay C L min wt 40000 lbs Class P
Copper Ore C L min wt 30000 lbs Class P
Graphite C L min wt 30000 lbs Class P
Limestone for Furnaces C L min wt 40000 lbs Class P
Limestone N O S C L min wt 40000 lbs Class F
Maganese Crude C L min wt 30000 lbs Class P
Ores Iron C L min wt 40000 lbs Class P
Phosphate Rock C L min wt 30000 lbs Class P
Pine Straw loose C L min wt 25000 lbs Class P
Posts split or round C L min wt 30000 lbs Class P
Pyrites C L min wt 30000 lbs Class P
Roofing Slate C L min wt 30000 lbs Class P
Sand N O S C L min wt 36000 lbs Class P
Sawdust loose C L min wt 30000 lbs Class P
Slag C L min wt 36000 lbs Class P
Soapstone Crude C L min wt 30000 lbs Class P
Stone Marble and Granite viz
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 protected otherwise at owners risk valuation limited to 20c per cubic foot C L min wt 30000 lbs Class P
Blocks paving rough rubble and crushed stone C L min wt 36000 lbs Class P
Curbing C L min wt 30000 lbs Class P
Ordered further That the railroads included by the Commission in Freight Tariff Class D railroads be and they are hereby authorized and allowed to charge and collect as maximum rates the above prescribed Standard Tariff Class P rates with ten per centum added
This Circular shall be in effect on and after April 1st 1915 except wherein otherwise provided in separate orders already issued in specific cases and repeals everything in conflict
By order of the Commission
Campbell Wallace C M Candler
Secretary Chairman
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PASSENGER TARIFE 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 2 Cents per mile
Atlanta West Point R R Co Class C
Western Atlantic R R 2 y2 Cents per mile
Alabama Great Southern R R Co Atlantic Coast Line R R Co
Central of Georgia Ry Co
Charleston Western Carolina Ry Co
Georgia Railroad
Georgia Southern Florida Ry Co Seaboard Air Line Railway
Southern Railway Co
Class D 3 Cents per mile
Atlanta Birmingham Atlantic R R
Co
Augusta Southern R R Co
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
Louisville Nashville R R Co
Class E 4 Cents per mile Bowdon Railway Company
Elberton Eastern Railway Company Greene County Railroad Co
Hartwell Railway Co
Macon Birmingham Ry Co
Milltown Air Line Railway
Minimum passenger fare 25c
Macon Dublin Savannah R R Co Register Glennville Ry Co
Rome Northern Railroad Co Savannah Northwestern R R 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
Ocilla Southern Railroad Co Pelham Havana Railroad Savannah Southern Railway Co Shearwood Railway 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 44 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 34 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
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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 Bowdon Railway Company
Charleston and Western Carolina Ry Co
Chattanooga Southern Railroad Co Elberton Eastern Railway Company
Fitzgerald Ocilla and Broxton Railroad Co
Flemington Hinesville Western R R Co
Flint River Northeastern Railroad 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 Northwestern R R 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 Statenville Railway Company Sylvania and Girard Railroad Co Talbotton Railroad Co
Tallulah Falls Railway Co
Valdosta Moultrie Western Railroad Co
Wadley Southern Railway Co Waycross Southern Railroad Co Waycross Western R R Co
Stone Granite and Marble viz Blocks and slabs Including furniture marble iaDs for interior finish and grave and monumental work rough dressed or finished unlet7alatln limited to 20 cents per cubic foot C L Class P plus 25 per cent On
B 0106 Ajm 1j Ol O
m
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FREIGHT TARIFF CLASSES
Each company doing business as a common carrier of freights in this State
is allowed to apply the Standard Freight Tariff subject to the conditions of
the Freight TariffClass 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 and J the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Class P the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
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STANDARD TARIFF
PER 100 POUNDS y V Per Bbl Per 100 Per 100 Lbs
Dis tance 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B c D E F G H
Miles Cts Cts Ots Ots Ots Ots Cts Ots Ots Ots Ots Ots Ots Ots
6 12 11 10 8 7 6 6 6 H 7 9 2 8
10 16 14 13 10 9 8 8 8 H 5 9 11 n 1
15 18 16 15 12 11 9 9 9 6 5 11 if sf 12
20 20 18 16 14 12 10 10 10 7 6 12 14 5 14
25 22 20 18 16 13 11 11 11 n 13 15 6 16
30 24 21 19 17 14 11 11 11 n 6 14 16 6 17
t 85 26 28 21 19 15 12 12 12 8 n 15 16 6 19
40 27 24 22 20 16 12 12 12 8 7 16 16 6
45 29 26 24 21 17 13 13 18 8 8 17 17 fi
50 30 27 25 22 18 13 13 13 8 8 18 m 7 22
55 82 29 26 23 19 14 14 14 9 8 19 1 7 23
60 88 30 27 24 19 14 14 14 9 19 18 7 24
65 35 82 28 25 20 15 15 15 9 9 20 19 7 25
70 36 33 29 26 20 15 15 15 n 9 20 19 n 26
75 38 35 80 27 SI 16 16 16 10 n 21 20 n 27
80 39 86 31 28 21 16 16 16 10 9 2D 20 n 28
85 41 37 32 29 22 17 17 17 11 10 22 21 n 29
90 42 38 33 29 22 17 17 17 11 10 22 21 8 29
95 44 89 34 30 23 18 18 18 m 11 23 28 8 30
100 45 40 35 30 23 18 18 18 h 11 23 23 8i 30
110 48 42 37 81 24 19 19 19 13 11 24 23 8 81
120 51 44 89 82 25 20 20 20 13 12 25 24 8 32
130 54 46 41 88 26 21 21 21 13 12 26 25 8 83
140 57 48 43 34 27 22 22 22 13 13 27 26 9 34
150 60 50 45 35 28 23 23 23 14 13 28 28 9 35
160 62 52 46 86 29 24 24 24 14 18 29 29 H 86
170 64 54 47 87 80 25 25 25 15 14 30 31 9 37
180 66 56 48 38 31 26 26 26 15 14 51 31 9 38
190 68 58 49 39 32 27 27 27 16 15 32 33 ni 39
200 70 60 50 40 32 27 27 27 16 lip 32 33 91 4Qr
210 71 62 51 41 38 28 28 28 17 18 33 34 n 41
220 72 64 62 42 33 28 28 28 17 16 33 34 10 42
230 73 66 63 43 34 29 29 29 18 17 34 36 10 43
240 74 68 54 44 34 29 29 29 18 17 34 36 10 44
250 75 70 55 45 35 30 30 30 19 18 35 38 10 45
260 76 71 56 46 85 80 80 30 19 18 85 38 10 46
270 77 71 56 46 36 31 31 31 20 19 36 40 i 46
280 78 72 57 47 35 32 32 32 20 19 36 40 10 47
290 79 72 57 47 37 32 32 32 21 19 37 42 m 47
300 80 73 58 48 38 33 33 33 21 19 38 42 h 48
310 81 73 58 48 88 33 33 31 21 19 38 42 h 48
320 82 74 59 49 39 34 34 34 2L 20 39 42 h 49
830 83 74 59 49 39 34 34 34 22 20 39 44 h 49
340 84 74 59 49 39 34 84 34 22 20 39 44 h 49
350 85 75 60 50 40 35 35 35 23 21 40 46 ii 50
JB60 85 75 60 60 40 85 35 35 23 21 40 46 n 50
m 85 75 60 60 40 35 35 35 v 23 21 40 46 ii 50
88 76 61 61 41 36 36 86 25 23 41 60 ii 62
390 88 76 61 51 41 36 36 36 25 23 41 60 U 52
400 88 76 61 51 41 36 36 36 25 23 41 50 11 52
410 91 77 62 52 42 37 37 37 26 24 42 52 li 54
420 91 77 62 52 42 37 37 37 26 24 42 52 ii 54
430 91 77 62 52 42 37 87 87 26 24 43 62 ii 54
440 94 78 63 53 48 38 v 38 38 27 25 43 54 ii 56
450 94 78 63 53 43 38 38 38 27 25 43 54 11 56
460 94 78 63 58 43 88 88 38 27 25 43 64 12 56
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STANDARD TARIFF
Per 100 Pounds Per Ton y Per Car Load Per 100 Lbs
Dis iano E J K L M N 0 P R
Mile s Ots Ots Ots Cts Cts Cts Cts Cts
5 10 15 20 25 30 V 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 240 250 260 270 280 290 300 310 320 330 340 350 360 370 380 390 400 410 420 430 440 450 460 8 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 8 19 20 21 22 22 23 23 24 24 25 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 31 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 61 52 53 54 55 56 67 58 59 59 60 4 5 n 6 H 7 a 8 8 8 9 9 9 n ai H 10 1 10 101 10 11 11 12 12 12 13 13 13 14 14 14 15 15 15 16 16 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 18 18 18 19 19 19 20 20 20 35 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 95 1 00 1 00 1 05 1 10 1 15 1 15 1 20 1 20 1 25 1 30 1 35 1 40 1 50 1 60 1 70 1 80 1 90 2 00 2 10 2 20 2 30 2 40 2 50 2 60 2 70 2 80 2 90 235 3 06 3 O 3 16 3 1S 3 28 3 28 3 28 3 4J 3 41 3 41 3 54 8 54 3 54 3 67 3 67 55 80 85 90 95 1 00 1 ta 1 10 1 15 1 20 1 25 1 30 1 35 1 40 l 45 1 50 1 55 1 60 1 65 1 J0 1 80 1 90 2 00 2 10 2 20 2 25 2 30 2 35 2 40 2 45 2 50 2 55 2 65 2 65 2 75 2 75 2 85 2 85 2 96 300 3 10 3 20 IJ 3 30 3 40 3 50 3 50 3 60 3 CO 3 60 3 60 370 3 70 3 70 3 80 3 80 3 80 6 00 6 60 7 50 8 00 9 00 10 00 12 00 13 00 14 00 14 00 14 00 14 50 15 50 16 00 16 60 17 00 17 60 18 00 19 00 20 00 21 00 23 00 24 00 25 00 26 00 j 27 0 28 00 29 00 29 50 30 00 31 00 81 50 32 00 88 00 33 50 34 00 34 50 35 00 36 00 36 50 37 00 88 00 88 50 39 00 40 00 40 00 40 00 41 00 42 00 42 00 44 00 44 00 44 00 46 00 4600 46 00 5 60 8 00 9 00 10 00 11 00 11 00 12 00 U 00 13 00 13 00 14 00 14 C0 15 00 15 00 16 00 16 00 17 00 17 00 17 00 17 00 18 C0 18 00 19 00 19 00 20 00 20 00 21 00 21 C0 22 00 22 00 23 00 23 00 23 00 24 00 24 00 24 00 25 00 25 00 25 00 26 00 26 00 26 00 27 00 27 00 27 00 27 00 27 00 29 00 29 00 29 00 31 00 31 00 81 00 33 00 33 00 33 00 5 00 600 7 00 7 50 8 00 8 50 9 0 9 50 10 00 1000 10 50 11 00 11 50 12 00 12 50 13 00 13 50 14 00 14 50 15 00 15 50 16 00 16 50 17 00 17 50 13 00 18 50 19 00 19 50 20 00 20 33 2ft 66 21 00 21 33 21 66 22 00 22 33 22 66 23 00 23 33 23 66 24 00 24 25 24 50 2475 2 00 25 25 25 50 25 75 2600 26 25 26 50 26 75 27 00 27 25 27 50 4 5 5 6 6 7 n 8 8 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 14 14 15 16 17 18 18 19 19 20 20 20 21 21 21 22 22 22 22 23 23 23 23 24 24 24 24 24 24 26 26 26 28 28 28 30 30 30
DIRECTIONS FOR COMPUTING RATES
For the benefit of those who may not he 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 he 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 168 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 being 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 ffom this deduct 10 per cent or 2 cents leaving 18 cents as proportion of
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A WVP for transporting joint shipment Fairburn to Covington to this add the Georgia R R rate from Atlanta to Covington 41 miles 27 cents less 10 per cent account joint shipment or 24 cents which represents Georgia R R proportion for hauling joint through shipment from Fairburn 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 be found on page 112 and on page 113 will be found the percentage of increase allowed to such roads and care should be 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
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE RAILROAD COMMIS SION OF GEORGIA
Supersedes Classification Contained in 41st Report and all Amendments Thereto
Revised to April 1 1915

EXPLANATION
1 represents First Class
2 represents Second Class
3 represents Third Class
4 represents Fourth Class
5 represents Fifth Class
6 represents Sixth Class
1 represents 1 times First Class
1 represents Double First Class
T 1 represents Three Times First Class
OF 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 I OR
CR O R
Agricultural Implements N O S C L 20000 lbs owners to load and unload 4
Agricultural Implements
Li C L as follows
Brooders including necessary Lamp boxed or crated L C L 2
Same C L min wt
15000 lbs 3
Cleaners Cotton Seed 11
Cradles Grain set up 3T 1 Cradles Grain K D in bundles or boxed 1
Crushers Corn or Cob 3
Cultivators K D 4
Cultivators set up 3T1
Cutters Ensilage Straw and Hay set up 11
Cutters Ensilage Straw and Hay K D and
packed 3
Distributors Guano set
up 11
Distributors Guano K
D 2
Drills Grain set up
Drills Grain K D
packed 3
Dusters Bran set up 3T 1
Dusters Bran K D
packed 2
Elevators Hay S U D 1
Same K D Elevators for Cotton manufactured of wood 3
6 and iron S U D 1
Same K D 3
Evaporators Fruit Evaporators Sugar iron 1
set up Same with legs or 1
rockers detached Fans Grain See Mills 2
1 Fanning
D 1 Feeders and Condensers
Cotton Gin M 2
2 Forks Hay and Manure 3
4 Furnaces Evaporator 1
Gins Cotton 2
D 1 Guano Horns tin N O S Guano Horns tin crated D 1
1 Harrows and Harrow
Frames 3
Harrow Teeth packed 6
Hay Caps 3
1 Hoes in bundles 3
Hoes without handles
in barrels or casks 4
Horse Powers K D 2
2 Horse Powers Railroad
4 or Endless Chain 11
D 1 Hullers Cotton Seed and Clover viz S U loose or on
skids L C L 11
3
3
3
4
3

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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 i 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 8 CR
Plow Handles and other
1 Wood in shape for Im
plements boxed crated
or bundled 4
3 Plow Singletrees and
Doubletrees 5
Plow Irons and Mold
6 Boards over 20 pounds
each 4
Plow Plates Points
1 Wings Castings and
Steel Same as Bar
3 Iron
Plows Gang and Sulky 3T1
Plows set up N O S 1
4 Plows N O S K D 4
Presses Cider 4
6 Presses Cotton set up 1
2 Presses Cotton K D 4
1 2 Presses Hay set up 1
3 Same small and detach
able parts removed and
packed 4
Iron castings for hay
presses boxed 1 of 6
Presses N O S 2
Pruners Tree in bundles 1
2 4 Rakes Hand in bundles 3
Rakes Horse set up n
4 o Same K D and well
packed
Rollers Field and Road 3
Rollers Sugar 3
Scrapers Road and Pond 3
1 Scythes in bundles 2
3T 1 D 1 Scythes in boxes 2
Snaths Scythe 1
O A Separators Same as
3 4 Threshers
2 Shellers Corn 1
5 Shovels and Spades in
3T1 1 bundles 3
n 1 Spreaders Manure set
3T 1 D 1 up 11
2 Spreaders Manure K D
boxed 2
1 Threshers 1
Trains Sugar 3T1
Wheelbarrows Iron 3
Wheelbarrows Railroad U
Wheelbarrows Wood set
up 1
2 3 Wheelbarrows Wood K
D and packed or bun
n 1 died
OK
K cn cn co
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CR I OR
JR OR
A
Accoutrements Military 1
Acids N O S D1
Acids Carbolic
Acids Dry 3
Acids Muriatic and Sulphuric in carboys boxed L
C L D1
Acids Muriatic and Sulphuric in carboys boxed
C L 2
Acid Sulphuric in iron
casks 3
Acid Sulphuric in tank
cars 6
Agate Granite or Enameled Ware iron or steel
L C L 2
Same C L 4
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 6
Alum N O S 4
Ammonia Sulphate of
same as Fertilizers Ammonia Waters See Waters
Ammonia Water Casks returned empty 6
Ammunition N O S 1
Anchors Guy 4
Same N O S 5
Andirons packed 4
Same unpacked 5
Antimony Crude 3
Antimony Metal 4
Anvils 5
Apples green See Fruit Apples dried See Fruit
dried
Apple Butter See Butter Argols in boxes bbls or
casks 4
Arsenic crude in kegs
boxes or barrels 3
Asbestos in boxes kegs bags or bales L C L 2
Asbestos in barrels or casks L C L 6
4
2
4
6
Asbestos in bbls or casks
C L
Asbestos Cement L C L Asbestos Cement C L
Asbestos Ore L C L
Asbestos Ore C L Asbestos Packing in rolls
or cases L C L
Asbestos Packing C L Asbestos Roofing in rolls or cases L C L
Asbestos Roofing C L Ashes and Meal Cotton Seed See Cotton Seed Ashes Wood apply fertilizer rates
Asphaltum packed L C L
Asphaltum C L
Automobiles See Vehicles
Axes
Axles and Wheels Car
See Iron Bar Band etc Axles carriage and wagon
See Iron Bar Band etc Axle Grease See Grease
3 6
4 L
6
A
5
B
Babbitt Metal 4
Bacon See Meats
Baggage Army 1
Baggage Personal Effects
in Trunks 1
Bagging in rolls or bales
N O S B
Bagging Oil Press
Bags Burlap 6
Bags Cotton 6
Bags Gunny 6
Bags Paper 6
Bags Traveling 1
Baking Powders See Powder
Bale Rope 5
Balusters See Woodwork Bananas See Oranges etc under Fruit
Band and Hat Boxes See Boxes
Barilla 3
Bark Ground in bags or
bbls N O S 5
Bark Tan in sacks 5
Bark Tan C L min wt
24000 lbs P
Barley See Grain
Barley Pearl 3
2
1

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CR OR
Barrel and Box Material
C L min wt 24000
lbs P
Barrel and Box Material
L C L 6
Barrels tight half Barrels
Kegs and kits empty except Ale and Beer empties and loose barrels L C
L Class It plus 20 per cent
Same C L 10000 lbs P Barrels half Barrels and Kegs empty Ale and Beer estimated weights barrel 100 lbs half bar
rel 50 lbs keg 30 lbs E
Barrels loose such as Lime Sugar Cement or Flour estimated weight
25 lbs 6
Barrels iron See Iron and Steel Articles
Barrels Paper nested
packed 2
Barrels Paper not nested 4T1
Barytes L C L 6
Barytes C L 30000 lbs P
Base Balls and Bats 1
Baskets Cotton Pickers
Split Nested 3
Baskets N O S D1
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 1
Baskets nested 1
Baskets Cotton Patent
combination of Cloth and wood K D and packed
together 6
Baskets or cylindrical basket frames cotton patent combination of cloth and wood S U nested center space filled with bags
L C L 3
Same without bags 3
Same with or without
bags C L 6
Baskets Grate See Iron
Bath Boilers See Boilers
Bath Tubs See Tubs
Batting Cotton in lots of 100 bales of 50 lbs each 6
CR OR
Batting N O S See Cotton
Beams See Spools
Beans dried in boxes 2
Same in barrels or sacks D
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 2
Beer and Ale in wood estimated weights as above C L 4
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 2
Beer Ale and Porter in glass packed C L securely wired and sealed or locked 4
Beer Ale and Ginger Ale in glass packed securely wired and sealed or locked L C L 2
Beer Ale and Ginger Ale in glass packed securely wired and sealed or
locked C L 4
Bees in Hives D 1
Bee Smokers boxed 1
Beeswax 4
Beet pulp dried in kegs
barrels or in sacks D
Beets in barrels 3
Bellows 1
Bells Bell Metal or Brass 1
Bells and Fixtures viz
Sheet or cast Iron loose
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or padked L C L
Same C L
Belting Leather
Belting Rubber
Belting Stitched Canvas Berries See Fruit Bicycles See Vehicles BilliardTables See Furniture
Binders Reapers etc See Agricultural Implements Binders Boards in Cases Binders Boards in Bundles
Bird gravel or sand Same as Food animal or poultry
Bits and Braces same as Tools N 0 S
Bitters Same as liquors Blacking Shoe and Stove see Polish
Black Lead see Lead
Blankets
Bleaching Salts Same as Lime chloride of
Blinds Doors and Frames
see Sash etc
Blocks Pulley see Pulley blocks under machinery Blocks Shuttle rough Blooms and Billets see Iron
Blow Pipe Material see Iron
Blueing
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 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
20000 lbs
Boats Row C L min wt
CB OB CB
3 Boats Steam Yachts min
6 weight 10000 lbs 2
2 Bobbins Spools Shuttles
3 and Skewers in boxes
4 L C L 5
Same C L 6
Boilers Bath and Range Boilers see Machinery Bolts see Iron 1
Boneblack Bones and Bone Dust see 3
2 Fertilizers Bonnets same as Dry
5 Goods Books 1
Boots and Shoes L C L 1
Same C L 2
Borax packed 4
Bottle Covers see Covers
Bottles empty packed Bows and Shafts see Ve 1
hide Material Box and Barrel Stuff see
1 Barrel and Box Material Boxes Hat and Band packed Boxes Fruit and Baskets D 1
G L not less than 20000 lbs to be charged for R
Baskets fruit berry and
3 vegetable nested and packed solid either in
cases or securely fastened L C L 2
Boxes Fruit L C I 1
1 Boxes Cigar empty packed Boxes Cracker empty re D 1
turned Boxes empty including 5
D 1 Egg crates L C L Boxes empty including 1
5 4 T 1 Egg Crates C L min wt 15000 lbs A
Boxes empty N O S Boxes Journal see Iron 1

T 1 Boxes paper empty pack
ed C L min wt 10000 lbs 3
2 Boxes Match wooden Boxes paper in nests of 2
two packed n
2 Boxes Paper in nests of
more than two packed i
3 Boxes Paper not nested 3 T 1
OB
5
D 1
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CB OR
CR I OR
Boxes paper folding K
D and shipped flat in bales bundles or crates same as Bags Paper
Boxes Piano empty returned 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
Brandy ySee 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
Broom Corn pressed in Bales C L min wt 14
000 pounds D
Broom Corn and Broom Handles mixed G L
min wt 14000 lbs
Brooms any quantity
Brushes
Buckets N O S Same as Wooden Ware
Buckets Coal 1
Buckets Well 4
Bucks saw see Sawbucks
4 Buckles Turn packed L
C L 3
Same C L 5
6 Buckwheat Flour 6
Buggies see Vehicles
Building Material consisting of baseboards ceiling casing and moulding without ornamentation same as lumber
3 Building Material Wooden consisting of rough or dressed Lumber Laths Shingles Window and Door Frames Sash
Doors and Blinds Mouldings Ballusters Base
boards Casings Newel Posts Stair work and Wainscoting mixed L
C L 4
Same C L 6
Bungs 3
Burial Cases see Coffins
Burial Vaults cement L
C L 4
Same C L min wt 15
000 lbs 6
Burlaps 6
Burning Fluid 1
Burr Blocks finished 4
Burr Blocks rough 5
Butter Butterine and Oleomargarine in cans 1
Butter Butterine and Oleomargarine in kegs firkins buckets pails
boxes and tubs 5
Butter Apple and other
Fruits in wood 4
Butter Trays paper nested same as Bags paper
1
M
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Ctt
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 l
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 1
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 Light packed L C L 2
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 Playing
Cards show boxed see Signs
Carpeting well covered Carpets Hemp and Rag Carpet Lining see Lining Carriages see Vehicles Car mileage freight i of a cent per mile
Car mileage passenger 3 cents per mile
Carrara Same as white Lead
Cars 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 U L C L
S U 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 ou
3
1
1
1
1
2
6
5
4
D 1
5
1
5
2
6
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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 he 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 Cars6c per mile Stock cars slatted6c per mile
Same N O S 10c pet mile
Coal Gondola and Dump
cars 5c per mile
Flat Cars4c 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 engs 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 digs 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 explosives boxed L C L Same C L Carts Hand see Vehicles Cases and Crates Egg see Boxes Cases CocaCola and Soda Water empty L C L Cases show see Show Cases Cash Registers see Registers Casing window see Woodwork Casks Iron see Drums under Iron Cassia Castings iron see Iron Castings Plaster Castor Pomace same as Fertilizers Catsup in wood Catsup in glass boxed Cattle see Live Stock Caustic Soda see Soda
CR OR
1
5
3
3
D 1
4
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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
Cement 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 36
000 lbs P
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 3
Cider in barrels or kegs B
Cider in glass packed 2
Cider Mills and Presses see Agricultural Implements
Cigar Lighters 1
Cigar Boxes see Boxes
Citron 2
CR I OR
Clay in boxes barrels or
casks L C L B
Clay C L See Rule 12 min wt 40000 lbs P
Clay Burnishing packed 5
Clay German 5
Cleaners cotton seed see Agricultural Implements
Clocks boxed 1
Clock Weights see Weights
Clothes Lines see Rope
Clothes Pins 2
Clothing 1
Clothing Card 1
Clothing Rubber and Rubber Goods N O S 1
Clover Seed see Seed
Coal and Coke L C L
in boxes barrels or bags L Coal and Coke C L min wt 30000 lbs L
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 tier cent
Over one hundred miles
Class b 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 Trr
Cocoa 1
Cocoa Matting see Matting
CIGARS See Note
In wooden boxes strapped corded and sealed with metal seal bearing identification mark cording to pass through each and every board and over
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and outside of each and every seam in top bottom and sides of box or
In shipping cases with cleats at both ends extending all around case with strapping wire extending around the case at both ends interlaced in and out through cleats side boards and in frames and with a wire extending around the middle of the case in and out through side boards and crossing all joints on outside
Two additional wires interlaced through the end frames of the case all in such manner that no part of the end frames nor any part of the case can be disturbed without breaking the wires and showing the case to be tampered with
The ends of three wires to meet on outside of case and sealed with approved metal seals or
In wooden boxes metal or wire strapped ends completely encircled by straps or wire secured to each board and for every foot or fraction thereof in length of box an additional strap or wire encircling the box to be secured to each board ends of all straps or wires to be sealed with metal seal bearing identification mark 1
Note Each metal strap or wire must be of one piece
N O S in boxes 3 T 1
Not boxed not taken
CIGARETTES in wooden boxes See Notes 1
Note Boxes weighing each less than 15
pounds will not be accepted
Note Boxes must be strapped with metal straps and sealed with metal seals except when constructed as follows Ends rabbetted tops and bottoms flush with sides and ends secured with not less than two nails at each side and end corners locked and glued
Note The term Cigarettes will include only such articles with paper wrappers
Cigarettes N O S in
boxes 3T1
Cocoanuts see Nuts
CocaCola Aerated See Waters Aerated
CocaCola Syrup in bar
rels 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 Coffins 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
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Columns fluted and ornamental same as Woodwork
Combs Curry see Currycombs
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 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 of6
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
Confectionery candy value limited to 20 cts per lb and so specified on Bill
of Lading 3
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
30000 lbs P
Copper Ore L C L 6
Copper Stills worm
crated 1
Copying Presses see Presses
Cordage 3
Cork 1
Corn Starch see Starch
Corn see Grain
Corn Seed see Seed
Corn in ear See Grain
Cornices and Ornamental work for buildings made of sheet or stamped metal plain galvanized or painted viz
Boxed or crated S U
L C L D1
Same nested L C L 1
Loose L C L 3 T 1
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 win
dows doors or inside finish see Woodwork
5 Cornices Wooden for outside finish Same as Mouldings for building purposes
4 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 Bapd Cotton 8i cents per 100 lbs
Cotton in bales J
3
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Ootton 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
Ootton 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 O
Ootton Seed common any quantity G
Notbj L C L Shipments ff Potton Rppfl to ho eoolrol
Otherwise 20000 pounds to be charged for
Cotton Seed Hulls C L min wt 25000 lbs P
Same without percentage L C L G
Ootton 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 packed or pressed in bales 3
Covers Wooden 1
Cracklings 4
Crackers 5
Cradles Grain see Agricultural Implements Cranberries 3
Crates and Cases egg see Boxes
Crates tor 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
Crates for peaches and apples K D C I 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 Imple
ments
Crystals Washing 5
Cultivators see Agricultural Implements
Curbing Well 2
Currants see Fruit
Currycombs same as Hardware N O S
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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 Cotton Rope Thread Yarns and other factory products without per centage 6
Doors Iron see Iron
Doors and Frames see Sash etc
Drawers and Shirts Unlaundered entirely of Cotton see Garments Cotton
Drills grain see Agricultural Implements
Dross Rosin same as Rosin
Drugs and Medicines N
O S 1
Drums See Musical Instruments
Drums iron See Iron and Steel Articles
Dry Goods N O S 1
Dry Goods in boxes or bales 1
CR I
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 Same 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
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
Meters N O S D 1
Hoods Electric Light iron nested in packages 2
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Transformers weighing
each 150 lbs or less
Same weighing over
150 lbs each 3
Electrical Instruments Fittings and Fixtures
N O S boxed 1
Elevator Cars passenger
or freight S U D1
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
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 Geor
gia pine pressed in
bales L C 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 Pow
der
Extinguishers Fire hand glass or grenade packed li
Extinguishers Fire on wheels same as Engines
Fire
Extract Bark for tanning
in wood 5
Extract Bark for tanning in glass packed 2
Extract of Indigo see Indigo
Extract of Logwood see Logwood
Extract of Malt in glass packed same as Ale
Extract and Essences N
O S 1
CR I OR
P
Facings foundry Apply Soapstone rates
Factory sweepings and cotton waste see Paper Stocks
Fans viz
Electric or Fan Motors
packed L C L
Same C L
Fly metal folding packed
N O S in boxes
I Fanning Mills see Agricultural Implements Mills Fanning
Farina
Fasteners box see Iron
Faucets boxed
Feathers
Feeders Cotton Gin see Agricultural Implements Felloes see Vehicle Material
Felt Roofing see Roofing
Felting Boiler
Fence Wire and Wood
combination
Fencing Wire N O S Fencing Woven Wire See Special Iron List Fenders Iron See Iron Fertilizer C L min wt 30000 lbs See note Including also Ammonia sulphate of Ashes cotton seed Ashes rice straw ni Ashes tan bark
Ashes wood
Bran cotton seed hull Cake cotton seed oil
1 Cake nitre
Cake salt
Carbonate of Potash
crude
Cassava Pomace
Castor Pomace
Cinders wood
Cyanamid Lime nitrogen
Fish Scrap
Fleshings trimmings and scrapings of
hides
Garbage Tankage dried and ground in bags
1
3
2
1
2
2
D 1
2
5
5
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Guano
Gypsum Land Plaster Hartsalz Manure Salts Double Manure Salts
Muriate of Potash and Sulphate of Potash
Hoof and Horn Meal
Humus Swamp earth
soil or peat
Marl Green Sand in bags or barrels Not taken when in bulk
Meal cotton seed
Mussell or Clam Shell
Dust
Plaster land
Soda Nitrate of
Sylvinit
Tankage and dried
blood 7
Note Articles enumerated above may be shipped in mixed carloads subject to minimum C L weight of 30000 lbs at the carload fertilizer rates
Fertilizer including fertilizer materials as above not in bulk L C L
Acid Phosphate in bulk
C L min wt 40000 lbsapply fertilizer
rates less 10
Same L C L and not in bulk C L Apply fertilizer rates Not subject to Freight Rule
No 27
Kainit in bulk C L min wt 40000 lbs Apply Fertilizer rates less
10
Same L C L and not in bulk C L Apply Fertilizer rates Not subject to Freight Rule
No 27
Fibre Palmetto and Pine
pressed in bales
Figs in drums
Figs in casks or boxes
Figures not Iron packed see Images
Files and Rasps packed
Filters see Coolers
Finding shoe
cu ou
Firearms i
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
Same C L
Smoked in boxes
Fishing Rods D
Fishing Tackle boxed
Fittings Iron Pipe see Iron
Fixtures Bank Store etc see Furniture
Fixtures Gas packed
Fixtures Grate packed
Fixtures Grate loose
Fixtures Tobacco see Machinery
Flax pressed in bales
Flax Seed see Seed
Flour in barrels estimated wt 200 pounds
Flour in sacks other than paper 10 lbs per sack
and over
Same less than 10 lbs per sack
Flour in paper not packed not taken
Flour Buckwheat
Flour Corn L C L
Flour Corn C L min wt 20000 lbs
Flour Sack Material
Flour Selfraising in packages
Flour Rice
Flues Copper see Copper
Flues Iron See Iron
Flues Brass See Brass
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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
Food Preparation N O S
in sacks 5
Food Prepared N 0 S 1
Food Preservatives packed 3
Foots pitch or tank bot
toms 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 D1
Fowls dressed B
Fowls live in coops C L 1
Same L C L l
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 1
Same crated or boxed 1
Frames Mounted with Mirrors or Looking Glasses when shipped separately from other Furniture 3 T 1
OR II CR j OR
Frames quilting see Quilting Attachments Freezers Ice Cream Fruit and Vegetables in 2
cans without percentage L C L 5
Same C L without percentage 6
Fruit in Glass packed 1 3
Fruit Berries dried Fruit Berries green prepaid Fruit Boxes and Baskets 4 1
see Boxes Fruit Dates 2
Fruit Dried Currants 2 3
Fruit Dried N O S Fruit Dried Apples and 3
Peaches L C L 4 6
Fruit Dried Apples and Peaches C L Fruit Green N 0 S pre 6 C
paid or guaranteed Fjuit Apples Peaches 3
Pears not dried and other green fruit in bar
rels or boxes L C L Fruit Apples in barrels B
boxes or crates or in bulk C L 0
Fruit Peaches Pears not
dried and other green fruit in barrels boxes
or crates carloads prepaid 0
Fruit Juices See Juices Fruit Bananas in crates
boxes cylindrical car riers or cloth sacks prepaid or guaranteed L C L 4
1 Same unpacked owners risk prepaid or guaran
N 2 teed subject to a minimum charge on 5000 lbs
actual weight if in ex
3 cess of that amount L C L 4
Same loose or packed C L 6
Fruit Oranges Lemons
D 1 and Pineapples in boxes
1 L C L 4
2 Same C L 6
Fullers Earth same as Clay Furnaces Evaporator see
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Furs see Hides
Fuse
Furniture C L viz
Bed Slats in bundles crates or loose min
wt 24000 lbs
Bedsteads metal min
wt 12000 lbs
Chairs Wooden with Cane Splint Rattan Reed Bamboo or Wooden Seats not upholstered min wt
8000 lbs
Chairs N O S 8000 lbs Chair and other Furni
niture Stuff or Stock Wooden N OSK D in the rough or in the white and Chairs K D in the white min wt 24000 lbs Chair Seats in bundles or packed min wt
20000 lbs
Fixtures of either hard
or soft wood not in eluding showcases for fitting Banks Barber Shops Offices Saloons Stores etc with or without mirrors glass to be properly boxed min wt
12000 lbs
Mattresses Wovenwire
or Spring Beds min
wt 12000 rbt
Mattresses Straw Cotton Shuck Hay and Excelsior min wt 12
000 lbs
Poles Curtain rough or in the white min wt
24000 lbs
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
N O S all kinds finished or in the white straight C L min wt
12000 lbs
UK
OK
D 1
5 6
4
3 4
2 3
N O 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
Furniture L C L viz Beds Spring or Woven Wire see Mattresses Wire
Bedsteads Folding boxed or crated See note Noth Same rate applies to folding beds in combination with wardrobes desks etc Bedsteads Iron or Brass
K D
4 5
3 4
2 3
4
4
4 5
3 4
2 3
Bed Slats Wooden in bundles or crates Bed Slats Metal in bundles or crates
Bookcases Iron
Bookcases wrapped or crated S U including Sectional o r Elastic Bookcases in set up
sections
Same K D
Bookcases and Desks combination wrapped
or crated
Buffets see Sideboards Bureaus of Hardwood wrapped or crated Same of common wood Cabinets Wooden Revolving for displaying hardware wrapped or
crated
Cabinets Kitchen see Safes
Castors Roller packed Chairs Bamboo Rattan Reed or Willow wrapped or crated
Chairs Barber Dental Folding Reclining or Surgical S U wrapped or packed
Same K D or folded wrapped or packed Chairs Camp or Folding
Seat
Chairs Auditorium Opera Church etc packed K D
CR
2
1
2
1
11
D 1 U
11
1
2
U
1
11
11
11
OR
3
2
3
4
2
1
11
1
1
2
3
1 2 D 1
D 1 1 1
1
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Chairs Porch or Lawn
iron or iron and wood
combined S U 1
Same K D 2
Chair and Stepladder combination D 1
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 Same without rockers 1J
Same without rockers tied in pairs seat to
seat 1
Same without rockers of common wood completely K D wrapped or not wrapped packed
in bundles 2
Chair Stock same as Chairs K D packed
Chairs N 0 S S U D 1 Chairs N O S completely K D li
Chair Seat Material viz
Cane Rattan Reed 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
S U D 1
Same K D 1
Cots Woven Wire S
U D 1
Same K D or folded 2
Cots N O 8 of hard wood S U D1
OR CR
o Same of common wood 1
3 Cots N 0 S of hard wood K D 1
Same of soft wood 2
U Couches metal folding
K D or folded 11
Cradles or Cribs wrapped or crated S U Same K D or folded 1
Cushions Furniture in bales or cases n
Desks and Seats School S U i
1 Desks and Seats School
1 K D 2
Desks N 0 S wrapped or crated i
2 Display or Wall Cases
or Cabinets unglazed in boxes or crates i
3 Dressing Cases or Dressers same as Bureaus Easels D 1
Filing Cabinets Cases or Boxes crated or boxed 11
U Fixtures not Including
1 show cases for fitting banks barber shops offi
1 ces saloons stores etc with or without mirrors glass to be properly boxed wrapped or crated 1
2 Footstools See Hassocks Frames Lounge or Sofa S U D 1
Same backs taken off 1
2 Hall Stands see Hat
Racks Hassocks or Footstools H
2 Hat Racks folding packed 11
H Hat Racks or Hall Stands N 0 S wrapped or crated S U D 1
Same K D or with
tops detached and secured inside of package crated or
2 boxed 11
11 Lounges with backs wrapped or crated
3 S U D 1
u Same with backs taken oft 11
OR
2
2
3
1
D 1 2
1
2
3
2
11
1
2
11
2
1
1
H
1
11
1
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Lounges without hacks wrapped or crated
S U li
Marble for Furniture
see Stone
Mattresses viz
Hair Wool or Feather D1 Spiral Spring not compressed
Spiral Spring in packages containing two or more compressed not
to exceed three inches per mattress
in thickness 1
Straw Cotton Shuck and Excelsior 3
Wire entirely taken apart and K D
boxed 1
Woven Wire li
Spring N O S D1
N O S 1
Poles Curtain wooden and Fixtures boxed or
crated 1
Same without Fixtures boxed or
crated 2
Poles Curtain N O S and Fixtures boxed or
crated li
Racks or Stands Display S U D1
Same K D wrapped
or packed 1 i
Refrigerators and Ice Chests wrapped or
packed 2
Refrigerator Material
thoroughly K D 2
Safes or Cabinets Meat or Kitchen tin wood or wood and tin combined S U D 1
Same with legs detached packed 1
Same K D flat 2
Settees same as Chairs Sideboards or Buffets
wrapped or crated 1
Sofas and Teteatetes wrapped or crated D1
Springs Bed see Springs
Spring Beds see Mattresses wire
1
U
D 1
2
2
1

2
2
3
1
li
1
3
3
li
2
3
2
li
Stands or Racks Music
S U D1
Same K D flat wrapped or packed li Stools Piano wrapped or
packed li
Tables Bamboo Rattan
Reed or Willow wrapped or packed
Tables Billiard and Billiard Table Beds boxed
or crated 1
Tables of hardwood N
O S wrapped or
crated S U Hi
Same of common
wood li
Tables of hardwood K
D flat or folded flat 2
Same of common
wood 2
Tabl Legs Slides Leaves
Tops and Supports wrapped or crated 2
Vault or Office iron or steel consisting of filing cabinets or cases shelving counters roller book shelves and
tables crated or boxed 1
Wardrobes wrapped or crated S U li
Same K D flat 1
Washstands of hardwood wrapped or crated 1
Same of common
wood 2
N O S of hardwood
S TJ wrapped or
packed D1
Same of common
wood li
N O S of hardwood
K D wrapped or packed 1
Same of common wood 2
G
Gambler 4
Game see Poultry Garments Cotton such as jackets or jumpers pants overalls unlaundried shirts and drawers and knitting factory products shipped in orig
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1
3T 1

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3
3
2
1
2
2
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inal packages contents to be legibly marked on
each package 5
Gas in iron buoys requiring flat or gondola car minimum weight 5000
lbs each l
Gas for dental purposes or for calcium lights
in cylinders 1
Gas Liquid Carbonic Acid in iron drums or tubes carriers option See
Note 5
Noth Drums or tubes containing Carbonic Acid Gas must be plainly marked by proper label or otherwise NOTICEDANGER This package must not be exposed to the sun or stored in a warm place
Gasoline see Oil
Gauges Steam see Ma
chinery
Gelatine 1
Generators Gas 3
Ginger Ground in boxes 2
Ginger in bags 3
Gins Cotton see Agricultural Implements
Ginseng 1
Girders Iron see Iron
Glass Carboys empty D1
Glass Chimneys 2
Glass Demijohns empty
not packed4 T 1
Glass Demijohns filled not packed or boxed not taken
Glass Demijohns filled boxed
Glass Demijohns empty
packed D1
Glass Floor Lights rough and heavy1 5
Glass Fruit Jars see Jars Glass Insulators see Insulators
Glass Lanterns see Lan
terns
Glass Oil Cans with metal jackets packed 1
Glass Plate 7ixi5 feet or under outside measurement D1
Glass Plate over 7xl5 feet outside measurement subject to min
wt of 1500 lbs 3T1
3
4
3T1
3
1
2
D1
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 D1
Glassware N O S 2
Glass Window plain colored enameled or ground L C L 3
Same C L 5
Glucose in half bbls bbls
or hhds
Glue
Glue Scrap
Glycerine in cans boxed or in barrels l
Glycerine in iron tanks or
casks 3
Glycerine Nitro plainly la
beled L C L4T1
Glycerine Nitro plainly labeled C L 3 T1
Graders Outfits see Out
fits
Graiin v D
Grain Corn in ear sacked
L C L D
Grain Corn in ear C L Subject to Rule 13 Class N without percentage
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
30000 lbs p
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
p MW
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Grease N O S in boxes
barrels or casks 6
Grenades packed
Grindstones 6
Grindstone Fixturespacked
or in bundles 3
Grits Com same as Meal
Corn
Groceries N O S 2
Guano see Fertilizers
Guano Horns see Agricultural Implements
Gum Camphor see Camphor
Gum Copal Kowrie and
Shellac
Gums N O S 2
Gun Cotton
Gunny Gags See Hags Gunpowder See Powder
Guns Rifles 1
Guttefs and Guttering galvanized iron or tin viz
Not nested L C L 1
In nests of two or more
crated L C L
Same C L 4
Gypsine in cases same as Paint dry in cases Gypsum Land Plaster Fertilizer Same as Fertilizers
Gums Chewing 1
H
Hair in sacks 1
Hair Cattle for plastering pressed in bales 6
Hair Curled pressed in bales and Hair Rope 2
Hair Goods manufactured
packed in boxes Di
Hames in bundles or packed 3
Hammers other than Sledge same asTools N
O S
Hammocks and Fixtures li Hams same as Meat salted Hand Carts see Vehicles Handles N O S boxed or
crated Py
Handles Broom boxed or
crated L C L
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
Same C L min wt
1 24000 lbs
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
Hangers Rails and Tracks door packed or in bundles
Hardware packed N O S
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
Hay Fodder and Straw perssed in bales L C L
Heading see barrel and Box Material
Hay Caps see Agricultural Implements
Hay Presses see Agricultural Implements
Head Lights boxed
Hearses see Vehicles
Heaters Steam see Machinery
Heel Plates packed
Hemp in bales
Herbs see Roots
Hessians in original bales
Hides furs peltries and Skins viz
Furs in bags
Furs in boxes bundles or trunks strapped Furs N O S see Skins N O S
Hides dry loose
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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
Skins N O S furs and peltries value limited to 25 cents per lb in
bags
Same pressed in
bales
Same N O S
Skins Sheep dry in
bales
Same green in bundles
Same salted in bundles
Hinges and Butts packed L C LJf
Same C L
Hives Bee empty set up Hives Bee K D crated Hobby Horses see Toys Hoes see Agricultural Implements
Hods Coal
Hogs see Live Stock Hogsheads empty double barrel rate
Hollow Ware loose LCL Hollow Ware loose shipp e d separately from 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
ca
OB
4
5
6
B D 1
u
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 H in cases of total loss Household Goods and old f Furniture packed value limited to 5 per 100 g lbs and so expressed S in bill of lading said g valuation only to apply r in case of total loss
L C L
12 Household Goods and old g Furniture well packed 5 value not expressed in bill of lading L C L Household Goods and old Furniture well packed
C L min wt 20000
0 lbs value limited to
5 per 100 pounds said
valuation only to ap ply in case of total
loss
1 Household Goods and old Furniture with Live
1 Stock one attendant i to have passage free
I on same train as car
Oic OR
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2
1
2
3
1
D 1
1
1
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CR O R
C L value limited to 5 per 100 pounds said valuation only to apply in case of total loss D1 5
f Explanations jf 1All Bundles of Bedh ding Trunks of Cloths ing Household Goods S or similar articles not g Furniture will not be 0 received for transpor tation unless packed chests of similar artige cles must be strapped 5 or securely nailed This g does not apply to C L p of Household Goods
S2Bills of Lading and pj WayBills must designs nate character and number of packages dq 3These instructions apply to old and seconder hand Furniture ClothI ing Bedding etc not I to new articles
Houses portable L C L 4
Same C L 6
Hubs and Felloes see Vehicle Material
Hullers Clover etc see Agricultural Implements
Hullers Pea same as Corn Shellers under Agricultural Implements
Husks and Shucks in bales
See Rule 12 D
Hydrants Fire Plugs and Water Gates 5
I
Ice L C L in casks barrels 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 Efxtract in barrels 3
Infusorial Earth 3
Ink in wood 4
Ink Printing in wood 4
D 1 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 inbarrels 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
Noth 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
Box Straps or Fasteners packed or in bundles 6
Cages Including convict cages doors and grat ing L C L 4
Same C L 6
Castings in boxes 2
Castings not machinery unpacked each piece weighing under
200 pounds 3
Same each piece weighing over 200 pounds 5
5
6
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Castings not machinery or sewing machines
in kegs or casks 4 5
Crow Bars 6
Cylinders empty 5
Forgings 6
Grate Baskets Fronts Fenders and Frames
packed 2 3
Same unpacked 1 3
Grates packed 2 3
Same loose 11 1
Journal Boxes of 6
Mhntels packed 2 3
Same unpacked 1 3
Nail Rods packed 2
Same unpacked 6
Planished or Russia 2
Plumbing Fixtures viz
Cast Iron Bath Tubs Lavatories or Washstands Water Closet Hoppers Cisterns or Tanks and Sinks with
out fittings packed
mixed C L 4
Sinks loose or in crates or barrels L C L 3
Same C L 4
Washstands or Lavatories packed L C L 3
Same C L 4
Water Closet Hoppers
Cisterns or Tanks L
C L 3
Same C L 4
Water Closet loose 1
Same boxed or crated 3
Railing and Fencing 3 5
Retorts 6
Roofing packed or in bundles 6
Sad Irons packed L C L 5
Same C L 6
Sash Weights wired any quantity K M
Scrap L C L see noteof6 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
cut
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 l
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 packed or in bundles 5
Same loose 3
Iron N O S boxed or
crated I j
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 bats girders angles tees and zees
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
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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 Sw itches Switch Chairs Switch Stands Ties Tie Plates Track Braces Rails and Throws
Shoes Horse and Mule packed
Staples Fence in kegs
Tires Vehicle
Vehicle Material viz Boxes Skeins and Springs
Wheels Car and Loco motive
Wire Common Barbed or otherwise on reels or in coils
Isinglass same as Mica
Ivory 1
Ivory Black 4
J
Jack Screws and Wagon
Jacks 3
Japan Ware 1
Japnica 4
Jars Fruit Glass or Earth
enware 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 box
es or in tin cans crated
L C 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
Tnte Butts 6
Jute Waste or Tailings see Paper Stock
Jute Yarn see Yarn
K
Kainit See Fertilizers
Kalsomine same as Paint
Kaolin same as Clay
Kegs empty N O S same as Barrels
Kegs empty N O S in crates 3
Kegs Ale and Beer see Barrels Ale and Beer
Kettles 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
5
3
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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
L
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 P
Laths L CL L B
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
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
OR
B
B
Lentils in bags boxes or
barrels
Letter Boxes see Boxes Licorice in sticks roots or
mats
Licorice in mass boxed Lightning Rods in boxes Lightning Rods in bundles Lightning Rod Fixtures
packed
Lime in sacks casks or
barrels C L
Same L C L
Lime Chloride of in barrels or casks
Lime Chloride of N O S Lime Liquid prepared for whitewashing canned
and packed
Limestone for Furnaces C
L min wt 40000 lbs Limestone Whitestone or Marble ground powdered or pulverized L C
L same as Fertilizer For special rates on C L shipments see Circular No 376
Limestone N O S C L
min wt 40000 lbs
Lining Carpet
Liniseed
Linters see Paper Stock Lint i4ues Cotton Gin
see Machinery
Liquors Whiskey or Domestic Wine in glass packed in boxes or baskets each package weighing not less than 20
pounds
Liquors in wood N O S Liquors Whisky Domestic Brandies and Domestic Wines in wood owners risk of leakage value limited to 75c per gallon and so endorsed on bill of
lading
Liquors Whisky in wood
N O S
Liquors N O S in glass packed in boxes barrels
baskets or casks
Lithographic Stone
Live Stock Horses and Mules L C L
CR
3
3
4 3 2
2
6
4
5 P
P
2
4
2
1
2
1
1
1
OR
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2
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2
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Live Stock Horses and Mules C L
Live Stock Cattle Sheep
Hogs etc L C L without percentage see Rule governing Live Stock
Live Stock Cattle Sheep
Hogs etc C L without percentage
Lockers Trunk metal or metal and wood combined L C L
Same C L
Lockers Wall metal or metal and wood combined set up L O L
Same K D
Same K D C L
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
Logwood
Logwood Extract of C L dry
Looking Glasses same as Mirrors
Looms see Machinery
Lumber Dressed or rough
L C L
Same C L min wt
24000 lbs See rule
12
Lye Concentrated
M
Machinery viz
Belting Chain or Sprocket Chain loose or packed same as machinery N O S
CR OR
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 necessary 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 O L 6
Same L C L packed 3
Cotton Presses set up see Agricultural Implements Cotton and Woolen except Looms set up D 1 li
Cotton and Woolen except Looms crated n 1
Cotton and Woolen except Looms K D and boxed 1 2
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 3
Same C L 4 6
Hoisting K D 4 1
Looms 3 T 1
Machinery viz Conveyors Spiral L C L 4
Pulley and tackle blocks 5
Pulley Wheels and Blocks 5
Machinery C L all kinds N O S 6
Machinery L C L all kinds N O S 3
Machinists Tools Planers Lathes Drill Presses etc 2 3
Printing Presses K D boxed or crated 3
Printing Presses K D not boxed 1 2
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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
L 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 box
ed or crated 3T1
Same boxed or crated including parts thereof
S U n
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
1 Machines Smut see Agricultural Implements
Machines Washing 2
8 Macaroni j
Mackerel see Fish
Madder 3
Malt D
Malt in boxes 1
Malt Extract same as Ale 5 Manganese crude C L
min wt 30000 lbs
Manganese Ground packed
Manilla
Mantels Iron see Iron Mantels Slate packed Mantels Wood crated or
boxed L C L
Same C L min wt
12000 lbs
Manure Stable C L min
wt 30000 lbs
Maps boxed
Marble and Granite same as stone
Marl same as Lime Marble Dust C L in bar
4 rels
Same L C L
Marbles in casks or boxes
Marble Tiles
Matches in wood or paper packed in cases alone
marked matches
Match Splints packed In
cases L C L
Same C L
Mats Matting and Rugs Grass hemp hair steel wire rubber and cocoa
N O S
Oil Press Cloth or Matting worn out Same as Rags
Mattocks and Picks see Special Iron List Mattresses see Furniture
1 Meal and Ashes Cotton Seed see Cotton Seed Meal Corn in barrels or
sacks
Meal Oat see Food Preparations
Measures
Meat N O S
Meat Bacon and Pork
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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 be In bags bales boxes or crates
Meat Cutters see Ma
chinery
Meats Desiccated see Desiccated
Medicated Brick see Brick Medicines and Drugs N
O S 1
Medicines Patent L C L 1
Same C L 1
Melodeons see Musical Instruments
Melons freight guaranteed 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 3 T 1
Mileage Car see Car Mileage
Milk Condensed boxed 4
Milk minimum charge allowed 15 cts B
Millet D
Millet Seed see Seed
Millinery including Hats and the like already made up plumes birds and other material of like character for millinery purposes l
OR
2
Milo Maize in bags or sacks Mills Barilla Bark and Cob Mills Cane see Agricultural Implements
Mills Cider see Agricultural Implements
Mills Coffee and Faint set
up
Mills Corn see Agricultural Implements
Mills Cotton Seed see Agricultural Implements
Mills Flour roller
Mills N O S
Mill Stones finished
Mill Stones rough
Mill Stuff Rule 12 L C L Mill Stuff C L min wt 25000 lbs
CR
6
4
2
P
3
P
Noth The term Millstuff as here used is Intended to coyer 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 3T1
Mirrors over 3 feet not exceeding 7ixl2 outside measurement packed 3T1 Mirrors over 7Jxl2 outside measurement packed 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 purpose 4
Mouldings N O S D1
Mouldings Iron see Cornices
Mouse Traps see Traps
OR
2
1
D 1
3
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Mowers see Agricultural
Implements
Mucilage packed 2
Musical Instruments viz
Drums 3 T 1
Melodeons Organs cabinet or Pianos boxed
L C L 1
Same L C L not boxed not taken
Same boxed wrapped or crated C L minimum weight 8000 lbs 1
Organs Pipe K D
boxed 1
Organ Pipes boxed 1
N O S 1
Mustard Ground in boxes 2
Mustard prepared in glass
packed 2
Mustard prepared in kegs
or barrels 3
Mustard Seed 6
N
Nails Brass and Copper well packed in boxes or kegs 3
Nails and Spikes Iron sea Iron
Naval Stores see Rosin Turpentine etc
Netting wire N O S in boxes casks crates or
rolls L C L 2
Same C L 5
Netting wire meshes one inch or greater in rolls same as Fencing woven
wire
Nitre Cake same as Fer
tilizers
Notions 1
Nutmegs 2
Nuts Chestnuts prepaid 3
Nuts Pecans in barrels
L C L 3
Nuts Pecans in barrels
C L
Nuts Cocoa packed or
sacked L C L 5
Nuts Cocoa C L 6
Nuts Edible in bags N
O S 1
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
Ochre in sacks barrels or
casks D C L 5
Same C L 6
Ochre to be used in manufacture of Fertilizers same as Fertilizers
Oil Cake same as Fertiliizers
Oil Cloth 16 feet long or
over boxed 1
Oil Cloth less than 16 feet
long boxed 2
Oil Cloth baled 1
Oil Cloth not boxed or baled not in shipping order
Oil Castor in glass
packed 1
Oil Castor in bbls 3
Oil in cans encased in wood 1
Oil 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 0 cars C L minimum capacity of tank but not less than 24000 lbs 6 Coal Oil Crude Oil Dis5 tillates Fuel Oil Gas Oil
Grease not Axle Kerosene Oil Lubricating Oil not axle Grease Miners Oil Paraffine Oil Paraffine Wax Petrolatum Refined Oil Residium Road Oil Soap Oil Tailings Transformer Oil and Wool Oil viz
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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 Lv 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 be 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 be computed on basis of pounds per gallon
In wooden halfbarrels containing not over 30 gallons 240 pounds each
In sauare cans completely cased each case containing 10 gallons 80 pounds each
Note 3 Shipments of petroleum grease naraffine wax and petrolatum shall be charged for on basis of actual weight Notes 1 and 2 will not apply
Paraffine wax may be shinned in boxes or bags at the same ratings as govern on shipments In barrels and half barrels
Oil Cocoa in original packages 1
Oil Cocoa in barrels 3
Oil Palm Seed crude L
C L Class K with 20 per cent added
Oil Cottonseed L C L 5
Same C L without percentage See Note R
Note Snipments 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
Wnen 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 i 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 caDacity 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 3
Oil Lubricating the product of Coal Oil same as Coal Oil
Oil Mill Rolls returned for repairs rating to apply
iu both directions 4
Oil Pine same as Coal Oil
Oil Sassafras in glass or
cans boxed 3 T 1
Oils in glass or cans packed except Goal Oil
and Sassafras Oil 1
Oils in jars not packed not taken
Oils N O S in bbls 3
Oil Tank Wagons see Vehicles
Oleomargarine see Butter Olives in glass packed 1
Olives in barrels or casks 4
Onions in sacks L C L 5 9 Onions in barrels or crates 6 Onions in barrels crates
4 boxes or in sacks or in
bulk C L 6
Onion Sets same as Onions
Oranges see Fruit
Ordnance Stores N O S 1
Ore Copper see Copper
Ores Iron L C L 6
Same C L min wt
40000 lbs P
Ores samples or specimens must be prepaid 6
4
D 1 2 4
2
6
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CK
Organs see Musical Instruments
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 machines or machinery in mixed shipments L C L 3
Same C L min wt
20000 lbs 6
Ovens viz
Bakers sectional steel
K D Li C L 3
Same C L 5
N O S S U not packed D1
N O S S U packed 1
N O S K D packed 2
Overalls see Garments cotton
Oysters in cans or kegs 4
Oysters shell in barrels Oysters shell in bulk C L Oysters in glass packed 1
P
Packing Asbestos see Asbestos
Packing Hemp 4
Packing Metallic 2
Packing Rubber 3
Paintings and Pictures well boxed value of each
box not to exceed 200 D1 Paintings and Pictures
over 200 in value3 T 1
Paints Red and White Lead and Linseed Oil viz
In glass or earthen
ware boxed 1
Bulk dry in boxes or cases 5
2
6
5
5
K
2
1
D 1
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 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 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 Shirtboards
OK
150
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 fled on bill of lading Paper Stock wasteCotton Sweepings and Motes
N O S
Paper Stock wasteCotton N O S
Paper Stock waste Woolen Jute or tailings
in bags
Paper Stock waste Woolen Jute or tailings
pressed in bales
Paper Stock wastePaper in sacks bbls or
hhds
Paper Stock wastePaper pressed in bales or
orates
Paper Stock wasteRags in sacks bbls bales bhds or crates
Paper Straw Boards
Paper Toilet packed or
in rolls or bundles
Paper wall any quantity
in bundles
Paper wall any quantity
in boxes
Paper Ware N O S Paper Writing Book or Blotting in boxes
Parers Fruit boxed
Paris White same as paint
Paste in barrels
Peaches dried see Fruit Dried
Peaches green see Fruit
Peach stones packed
Peanuts see Nuts
Pearl Ash
Peas Cow in bags barrels or boxes see note
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 carry contents safely and prevent sifting Bags
CR OR 11 CR OR
which have been used for fertilizers or other arti
cles containing acids must not be used
Peas N 0 S in bags barrels or boxes Pea Hullers see Hullers Pecans see Nuts 5
Pegs Shoe in bags Pegs Shoe in barrels or 1
R boxes 2
Peltries see Skins Pencils Slate 3
6 Pepper and Spices in bags Pepper and Spices N 0 3
5 S ground in boxes Pepper Sauce see Sauce 2
Pepper
6 Perfumery Petroleum see Oil 1
Phosphate Rock C L min
R wt 30000 lbs Phosphate fruit beverage P
ready for use and not
6 fountain juices extracts etc in barrels or kegs B
R Photographic Material Pianos see Musical In 1
struments Pickers Cotton Raw Hide 2
R Pickles in glass packed 1
5 Pickles in barrels or casks 4
Pickles in cans boxed 4
5 Picks and Mattocks see
Q Special Iron List
O Picture Backing in pack
2 ages 4
1 Pictures see Paintings Pigs Feet see Meat
2 Pineapples in cans boxed 4
2 Pineapples in glass
packed 1
6 Pineapples C L and L
C see Oranges etc under Fruit
Pine Straw loose C L
6 min wt 25000 lbs P
5 D Pins in cases Pins Clothes see Clothes Pins Pins Insulators see Telegraph Brackets Pipe Copper Brass or 1

Metal N O S 1
Pipe Copper Brass or Metal N O S boxed Pipe ajnd Tile Drain or 3
Roofing L C L 5
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OB
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 l Pipe stove side seams closed or elbows loose or wired in bundles L
C L D1
Same in boxes or crates
L C L 1
Same loose wired In bundles in boxes or crates in straight or mixed carloads min wt 12000 lbs 3
Pipe stove side seams not closed nested wired in bundles or in crates L
C L 4
Same in straight carloads or in mixed carloads with stove pipe or elbows C L min wt
20000 lbs 3
Pipe nested and wired or crated or otherwise C
L min wt 20000 lbs 3
Pipe Tin boxed 2
Pipe Wood L C L 3
Same C L 4
Pipes Tobacco in boxes 1
Pitch any quantity same as Rosin
Planters see Agricultural Implements
P
5
6
Planes same as Tools N O S
Plaster Board wall plaster rates plus 20 per cent
Piaster Wall Cement or Calcined including Plaster 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 C L
3
6
3
5
5
5
5
Plates Paper and Wood C L min wt 24000
lbs
Plates Heel see Heel Plates
Plows see Agricultural Implements
Plow Materials see Agricultural Implements
Plhmbago
Plumbers Material N O
S packed
Plumbing Fixtures see Iron and Steel articles Poles Tent see Tents Poles N O S not over 30 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
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 iive C L
Same L C L
B
L
1
3
6
5
4
P
4
3
1
6
6
1
1
UJEL
2
R
D
N
2
en ei ld
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Powder Baking 3
Powder Bleaching 4
Powder Gun and other Explosives L C L D1
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 Imple
ments
Presses Copying 2
Presses Printing see Machinery
Presses N O S v 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
Pumps hand or windmill iron or steel cast STJ Loose wired in bundles barrels boxes or crates
L C L 3
Wooden and pump material wooden L C L 3
Pumps power other than windmill STJ loose or on skids in boxes or crates KD in bundles or
crates L C L 3
Pump parts for hand or windmill pumps Cylinders working barrels
Brass in barrels boxes or crates 2
CR OR
Iron or steel lined with brass or enamel or not lined in barrels boxes
or crates L C L 3
Putty L C L 5 6
Pyrites L C L prepaid in boxes or barrels B
Pyrites C L min wt 30
000 lbs P
Q
Quartermasters Stores 1
Quicksilver in iron flasks 1
Quilting attachments K
D in bundles 2
B
Radiators and Heaters steam or water L C L 3
Same C L 5
Rags see Paper Stock
Rasps see Files
Railing see Woodwork
Raisins not strapped 1
Raisins strapped 2
Rakes see Agricultural Implements
Rattan 1
Rat Traps see Traps
Reapers see Agricultural Implements
Red Lead same as Paints
Reeds 2
Reels viz
Cable empty L C L 3 Same C L min wt
12000 lbs5
Hose Garden and Lawn viz
Set up L C L D 1
Knocked down packed L C L 1
K D or S TJ C L 4
Hose Iron K D packed 2
Reflectors packed D1
Refrigerators see Furniture
Regins see Paper Stock
Registers Cash boxed Dl 1
Retorts Clay 1
Retorts Copper 2
Retorts Iron see Iron
Retorts Soda Water 4
Rice
Clean in sacks barrels casks or in cartons in
boxes C
Broken carloads in bags
used for brewing purposes 1
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Hough Tj
N O S 5
Rice Flour see Flour
Rivets Iron see Iron
Robes Buffalo D1
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 6
Same C L A
Roofing Felt or Paper in
bdls or rolls B
Roofing or Sheathing Cement and Prepared or Composition Roofing sheet same as Roofing Felt or Paper
Note 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 wfc 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 30000 lbs See Rule
12 P
Roofing Tile see Pipe
Roofing Tin in rolls 5
Root Angelica in barrels
or boxes 1
Roots and Herbs value not over 10c per pound L
a Li 4
Same C L 6
Roots and Herbs value over 10c per pound 3
Rope N O S 3
Rope Bed Cord 3
t
1 It
Rope Clothes Line
Rope Hair see Hair
Rope Cotton see Domestics
Rope Old
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 CarSprings see Springs
Rubber Clothing and Rubber Goods N O S see Clothing
Rubber Hose see Hose Rubber Packing see Packing
Rubber old scrap
Rugs See Mats Matting and Rugs
Rustic Work not boxed
Rustic Work crated
Rustic Work entirely
boxed
Rye see Grain
S
Sacks same as Bags
Saddlery
Saddlery Horse Collars Saddlery Horse Collars other than Leather Saddlery Harness boxed Saddlery Harness in bundles
Saddles not boxed
Same boxed
Saddletrees not boxed
Same boxed
Sadirons see Iron
6 Safes Iron each weighing
3000 pounds or less Safes Iron each weighing over 3000 lbs and not
over 6000 lbs
Safes Iron each weighing over 6000 lbs and not
over 10000 lbs
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Safes Kitchen and Pantry
see Furniture
Safes or Covers Cheese
boxed
Sago in bags boxes or
barrels
Sails
Saleratus see Soda
Sal Soda
Salt in sacks or barrels
L C L
Same C L min wt 20
000 lbs
Salt Brick see Brick
Salt Cake same as Fertilizers
Salt Table
Salts Bleaching same as Lime Chloride of
Salts Epsom in casks or barrels L C L
Salts Epsom C L
Salts Epsom L C L N O S
Saltpetre L C L
Same C L
Samp
Sand N O S C L min
wt 36000 lbs
Sand L C L in barrels Sand or Dust Moulding Sand Paper see Paper
Saratoga Chips
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 bun
dies
Sawdust L C L in bar
rels or bags
Sawdust loose C L min
wt 30000 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
CB j
3 T1
3
1
6
C
O
6
5
R
4
5
M
2
P
B
5
5
3
B
1
5
1
1
4
3
6
P
1 i
1
2 4
OR
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 G L
Screens Door or Window wire C L min wt 15
000 lbs
CR
1
3
4
2
4
4
6
2
Screws Wood packed i Screws N O S packed Scythes see Agricultural Implements
Sea Grass pressed in bales Seats Telegraph Pole see Telegraph Materials
Seed Cane Sorghum Seed Corn in boxes
Seed Flax
Seed Garden
Seed Garden returned over same line by which originally forwarded Seed Grass and Clover L
C L
Same C L
Seed Linseed
Seed Millet
Seed Mustard
Seed Sunflower
Seed N O S
Separators see Agricultural Implements Sewing Machines see Machinery
Shades Window see Window Shades
Shadines See Fish Shafting See Machinery Shafts See Vehicle Material
Shale same as Clay Shavings and Chips pressed in bales
Sheathing Metallic boxed or crated or in bundles
wired
Sheetings same as Domestic Sheep see Live Stock Sheep Skins see Skins Shellac see Gum
Shellers see Agricultural Implements
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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
Same C L
Shingles L C L
ShinglesC L min wt
24000 lbs
Shingles
Metal other than iron steel or tin in boxes
L C L
Same C L
Iron steel or tin in boxes or crates L
C L
Same in packages named straight or mixed C LP min
wt 20000 lbs
Ship Stuff same as Bran
Shirtboards made of pasteboard printed or not
printed
Shirting same as Domestics
Shirts
Shirts and Drawers unlaundered entirely cotton see Garments cotton
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
Shoddy in bags not
pressed
Shoddy in crates
Shooks and Heading see Barrel Material
Shorts See Rule 12
Shot Bullets and Granulated Steel viz
Oit Oit
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 Cabi
nets Show Cases glazed or unglazed Display 1 or Wall Cases and Cabi
nets glazed in boxes or crates S U L C L D1 Same K D L C L 1
Same S U or K DC
L min wt 10000 lbs 1 Bases or Stands unglazed same as Fix
tures
Shrubbery see Trees
Shucks in bales rough
See Rule 12 D
Shucks prepared baled shipped from factory or furniture warehouse 4
Shuttle Blocks rough 3
Sieves Tin nested packed in boxes 2
Sieves Wire 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 36
000 lbs P
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
D1 5 B
P
4
6
5
6
6
1
6
4
5
D
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Same C L min wt 20
000 lbs 4 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 I 2
Snuff in jars packed 2
Same not packed D1
Soap Castile and Fancy 2
Soap Common 6 R
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 30000 lbs See
Rule 12 P
Soapstone in kegs barrels casks or sacks L C L 6
Same C 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 5
Same in barrels B
Solder 5
Sorghum see Syrup
Spades see Agricultural Implements
Speller 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 Is
Same in barrels or casks 3
Same in boxes 2
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 30
000 lbs C
Stationery 2
Statuary Iron Lawn Ornaments etc See Iron
Statues 3T1 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 3
Stone Granite and Marble
When shipper desires to assume risk of loss or damage in order to secure lower rate he Is
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required on demand of carrier to sign bill of lading releasing said carrier of liability
Stone Granite and Marble
It C L valuation limited 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 L of6
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 protected otherwise at owners risk valuation limited to 20 cents per cubic foot
C L min wt 30000
lbs P
Same L C LI of 6
Blocks Paving rough rubble and Crushed Stone C L min wt
36000 lbs P
Same L C L I of 6
Curbing C L min wt
30000 lbs P
Same L C L of6
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
CK OK
Stove Boards boxed or
crated
Stove Furniture L C L
Same C L
Stove Pipe See Pipe
Stove Plates L C L
Same C L
Stoves and Ranges viz Alcohol Gas Gasoline Oil or Vapor boxed or
crated L C L
Same boxed crated or loose C L min wt
16000 lbs
Stoves Stov Plates Furniture and Hollow YvTare including the necessary
pipe L C L
Same C L
For special rates between Junction points see Circular 309 Straw see Hay Rule 12
Straw Boards
Straw Goods
Straw Pine See Pine Straw or Wooden Bottle Covers pressed in bales Stucco same as Plaster Calcined
Sugar in bags
Sugar in double sacks
same as in barrels Sugar in boxes strapped
Same not strapped
Sugar in bbls and hogsheads
Sugar Cane L C L prepaid
Same C L prepaid
Sugar Grape
Sulphates L C L Sulphates Ash and Soda C L same as Fertilizers
Sulphur in boxes L C L Sulphur in bags barrels casks or kegs L C L Sulphur for spraying purposes or for manufacture of Fertilizers C L Same as Fertliizers Sumac viz
Ground in bags or bbls
L C L
Same C L min wt 20
000 lbs
Leaf C L min wt 16000 lbs
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CR Oft
CR
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 Fish
ing Tackle
Tacks packed 6
Tailings see Paper Stock
Talc apply Soapstone rates
Tallow in barrels B
Tallow N 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 20000 lbsV 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 i 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
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
Poles L C L
Insulator Brackets or
Pins without percentage C Li
Same L G L
Braces Cross arm Iron of 6 Cross arms with Insulator Pins or Brackets affixed 6
Same without Insulator Pins or Brackets L
O L 6
Same without Insulator Pins or Bracketts 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 o r Staples Lightning Arrestors
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Fuse Blocks Terminal Heads for Cables Anchor Rods Paraffine
Rubber Tubing Cable
Aerial Submarine and Underground and other analogous materials 1
Telephones boxed 1
Outfits for construction or repair of telephone or telegraph line Same as Outfits Graders or Contractors
Wire Copper and Insulated L C L 2
Same C L 4
Wire Telegraph other than above same as wire common
Tents Tent Poles and Pins 2
TerraCotta in packages 3
TerraCotta Architectural
C L
TerraCotta Architectural packed in casks tierces
etc L C L 3
Terra Japnica 4
Thread Spool Cotton and
Silk 3
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 R
Tile viz
Drain and Roofing see Pipe
Fire for Lining etc 4
Hollow fireproof L C
L 6
Same C L min wt 25
000 lbs p
Marble etc see Stone
Paving Cement C L same as Stone Building and Cement Building Blocks
Paving Cement L C L Packed R
Timber N O S rough hewed round split or sawed other than fuel same as Lumber
CH
lin Block and Pig 5
Tin Foil in boxes 2
Tin Plate in boxes or rolls
L C L 4
Tin Plate C L 5
Tin Roofing see Roofing
Tin Scrap in rolls or bundles wired or crated 6
Tinners Trimmings N O
S 2
Tinware and Tin Stamped Ware boxed 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 i
Tobacco Cut in boxes
bbls or bales l
Tobacco Leaf in cases l
Tobacco Plug in boxes
or kegs l
Tobacco Screws and Fixtures See Machinery
Tobacco Smoking l
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
Tools Edge
Tools Mechanic boxed
Toothpicks
Tow in bales
Same compressed
Toys viz
Drums boxed 3T1
Furniture childrens L
C L D 1
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
4 6
5
03 bo to ts5 to H
160
CR I OR
Sleds or Sleighs childrens L C Li in bdls Same C L min wt 15000 lbs
Trunks
Wax Show Figures
Wheelbarrows G h i 1drens in bdls L C L Same C L min wt
15000 lbs
Mixed C L min wt 15
000 lbs
Toys N O S
Tracks Railway portable of iron or wood
K D L C L
Same C L
Trains Sugar see Agricultural Implements
Traps Fly
Traps Mouse and Rat 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
Trucks Warehouse and
Factory L C L
Same C L
Trunks single
Trunks nested or filled with merchandise crated
or strapped
Trunks empty or filled with merchandise corded
or wrapped
Trunks filled with merchandise not corded or
wrapped
Trunks N O S
Tubes Sheet Metal see Iron
Trunks Sample
Tubs N O S
Tubs Bath all kinds L
C L
Tubs Bath cast iron C L Tubs Bath N O S C L
min wt 10000 lbs Tubs Bath see Iron and Steel Articles
Tubs Bath folding wrapped or crated
JL 1 1
n
D 1
D 1
1
1
1
4
6
D 1 1
4
3
6
n
i
i
D 1 D 1
D 1 1
1
4
2
1
6
O
1
2
1
3
2
Tumblers packed
Turbine and Water Wheels see Wheels
Turnips in barrels or sacks Turpentine Spirits in packages less than a barrel Turpentine Spirits in barrels without percentage Turpentine Spirits in tank cars See Note without percentage
CR OR
2 4
6 R
3 5 R
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 Earthenware
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 Did in boxes barrels or kegs 3
Typewriters boxed D 1 1
TJ
Umbrellas boxed 1
Urns see Iron
V
Vaults Burial see Burial Vaults
Vehicles and material for Vehicles as follows
161
Ctt I OR
CR I OR
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
Vehicles viz
Automobiles Locomobiles or other self
propelled Vehicles See notes viz
S U L C L D1
K D boxed or well
crated L C L 1J
S U or K D C L min wt 10000 lbs 1
Noth 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 1
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 1 6
Hose Reels or Hose
Carts twowheeled K
D boxed or crated L
C L D1
Same C L min wt
20000 lbs 5
Hose Wagons with
Chemical Engine attachments min wt
4000 lbs each D1
Carriages Buggies Gigs
Sulkies and Trotting Wagons boxed or well crated C L min wt
8000 lbs 3 4
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
L actual weight4 T1
Carriages Buggies Gigs Sulkies and Trotting Wagons L C L K
D boxed or well crated value not to exceed 15 per 100 lbs in case of total loss for which carrier is liable D1 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 D1
Carriage and Buggy Shafts and Poles fully wrapped shipped separate from vehicles D1 Carriages Childrens K
D in boxes bndls or
crates l
Carriages Childrens set
up boxed D1
Carriages Childrens set
up unboxed 3T1
Cars Railroad see Cars
Carts Hand K D and packed or bundled 3
Dump Carts with wheels
detached 4
Hearses K D boxed or
crated 1
Hearses set up see Stage Coaches under Vehicles
Oil Tank Wagons S TJ
L C L min wt 4000
lbs D1
Same tongues wheels poles or shafts detached L C L 2
Same C L min wt
20000 lbs 5
Road Village or Pleasure Carts see Carriages etc
Stage Coaches Omnibuses and Hearses ac
tual wt4T1
4
3T1
1
U
162
CR I
Vehicle Material Boxes
Skeins and Springs see Special Iron List
Vehicle Material Buggy Bodies Bows Doubletrees Felloes Hubbs
Rims Seats Shafts Singletrees Spokes Whiffletrees and Wheels
N 0 S viz
Finished L C L 2
Same C L 5
In the white L C L 4
Same C L 6
In the rough L C L 5
Same C L 6
Dashes boxed or crated 2
Bicycles Tricycles or Velocipedes viz
Crated or boxed not taken otherwise L C
L n
Same C L min wt
10000 lbs 3
Velocipedes Railroad 1
Wlagons and Carts C
L min wt 24000 lbs 4
Wagons and Carts
Farm or Lumber set up actual weight D 1 Wagons and Carts Farm or Lumber taken apart and thoroughly knocked down in any quantity actual weight 6
Wagions Childrens same as Childrens Carriages
Wagons Street Sprinklers D1
Wagon Parts Wood unpainted K D and packed in crates or
bundles 5
Wagon Tires see Tires
Valves Brass see Brass Varnish in barrels or kegs 2
Varnish in cans boxed 2
Varnish in cans not boxed 1
Vaseline in cans packed 2
Vaseline in glass packed 1
Vault Lights see Glass Vegetables Desiccated 4
Vegetables in cans see Fruit in cans
Vegetables N O S prepaid or guaranteed
Veneering boxed
Same not boxed
Ventilators sheet metal L
C L
Same C L min wt
10000 lbs
Vermicelli
Vinegar in barrels or kegs Vinegar in glass same as Beer Ale and Porter in glass
Vinegar Shavings or Chips
in bags
Vises packed or unpacked Vitriol Blue in barrels
CR
1
D 1
D 1
1
1
B
5
5
1
w Wadding D 1
Wagon Jacks see Jackscrews etc Wainscoting see Woodwork 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 etc 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 half
o barrels and kegs and bottles
OR
4
163
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
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
Whetstones boxed
Whips
Whiskey see Liquors
Whiting N O S
Whiting in boxes
Whiting in barrels casks or sacks dry C L Willow Reeds in bales
Willow Ware
Willow Ware Baskets
nested
Window Casings see Woodwork
Window Shades
Window Shade Cloth
Window Frames see Sash etc
Wind Mills K D in bndls Wine see Liquors
Wines High same as Liquors
Wire Common Barbed or otherwise see Special Iron List
Wire Binding
Wire copper and insulated
L C L
Same C L
Wire Cloth
CR
OR
Wire Fence See Fencing
Wire Goods boxed N O S
Wire Grass see Grass
Wire Mattresse see Furniture
Wire Rope
4 Wire Seives see Sieves
Wire Screens
2 Wire Telegraph see Tele
1 graph
Wire N O S
Wire Work Racks Stands
5 Vases Signs and Figures
boxed or crated
Wire Work Woven Table
1 Toilet and Household Ar
ticles boxed or crated
Wire Fencing see Fencing Wire
3
3
a
5
3
L
2
D1 1
1
1
3
Wire Netting see Netting Wire
Wood Green or Dry C L of 10 cords to be billed by cord See Rule 12
Wood Ashes see Ashes
Wooden Butter Dishes packed L C L
Wooden Butter Dishes C L min wt 24000 lbs
Wooden Covers see Covers
Wooden Ware N O S
Wooden Ware does not include Willow Ware which is
Wood Liquor in barrels
Wood Plates L C L
Wood Plates C L min wt 24000 lbs
Wood Hard in the rough shaped for manufacturing L C L
Same C L see Handles
Woodwork viz Railing Balusters Wainscoting Stairwork Paneling Window Casings all of oak or other hardwoods for inside finish of houses in bundles crates or boxes
3 5 L C L
Same C L
2 Woolen and Cotton Goods
4 mixed without percent
1 I age
CR
3
4 1
3
3 T 1 D 1
P
3
6
1
D 1 3 3
6
6
4 6
5
OR
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C R I O R
C R I O R
Wool washed in bags not
pressed
Wool unwashed in hags
not pressed
Wool washed in bags
pressed in bales
Wool unwashed pressed in bags or bales not to exceed in size 2i ft x 3J ft x 6 ft nor weighing less than 200 lbs
Woolen Goods without percentage
Wool Mineral in bags Wringers Clothes packed Same not packed
Y
Yachts see Boats
Yarn Cotton same as Domestics
Yarn jute or sisal
Yarns N O S
Yeast in wood
Yeast in boxes
Yokes
Z
Zinc in sheets or rolls Zinc in blocks or pigs L
C L
Same C L
Zinc Cornices see Cornices
Zinc Oxide
Zinc Paints see Paints
M CO CO CO a
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DISTANCE TABLES
Indicates NonAgency Stations
ALABAMA GREAT SOUTHERN RAILROAD
GeorgiaTennessee Morganville 457 Tatum 1275
Line 000 New England 723 Rising Pawn 1822
Wildwood 184 Trenton 1043 Sulphur Springs 2352
ATLANTA WEST POINT RAILROAD
Atlanta 000
Lakewood 496
Oakland City 720
East Point 656
College Park 857
Red Oak 123
Stonewall 1573
Union City 1707
Fairburn 1881
Wright s 2144
Palmetto 2519
McCollum 3028
Madras 3316
McBride 3723
Newnan 3881
Moreland 4518
St Charles 4651
Grantville 5094
Trimble 5526
Hogansville 5769
Louise 6424
LaGrange 7088
Cannon ville 7780
Gabbettville 8010
West Point 8619
ATLANTA BIRMINGHAM ATLANTIC RAILROAD
BRUNSWICK TO BIRMINGHAM
Brunswick 00
Southern Junction 90
Brobston 123
Akron 137
Anguilla 159
Leicht 171
Blounts 194
Thallman 211
Veneer 225
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
Byromville 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
Ala3018
Roanoke Ala 3111
Birmingham Ala 4538
166
ATLANTA BIRMINGHAM ATLANTIC RAILROADContinued
MANCHESTER TO ATLANTA
Manchester 00 Haralson 289 Union City 561
Persico 48 Senoia S44 Dungannon 596
Woodbury 10S Aberdeen 428 Ben Hill 648
Imlac 142 Tyrone 473 Stratford 705
Gay 192 Fife 530 Bellwood Yard 757
Alvaton 246 Atlanta 779
WAYCROSS TO SESSOMS
Sessoms 00 Bolen 110 Waltertown 195
Murray 41 Haygood 141 Waycross 260
Beach 70
FITZGERALD TO THOMASVILLE
Fitzgerald 00 Kell 296 Corbetts 551
Fletcher 58 Iniss 322 Sunset 579
Mystic 92 Omega 352 Murphy 604
Pinetta 115 Crosland 389 Coolidge 660
Hansen 154 Norman Park 425 Merrillville 703
181 Barbers 466 Tmiraine 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 000 Monteith 1313 0 Leary s 1542

SAVANNAH TO FLORIDA STATE LINE
Savannah 000 Aimar 4180 Baybon 8189
Millers 1027 Ludowici 4627 Nahunta 8561
Burroughs 1176 Doetortown 5269 Hickox 8926
Ways 1594 Jesup 5730 Bachelott 9329
Fleming 2420 Broadhurst 6687 Winokur 9745
McIntosh 3134 Fairfield 6987 Newell 10419
Allenhurst 3680 McKinnon 7157 Folkston 11164
Walthour ville 3864 Hortense 7625
JESUP TO ALABAMA STATE LINE
Jesup 000 Waycross 3951 Naylor 8685
Slover 485 Buskin 4567 Delmar 9079
Screven 1142 Glenmore 5100 Indianola 9387
Offerman 1916 Manor 5399 Valdosta 9988
Patterson 2127 Argyle 5893 Paine Smith 10377
Owen 2584 Homerville 6515 Kinderlou 10560
Blackshear 2966 Cutting 6919 Ousley 10932
Homestead 3212 Dupont 7341 Durden 11150
Deans Still 3384 Stockton 8167 Quitman 11693
167
ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANYContinued
JESUP TO ALABAMA STATE LINEContinued
Emerson 12146 Thomasville 14316 Brinson 190 43
Dixie 12380 Pine Park 15065 Iron City 19553
Pidcock 12658 Cairo 15727 Lela 19861
Boston 13111 Whigham 16423 Donalsonville 20011
Monroe Siding 13471 Climax 17070 Jakin 206 21
Newark 13809 Bain To ridge 17919 Saffold 21064
Neils Siding 14100 Cyrene 18755
WAYCROSS TO FOLKSTON
Way cross 000 Fort Mudge 1479 Homeland 3236
Astoria 617 Bacepond 2016 Folkston 3421
Braganza 772 Uptonville 2798
THOMASVILLE TO ALBANY
Thomasville Companys Siding Tasco Williams Ochlocknee 000 371 610 704 1154 Hansel Meigs Pelham Leland Camilla 1564 1879 2403 2803 3220 Flint Baconton DeWitt Hardaway Albany 3819 4244 4576 4962 5837
MONTICELLO BRANCH
Thomasvle 000 Metcalfe 1003
CLIMAX TO FLORIDA STATE LINE
Climax 000 Stricklands Mill 490 Faceville
Otisca 202 Eleanor 663 Eecovery
Fowltown 864
OTISKA TO AMSTERDAM
Otisca 000 Mizes Siding 252 Amsterdam
Wataga 724
WAYCROSS TO BRUNSWICK
Way cross 000 Nahunta 2345 Anguilla
Colgans Still 693 Lulaton 2826 Pyles Marsh
SehTatterville 1045 Atkinson 3170 Southern June
Hoboken 1463 Waynesville 3520 Dock Junction
Coon Bottom 2014 Bladen 4066 Brunswick
Jamacia 4359
WAYCROSS TO ALBANY
Way cross 000 Leliaton 3953 Ty Ty
Deenwood 245 Pinebloom 4122 Sumner
Waresboro 800 Willacoochee 4239 Poulan
Sappville 1179 Glory 4862 Sylvester
Hasty 1324 Alapaha 5329 Willingham
Fairfax 1635 Enigma 5991 Artesia
Millwood 1925 Brookfield 6359 Aeree
McDonald 2326 Vanceville 6666 Johnsons Siding
Pearson 3074 Tifton 7117 Albany
Kirkland 3415 Hillsdale 7842
1539
2163
1005
4604 4900 5245 5496
5805
7998
8605
8934
9240
9673
9939
10223
10641
11204
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ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANYContinued DUPONT TO FLORIDA STATE LINE Dupont 000 Haylow 1170 Tarver 2030 Withers 962 Alexanderville 1740 Barnes Still 2398
ATLANTIC WAYCROSS NORTHERN RAILROAD
Kingsland 000 Woodville 800 St Marys 1100
Scotchville 600 Arnow 850
AUGUSTA SOUTHERN RAILROAD
Augusta 000 Blythe 2176 Mitchell 5926
Neco 504 Keysville 2653 Halley 6087
Adam 547 Padgetts 2853 Agricola 6171
Adventure 689 Noah 3010 Chalker 6424
Gracewood 860 Matthews 3134 Floyd Creek 6565
DeBruce 1070 Wrens 3598 Amerson 6790
Melton 1275 Spread 4107 Marvins 6888
Hepzibah 1506 Avera 4547 War then 7084
Moores 1589 Book Comfort 4839 Gilmore 7237
Elwood 1713 Gibson 5067 Sandersville 8026
Edie 1844 Kenmore 5269 Tennille 8353
Beall Springs 5516
BOWDON RAILWAY
Bowdon Junction 000 Mt Zion 310 Jonesville 960
Earnest 160 Burwell 710 Bowdon 1200
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY
SAVANNAH TO ATLANTA
Savannah 00 Rogers 868 Bolingbroke 2060
Central Junction 34 Herndon 901 Smarrs 2122
Pooler 82 Midville 963 Forsyth 2172
Bloomingdale 123 Gertrude 1004 Colliers 2230
Meldrim 170 Wadley 1069 Goggins 2286
Eden 193 Bartow 1113 Barnesville 2333
Marlow 261 Almira 1160 Milner 2398
Pineora 275 Davisboro 1222 Orchard Hill 2452
Guyton 303 Sun Hill 1301 Griffin 2513
Tusculum 351 Tennille 1352 Pomona 2565
Egypt 404 Oconee 1464 Sunnyside 2583
Oliver 459 Toomsboro 1549 Hampton 2617
Halcyondale 500 McIntyre 1617 Love joy 2666
Cameron 546 Gordon 1706 Orrs 2708
Dover 574 Lewiston 1749 Jonesboro 2731
Ogeechee 615 Griswold 1815 Morrow 2776
Rocky Ford 664 Macon 1908 Forrest Park 2813
Scarboro 707 Macon Junction 1917 Hapeville 2855
Paramore Hill 742 Rivoli 1986 East Point 2881
Millen 788 Lorane 2031 Ft McPherson 2906
Cushingville 830 Atlanta 2945
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CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAYContinued
MILLEN TO AUGUSTA
Milieu 00 Idlewood 145 McBean 328
Lawton 50 Waynesboro 205 Tahoma 408
Perkins 70 Greens Cut 270 Allen s 428
Munnerlyn 105 Augusta 535
DOVER TO BREWTON
Dover 00 Parish 252 475
Clito 51 Metter 294 Covena 534
Statesboro 99 Canoe 344 Norristown 566
Jimps 154 Stillmore 387 Adrian 63 5
Register 187 Lexsy 442 Scott 685
Pulaski 233 Wesley 464 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
Brooks 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 Clem 484 542 West Rome Morrisons 1222 125 5 Rock Springs 1795 1845 1878
Carrollton 598 Berry Hill 1270 Lytle
Mandeville 671 Buckhalter 1298 Missionary Ridge 1899
Bowdon Junction 681 Lavender 1310 Rossville 1933
Bremen 728 Sprite 1357 Chattanooga 1979
CHICKAMAUGA TO DURHAM
Chickamauga 00 Wests 63 126
Harps Switch 32 Lula Lake 104 Vulcan 144
Cenchat 56 Durham 172
LYERLY TO DEWEY
Lyerly 00 Alabama State Line 70
MACON TO COLUMBIA
Macon 00 Ohio 230 434
Wise 37 Bliss 251 Oglethorpe 502
Rutland 64 Ft Valley 283 Greens Mill 543
Walden 91 Masseys Lane 335 Andersonville 595
Echeconnee 117 Marshallville 359 Bagley 660
Byron 167 Winchester 386 Americas 700
Powersville 208 Barron s Lane 431 Maddox 755
170
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAYContinued
MACON TO COLUMBUSContinued
Sumter 792
Smithvie 824
Adams 883
Leesburg 950
Century 990
Forrester 1008
Newsom 1021
Albany 1055
Dowell 1080
Lockett 1121
Walker 1163
Ducker 1190
Holt 1243
Leary 1281
Williamsburg 1334
Commissary Hill 1374
Arlington 1410
Bancroft 1478
Peru 1502
Blakely 1541
Hilton 1644
State Line near Columbia Ala 1664
MACON TO COLUMBUS
Macon 00 Ft Valley 283 Paschal 645
Wise 37 Nakomis 357 Geneva 700
Rutland 64 Beechwood 393 Juniper 736
Walden 91 Reynolds 416 Box Springs 771
Echeconnee 117 Bonita 451 Upatoi 821
Byron 167 Pebble 469 Commonwealth 867
Powersville 208 Butler 500 Schatnlga 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
Dupree 39 Shanty No 11 73 Perry 124
AMERICUS TO COLUMBUS
Americus 00 Doyle 237 Halloca 477
Nacora 66 Buena Vista 283 Oehille 526
LaCrosse 86 Elm View 316 Sand Hill 563
Provo 102 Kinchefoonee 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
Cuthbert Junction 19 Coleman 100 Killen 200
Coles 39 Jones 155 Ft Gaines 215
SM1THVILLE 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 Morris 420 454 Eufaula Ala 591
171
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAYContinued
MACON TO ATHENS
Macon 00 Round 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 Watkinsville 957
Gray 177 Machen 532 Sidney 978
Bradleys 209 Shady Dale 540 Whitehall 1008
Wayside 245 Godfrey 610 Athens 1052
Waring 662
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 511 715
Milledgeville 169 Aikenton 526 Starrsville 752
Meriwether 247 Machen 558 Covington 807
Dennis 293 Kelly 598 Porterdale 863
Farrar 613
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
Cataula 162 Durand 400 67 1
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
Peb 100 Lbs Per Bbl Per 100 Lbs Per Ton Peb Cab Load Per 100 Lbs Per Ton 2000 Lbs
1 50 2 3 4 5 6 A B C D E F G H J K LM 1 N O P R 3 5 e e a 3 M
45 40 30 25 20 20 20 15 12 20 25 10 1 2000 2000 1000 75 85
Savannah 00 Estill 140 Atlantic Club 168
St Augustine 50 Fort Screven 157 Hotel Tybee 173
McQueens 90 Point 163 South End 177
Lazaretto 130 Post Office 163
172
CHARLESTON WESTERN CAROLINA RAILWAY
Augusta 000 Martinez 808 gneada 1429
Bon Air 677 Evans 1190
ELBERTON EASTERN RAILWAY
Elberton 000 Bell 1100 Malloryville 1900
Cauthan 600 Kivers 1300 Tignali 2200
Eortsonia 900 Norman 1600
FITZGERALD OCILLA BROXTON RAILROAD
Osierfield 000 Winfield 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 000 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
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 Yonah 3200
Clark 700 Meldean 2200 Nacoochee 3400
Dewberry 1100 Cleveland 2600 Helen 3600
Brookton 3400 Asbestos 3000 North Helen 3700
173
GEORGIA RAILROAD
AUGUSTA TO ATLANTA
Augusta 000 Norwood 5059 Social Circle 11936
Wheeless 490 Wallace 5300 Alcovy 12475
Belair 989 Barnett 5798 Hazlebrand 12701
Grovetown 1515 Crawfordville 6446 Covington 12993
Forrest 1614 Bobinson 7048 Almon 13318
Berzelia 2074 Union Point 7612 Conyers 14042
Campania 2315 Greensboro 8321 Litlionia 14646
Harlem 2462 Carey 8934 Bedan 15029
Hubbard 2576 Swords 9180 Stone Mountain 15526
Dealing 2892 Buckhead 9566 Clarkston 16033
Bonesvllle 3253 Madison 10330 Scottdale 16250
Thomson 3738 Dorsey 10786 Decatur 16480
Mesena 4306 Butledge 11222 Clifton 16725
Camak 4694 Atlanta 17100
MACON TO CAMAK
Camak 000 Glen Ford 2820 Browns 5400
Warrenton 375 Devereux 3225 Haddocks 5810
Mayfield 1275 Carrs 3575 James 6425
Coleman 1728 Oconee Siding 4325 Boberts 6890
Culverton 1950 Milledgeville 4530 C B E Junction 7400
Granite Hill 2130 State Farm 4775 Macon 7800 f
Sparta 2380 A
ATHENS BRANCH
Union Point 000 Stephens 1554 Dunlap 3020
Woodville 471 Hutchings 1900 Wintersville 3198
Bairdstown 646 Crawford 2202 Athens 3900
Maxeys 1245 Arnoldsville 2710
WASHINGTON BRANCH
Barnett 000 Hillman 662 Little Biver 1140
Sharon 384 Ficklin 940 Washington 1720
MONROE BRANCH
Social Circle 000 Gresham 510 Monroe 1010
GEORGIA FLORIDA RAILWAY
AUGUSTA GA TO MADISON FLA
Augusta 00
Keysville 259
Brushy Creek 294
St Clair 325
Gough 367
Vidette 407
B osier 449
MeGruder 488
Lawsons Crossing 512 Midville 563
Stevens Crossing 593
Summertown 616
Blun 649
Modoe 681
Swainsboro 724
Wesley 803
Lombard 843
Colespur 895
Pendleton 920
Normantown 934
Billvan 960
Vidalia 1008
Petross 1067
Sharps Spur 1093
Alston 1118
Uvalda 1154
Charlotteville 1174
Brick Yard 1216
Orico 1220
Halls Spur 1233
174
GEORGIA FLORIDA RAILWAYContinued
AUGUSTA GA TO MADISON FLA Continued
Hazlehurst 1290 Mora 1694 Rays Mill 2039
Roper 1340 0 Berry 1720 Barrett 2089
Goldsmith 1365 May 1747 Seaford 2123
Brooker 1388 Towanda 1752 Bemiss 2146
Denton 1411 Willacoochee 1770 Chapman 2176
Ellis 1441 Bannockburn 1816 Valdosta 2224
Lehigh 1451 Crenshaw 1848 Wisenbaker 2244
West Green 1489 Weber 1874 Macville 2259
Carelock 1524 Whites 1900 Dees 2279
Huffer 1540 Delta 1929 Briggston 2303
Broxton Junction 1584 Nashville 1944 HiglT 2312
Douglas 1597 Sneed 1966 Clyattville 2327
Vickers 1650 Allenville 2001 Olympia 2358
Bear Creek 1656 Luckie 2030 Smith 2377
St Ilia 1672 Madison Fla 2504
MILLEN BRANCH
Pendleton 00 Stillmore 124 Thrift 337
Penhoopee 08 Wade v 193 Butts 365
Oak Park 40 Graymont 227 Emmalane 395
Ohoopee 63 Summitt 237 Harmony Junction 407
Kenfield 82 Hooks Crossing 270 Millen 441
Garfield 294
BROXTON BRANCH
Douglas 00 Broxton 85 McLeans 173
Blystone 32 Cliatts 121 Dickeys Farm 183
Lotts 54 Pridgen 138 Barrows Bluff 200
Sapps Still 154
MOULT Rl ESPARKS BRANCH
Nashville 00 Sparks 122 Ellenton 220
Cottle 45 Whitehurst 137 Pineboro 270
Cheek 60 Nola 168 Normans 291
Massee 70 Burney Hill 180 Kingwood 320
82 Bavboro 208 Moultrie 342

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 276
Oak Hill 2880
Crescent 2980
Eulonia 3410
Darien Junction 3980
Tibet 4780
Goosepond 5140
Brewer 5390
Ludowici 5690
Hilton 6020
Wefanie 6210
Roderick 6430
Donald 6680
Beard Creek 7140
Alton 7300
Glennville 7590
Kickligkter 7770
Lynn 7910
Purvis 8110
Bradleys 8290
Tootle 8550
Hughland 8710
Reidsville 9150
Collins 9840
175
GEORGIA FLORIDA ALABAMA
Richland 000
Dixons 477
Kimbrough 667
Barges 1137
Troutman 1283
Gore 1590
Benevolence 1768
Wades 2014
White House 2314
Cuthbert 2749
Randolph 3551
Carnegie 3742
Moye 3956
141 Mile Post 4231
Edison 4384
Turman 4830
Arlington 5377
Rowena 5790
124 Mile Post 5931
Damascus 6366
Warrens Mill 6632
Corea 6844
Colquitt 7249
Nicholasville 7607
RAILWAY
Babcock
Eldorendo
Ausmac
Lynn
Whites Mill
West Bainbridge
Bainbridge
Bower
Attapulgus
Laingkat
Florida State Line Tallahassee
7767
8234 8541 8714
8934 9224 9327
10115
10553
10766
10996
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
lone 1700
Autreyville 2040
22 Mile Post 2200
Mauzy 2343
Moultrie 2858
Blasingame 3293
Schley 3363
Sigsbee 3700
Doerun 4151
Ticknor 4300
Pritchett 4566
Bridgeboro 4839
McPhaul 5000
Gantt 5138
Underwood 5400
Nelms 5565
Ramsey 5700
Pecan City 5900
Strom 6122
Darrow 6400
Shackelford 6550
Albany 6744
Macon
Macon Yard
Sofkee
Avondale Elberta Wellston Bonaire Kathleen
Tivola
Grovania
Elko
Unadilla Pinehurst Findlay Vienna Richwood Cordele Wenona
Arabi
Sibley
Dakota
Macon Valdosta
GEORGIA SOUTHERN FLORIDA RAILWAY
000 Worth 8146 Haylow 173 73
127 Ashburn 8477 Friiifland 176 86
786 Sycamore 8737 Thelma 17867
1061 Inaha 9161 Headlight 18558
1300 Cycloneta 9525 Colon 1Q2 34
1598 Chula 9813 Fargo Q3 42
2129 Little Penn 10100 Edith 1 QQ 00
2484 Tifton 204 36
2898 Eldorado 11191 Ewing 20568
3491 Lenox 11806 Eddy Fla 216 17
3839 Osgood 12038 Baxter Fla 999 3
4391 LaConte 12300 Moniac Ga 22316
4879 Sparks 12554 St George Ga 23480
5168 Adel 12769 Kent Fla 23903
5615 Cecil 13422 Crawford 24412
5945 Hahira 13814 Keens 24700
6451 Mineola 14426 Plummer 25039
6918 Valdosta 15163 Kingsgrove 25425
7444 Blanton 16118 Hoyt 25663
7754 Howell 16497 Grand Crossing 25817
7922 Mayday 16759 Jacksonville Fla 26178
B DIVISION
000 Dasher 15756 Melrose 16720
15163 Lake Park 16343 Palatka Fla 28600
176
GEORGIA SOUTHWESTERN GULF RAILROAD
ALBANY NORTHERN RY
Cordele Milldale Baines Williams Still 000 Warwick 628 Oakfield 743 Starr Farm 891 Philema 1273 1741 1919 2058 Walters Beloit Smiths Albany 2400 2600 2880 3500
GREENE COUNTY RAILROAD
Apalachee 000 Embee 1000 Pannel 1685
Bostwick 615 Good Hope 1280 Monroe 1965
HARTWELL RAILWAY
Bowersville 000 Air Line 400 Hartwell 1010
HAWKINSVILLE FLORIDA SOUTHERN RAILWAY
Hawkinsville 000 Double Bun 3142 Gorday 6774
Tippetts Still 359 Felder 3386 Alford s Switch 7042
Chancey 559 Amboy 3685 Parkerville 7222
Wallace 719 Worth 4259 Livingstons Spur 7373
Millerville 926 Ashburn 4575 Bridgeboro 7600
Finleyson 1209 Josella 4861 Becks Siding 7772
Pineview 1327 Little Biver 4912 Lester 8119
Barton villn 1553 Hobby 5078 Eagan 8453
Pope City 1800 Coverdale 5262 Greenough 8619
Seminole 1967 Terrel 5484 Faircloths Siding 8755
McCall 2306 Shingler 5805 Felix 8900
Pitts 2626 WoTdsvillfl 6085 Adelaide 9134
Bush 2907 Sylvester 6310 Camilla 9624
Fruit Farm 6450
HAWKINSVILLE WESTERN RAILROAD
Hawkinsville 000 Browndale 800 Duncan 1800
Coates 500 Garnett 1100 Perry 2300
Grovani 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 Univeter 2005 Tate
Elizabeth 195 Canton 2365 Jasper
Oakhurst 373 Keithsburg 2905 Westbrook
Blackwells 729 Gober 3253 Talking Bock
Woodstock 1208 Bannister 3303 Caras Mill
Toonigh 1587 Ball Ground 3524 Whitestone
Holly Springs 1803 Nelson 3873 Talona
4148
4643
4872
5279
5477
5708
5994
177
LOUISVILLE NASHVILLE RAILROADContinued
BETWEEN MARIETTA AND KNOXVILLEContinued
Tioga Ellijay Northcutt White Path 6116 Cherry Log 6711 Lucius 7099 Blue Ridge 7276 7530 Curtis 7691 Kyle 8245 Etowah Tenn Knoxville Tenn 8791 9229 14354 20364
ATLANTA TO KNOXVILLE VIA CARTERSVILLE
Atlanta Cartersville Junta White Rydal Bolivar 000 Fairmount 4764 Ranger 5678 Coniston 6371 Chatsworth 6807 Eton 7259 Crandall 7714 Fairy 8249 Cisco 8692 Etowah Tenn 9228 Knoxville Tenn 9632 9941 10297 10539 13650 19660
Blue Ridge Mineral Bluff MURPHY BRANCH
000 Sweet Gum 469 1158 Murphy N C 2527
CRANDALL BRANCH
Crandall 000 Grassy Mountain 112
LOUISVILLE WADLEY RAILROAD
Kly AWrei8 67 wsTme 1000
Macon Sofkee Skipperton Hardy Lizella Montpelier Moran
MACON BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY
00 Dyas 327 Woodbury
80 Culloden 390 Snelson
118 Yatesville 435 Harris
155 Upson 497 Odessadale
208 Thomaston 568 Mountville
255 Crest 657 Robertson
283 Thunder 699 LaGrange
750
801
833
906
946
994 1048
Macon
Swift Creek Winthrop Pikes Peak Fitzpatrick
Ripley
J effersonville Gallemore
MACON DUBLIN SAVANNAH RAILROAD
00 Danville 3121 Catlin
504 Allentown 3295 Minter
1070 Montrose 3754 Rockledge
1244 Haskins 3990 Orland
1550 Dudley 4244 Soperton
1721 Shewmake 4527 Tarrytown
2285 Moores 4821 Kibbee
2756 Dublin 5350 Vidalia
5908
6306
6804
6976
7620
8079
8400
9226
Naylor
Carters
MILLTOWN AIR LINE RAILWAY
000 01dlot 500 Darsey 7 00
400 Milltown 1000
MILSTEAD RAILWAY
00 Milstead 29
Conyers
178
OOILLA PINEBLOOM VALDOSTA RAILWAY
Pinebloom 000 G F Depot 113 Metts Siding 500
Willachoochee 100 Louthers Still 288 Gaskins Still 813
OOILLA SOUTHERN RAILROAD
NASHVILLE TO ROCHELLE
Nashville 000 Gladys 1965 Fitzgerald 3882
Isom 200 Mixon 2356 Westwood 4182
Fred 360 Melvin 2540 Irwin 4470
Griner 460 Reason 2720 Abba 4766
Ashwood 592 Ocilla 2856 Lake 4966
Auvil 928 Henderson Mill 3056 Yan 5068
Alapaha 1280 Frank 3240 Salem 5270
Fletchers 1380 Barnes 3440 Talmadge 5472
Lucy Lake Barrineau 1650 Dorminey 1820 3540 Owensboro Rochelle 6225
OCILLA TO IRWINVILLE
Ocilla 000 Paulk 339 Irwinville 971
Mystic 599
PELHAM HAVANA RAILROAD
Cairo 00 Cranford 63 Maxwell 125
Gradyville 32 Booth 82 Calvary 153
Reno 105
REGISTER GLENNVILLE RAILWAY
Register New Hope Dink Adabelle Undine Brookland 000 Hagan 215 Claxton 50 Winburn 600 Dean 1123 Jennie 1350 1750 Moody 1909 Easterling 1868 Coe 2300 Birdford 2625 Glennville 2700 2825 3025 3221 3550
Rome ROME NORTHERN RAILROAD 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
Colfax 50
Bland 90
Portal 120
Aaron 170
sMiley 210
Garfield 250
Canoochee 300
Matlee 350
Stevens Crossing 390
179
SAVANNAH NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY
Savannah 000 Ardmore 3580 Bascom 6480
Pipemaker 520 Kildare 3870 Hiltonia 6740
Newton ville 740 Leola 4120 Millhaven 7160
Godleys 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 Syl vania 5740 Leroy 10430
Shawnee 3390 Lewis 6210 St Clair 10860
SAVANNAH SOUTHERN RAILWAY
Lanier 00 Bula 43 Strumbay 122
Norden 22 Hayman 68 Willie 148
Letford 93
LETFORD TO SPIERS
Letford 37
SAVANNAH STATESBORO RAILWAY
Cuyler 000 Hubert 1238 Brooklet 2400
Blitchton 418 Stilson 1615 Grimshaw 2640
Eldora 653 Areola 1940 Pretoria 2834
Olney 853 Truckers 2100 Statesboro 3260
Ivanhoe 1059
SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY
SAVANNAH TO SOUTH CAROLINA STATE LINE
Savannah 000 Rincon 1910 Berrys 2980
Meinhard 1110 Stillwell 2490 Clyo 3250
Exley 1580 Columbia S C 14170
COLUMBUS TO ALBANY
Columbus 000 Brooklyn 6550
Esquiline 520 Alstons 3700 Mercer 6770
Masseys 800 Richland 3900 Sasser 7250
Ochillee 1100 Saville 4400 Stevens 7500
Hurley 1350 Kimbroughs 4500 Armena 7700
Durkins 1600 Weston 4810 Saline 7800
Cusseta 1850 Leveretts 5180 Palmyra 8250
Manta 2250 Chambliss 5410 Vason s 84 no
Renfroe 2800 Parrott 5640 Albany 8800
Yoemans 6150
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
180
SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAYContinued
ATLANTA TO CALHOUN FALLS S C
Atlanta 000 Glouster 2860 Hull 7920
Howells Transfer 300 Lawrenceville 3450 Colbert 8410
Deerland 560 Dacula 4050 Comer 8960
Armour 670 Auburn 4510 Berkeley 9520
Mina 710 Carl 4620 Deadwylers 9820
Wallace Mill 910 Winder 5160 Oglesby 9970
Belt Junction 1110 Russels 5290 Ethridge 10290
North Decatur 1120 New Timothy 5620 Elberton 10730
Montreal 1530 Statham 5950 Middleton 11310
Tucker 1800 Bogart 6350 Pearl 11620
Lilburn 2360 Cleveland 6720 Heardmont 11750
Luxomni 2520 MeElroy Athens 6880 7290 Calhoun Falls S C 12410
ATLANTA TO BIRMINGHAM
Howells 000 Dallas 2745 Grady 5052
Edna 526 Alexander 3050 Cedartown 5645
Rice 951 Thomas 3353 Akes 6119
Floyd 1141 Divide 3782 Esom 6590
Powder Springs 1712 Rockmart 4364 Birmingham Ala
Hiram 2184 Fish 4877 18th St 16298
ROCKMART TO CARTERSVILLE
Rockmart 000 Taylorsville 899 Browns 1683
Aragon 403 McGinnis 1127 Ladds 1944
Portland 480 Stilesboro 1353 Cartersville 2282
Deatons 672 Shelman 1587
LOGANSVILLE LAWRENCEVILLE BRANCH
Lawrenceville 000 Grayson 530 Logansville 1033
SAVANNAH TO FLORIDA STATE LINE
Savannah 000
Anderson 910
Burroughs 1100
Ways 1520
Belfast 2020
Limerick 2380
Dorchester 2690
Riceboro 3150
Jones 3880
Brickstone 3990
Darien Junction 4190
Townsend 4580
Cox 5220
Altamaha Sand Pit 5370
Altamaha River 5528
Everett 5850
Jenks 6370
Thalman 6590
Bladen 6940
Hayner 7470
Glencoe 7690
Waverly 7980
White Oak 8360
Satilla River 8769
Woodbine 8810
Colesburg 9120
Seals 9490
Kingsland 9990
Jacksonville Fla 13720
GEORGIA AND ALABAMA
Savannah 000 Cuyler 1983 Pembroke 3200
Williams 970 Arden 2178 Reka 3527
Watley 1200 Ellabelle 2394 Groveland 3923
Ottawa 1250 Lanier 2680 Palaky 4140
Meldrim 1730 Norden 2894 Daisy 4471
181
SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAYContinued
GEORGIA AND ALABAMAContinued
Claxton 4884
Hagan 5064
Bellville 5306
Manassas 5578
Collins 6115
Danton 6345
Ohoopee 6830
Lyons 7464
Stacers 7564
Vidalia 7984
Higgston 8354
McGreggor 8734
Ailey 8984
Mt Vernon 9164
Ochwalkee 9464
Glenwood 9644
Stuckey 10074
Alamo 10354
Erick 10724
McBae 11320
Helena 11364
Aults 11860
Milan 12394
Calvin 12860
Bhine 13264
Copeland 13500
Abbeville 13904
Kramer 14430
Rochelle 14824
Pitts 15334
Seville 15714
Listonia 16060
Penia 16314
Cordele 16814
Coney 17424
Daphne 17660
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
SMITHONIA DANIELSVILLE CARNESVILLE RAILROAD
Smithonia 000 Colbert 475
SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY
ATLANTA TO CHATTANOOGA
Atlanta 00
Peyton 71
Chattahoochee 79
Oakdale 93
Nickajack 123
Mableton 151
Austell 183
Powder Springs 231
Hiram 282
Dallas 342
McPherson 398
Braswell 448
Beattys Switeh 472
Rockmart 512
Aragon 545
Long 551
Bavenel 563
Seney 591
Byrd 608
Brice 623
Chambers 668
Silver Creek 676
Lindale 690
Atlanta Junction 708
Rome 731
Forrestville 748
Berwin 779
Bauxite 793
Shannon 819
Pinson 834
Plainville 867
Beeves 909
Oostanaula 924
Sugar Valley 977
Hill City 1005
Carbondale 1039
Phelps 1079
Dalton 1129
Waring 1181
Varnell 1221
Cohutta 1263
Chattanooga 1530
182
SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANYContinued
ATLANTA TO BIRMINGHAM
Atlanta 00 Lithia Springs 208 Arlington Vineyard 504
Peyton 71 Douglasville 268 Bremen 531
Chattahoochee 79 Winston 320 Waco 560
Oakdale 93 Villa Bica 381 West 603
Nickajack 123 Temple 443 Tallapoosa 636
Mableton 151 Morgan 481 Hoopers Tank 678
Austell 183 Birmingham 1673
ATLANTA TO FORT VALLEY
Atlanta 00 Woolsey 307 Culloden 757
Eoseland 28 Lowry 342 Mussella 823
Sawtell 38 Vaughn 366 Bonds Spur 873
Schoen 41 Zetella 398 Boberta 884
Cornell 53 Williamson 442 Hammett 931
Haasville 84 Zebulon 504 Gaillard 943
Thames 110 Meansville 549 Bollo 953
Biverdale 143 Vega 574 Allon 958
Selina 160 Piedmont 603 McCarty Sand Pit 960
Hillyer 168 Topeka Junction 644 Johnson Sand Pit 962
Helmer 179 Blalock High Sage s Sand Pit 963
Kenwood 190 tower Spur 658 Zenith 980
Fayetteville 237 Best Haven 664 Lee Pope 990
Harps 269 Mathews Spur 670 Hartley Spur 1025
Ackert 292 Yatesville 704 Fort Valley 1050
Castlin Spur 746
COLUMBUS TO McDONOUGH
Columbus 00 Shiloh 338 Jolly 671
Gentian 59 Pinedale 369 Beidsboro 684
Col Quarry Track 96 Nebula 376 Williamson 719
Flat Bock 103 Strannahan Spur 387 Bover 742
Midland 137 Warm Springs 420 Central Coal Spur 753
Ellerslie 182 Baleigh 462 Griffin 792
Ossahatchie 199 Woodbury 510 Towalaga 874
Byrds Spur 207 Molena 564 Luella 910
Waverly Hall 235 Neal 591 Greenwood 944
Oak Mountain 280 Concord 635 McDonough 979
ATLANTA TO SOUTH CAROLINA LINE
Atlanta 00 Buford 371 Sanitorium 722
Armour 59 Flowery Branch 438 Alto 738
107 475 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 Conley 94 Mahers Quarry 200
Boseland 28 Ellenwood 126 Tunis 223
Constitution 59 Bex 144 Flippen 240
Henrico 77 Stockbridge 185 McDonough 280
183
SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANYContinued
ATLANTA TO BRUNSWICKContinued
Locust Grove 352 Newberry 1183 Prentiss 2016
Jenkinsburg 401 McGriff 1202 Baxley 2048
Jackson 455 Coley 1222 Wheaton 2087
Central Ga Power Cochran 1262 Surrency 2143
Co Connection 472 Empire 1319 Brentwood 2192
Plovilla 505 Dubois 1349 Odum 2252
Cork 538 Gresston 1365 Burnett 2263
Berner 595 Eastman 1448 Nesbit 2301
Juliette 640 Godwinsville 1499 Drawdy 2322
Polhill 673 Chauncey 1546 Jesup 2348
Macon Stone Suomi 1559 Whaleys 2375
Supply Co 682 Achord 1602 Odessa 2397
Dames Perry 716 Helena 1634 Gardi 2414
Popes Perry 740 McRae 1648 Bennetts Still 2424
Holton 789 Scotland 1698 Pendarvis 2446
Virgin 822 Towns 1748 Grangerville 2470
Macon 872 Wilcox 1795 Mount Pleasant 2516
Eeids 968 Lowery 1803 Everett 2553
Phillips 983 Lumber City 1816 Belle Vista 2578
Bullard 1035 Ocmulgee 1829 Zuta 2613
Adams Park 1075 Hazlehurst 1889 Walbirg 2631
Ettrick 1095 Johnsonville 1940 Sterling 2654
West Lake 1136 Graham 1952 Gignlatt 2686
Ainslie 1161 Pine Grove 1985 Brunswick 2745
TOCCOA ELBERTON
Toccoa 00 Lavonia 185 Harper 409
Hays Crossing 47 Bowersville 240 Hard Cash 421
Eastanollee 72 Canon 264 Dewy Bose 439
Avalon 111 Eoyston 308 Goss 464
Martin 121 Vanna 352 Elberton 506
Bowman 383
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 00 Marble Switch 87 Bed Clay 127
Blue Springs 58 Weatherly 109 Cohutta 148
HAWKINSVILLE BRANCH
Cochran 00 Mobley 53 Hawkins ville 103
ROSWELL BRANCH
Chamblee 00 Dunwoody 53 Boswell 98
Morgan Junction 59
184
SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANYContinued
ATTALLA AND ROME
Forrestville 00 Robinson 90 Early 183
West Rome 33 Oreburg 104 Gadsden Ala 560
Huffaker 61 Coosa 132 Attalla Ala 613
Mt 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 Rica 00 V C C Co s Mines 29
SOUTH GEORGIA RAILWAY
Adel 000 Marchman 1400 Quitman 2852
Pine Valley 425 Morven 1575 Baden 3319
Greggs 608 Kennedys 1800 Empress 3652
Barney 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 Woodcliff 78 Rocky Ford 145
TALBOTTON RAILROAD
Talbotton 000 Paschal 663
SBE
TALLULAH FALLS RAILWAY
Cornelia Demorest Habersham Clarksville Hills Annandale Hollywood 000 Turnerville 438 Tallulah Park 602 Tallulah Lodge 731 Tallulah Falls 888 Joy 1074 Mathis 1298 Wiley 1605 1850 1977 2090 2529 2631 2785 Tiger Clayton Mountain City York Siding Rabun Gap Dillard Franklin N C 3137 3471 3775 3972 4054 4159 5720
TENNESSEE ALABAMA GEORGIA RAILROAD
Chattanooga 00 Moonsboro 92 Cooper Heights 183
Cravens 17 Eagle Cliff 99 Cassandra 200
Alton Park 35 Cenchat 111 Kensington 219
Woodburn Ga 63 Costello 127 Archer 230
Rock Creek 78 High Point 142 Estelle 242
Flintstone 84 Kendrick 154 Owl Hollow 248
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TENNESSEE ALABAMA GEORGIA RAILROADContinued
arsh 273 Chela ao v
Marsh Hillsdale Bronco Sharpe McConnellsville Hawkins 273 281 315 332 350 357 Chelsea Menlo Chesterfield Jamestown Blanche Taff 427 462 500 552 575 TQ ft Congo Little Hiver Benjamin Blue Pond Bristow Wilsonia Citico Gadsden Ala 632 652 675 689 734
Harrisburg Teloga 372 396 Loop 612 834 850 917
Tifton TIFTON TERMINAL COMPANY
Glovers Switch Willis Switch 40 80 Waterloo Siding 100
UNION POINT WHITE
Union Point Q00 Caldwells
White Plains Siloam
Junction 162
PLAINS RAILROAD
500 Jarrells
643 White Plains
VALDOSTA MOULTRIE
Valdosta oOO Masons
Troupville 600 Morven
Killian 770 Scruggs
Cates 880 Joyce
Golden n00 Simpson
Tillman 1280 Berlin
WESTERN RAILROAD
1510 Troy
1740 Weldon
2210 Evelyn
2350 West Broad Hgts
2490 Moultrie
2850
1213
1363
3060
3270
3580 4000
4180
Wadley Greenway Blundale Dellwood
WADLEY SOUTHERN RAILWAY
000
460
830
1420
WADLEY TO COLLINS
Swainsboro 1980 Corsica
Gar 2330 Cobbtown
McLeod 2650 Jarriels
Stillmore 3300 Collins
Aline 3970
4070
4550
4950 5300
WADLEY TO ROCKLEDGE
Wadley 000 Tom io fin Adrian Rixville Orianna Rockledge
Creek Junction 080 Kite 14 80
Pinetuckey Ennis 600 1050 Hodo Meeks Odomville 1690 2060 2470
2740
2920
3300
3700
WAYCROSS AND SOUTHERN RAILROAD
Hebardville Way cross Grundy 000 Lavinia 200 Predei Olive 800 Moneta 1000 Walker 1200 Hopkins 1500 1700 1800 2000
Waycross Durango Pine Valley India Crews WAYCROSS WESTERN 900 Cogdell 1300 RAILROAD 1600 Mexico 1800 Harley 2100 Dickerson 2300 Duneton Sirmans 2500 2700 2900 3100 3800
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WESTERN ATLANTIC RAILROAD
Atlanta 000
Simpson Street 090
Howells 303
Bolton 688
Gilmore 942
Yinings 1112
Smyrna 1498
Marietta 2043
Elizabeth 2180
Noonday 2616
Kennesaw 2865
Lena 3203
Acworth 3460
Kingston 000
Wooleys 305
Eves 717
Hugo 3904
Allatoona 4007
Bartow 4222
Emerson 4301
Etowah 4593
Cartersville 4759
Junta 4809
Eogers 5089
Cass 5236
Bests 5541
Kingston 5868
Cement 6055
Halls 6364
Adairsville 6851
ROME BRANCH
Dykes 1125
Freeman 1237
McDaniels 7472
Calhoun 7806
Besaca 8397
Tilton 9031
Dalton 9910
Bocky Face 10386
Tunnell Hill10684
Catoosa 11300
Binggold 11453
Graysville 12028
Chiekamauga Tenn 12602
Boyce 13200
Chattanooga 13677
Brick Yard 1552
Borne 1810
Tennille Lindseys Peacocks Harrison Donovan
Wrightsville Idylwild Meadows Lovett
WRIGHTSVILLE TENNILLE RAILROAD
000 Manning 2551
382 Brewton 2786
582 Condor 3233
945 Dublin 3627
1331 Southwestern Junc
1654 tion 3840
1932 Harlow 4165
2149 Vincent 4363
2378 Springhaven 4620
Dexter Alcorns
Chester
Yonkers
Boddy
Empire
Baileys Park Sparrows Spur Hawkinsville
4826
5188
5457
5875 6110 6418
6775 6996 7506
SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION
Dublin 000
Southwestern Junction 000
Cheeks Still 333
Tingle 517
Mayberry 850
Bentz 1055
Cadwell 1493
Batson 1751
Petway 1879
Leon 1975
Plainfield 2057
Southerland 2334
Eastman 2854
Rules and Orders of Commission
RELATING TO
TARIFFS and CLASSIFICATIONS
GOVERNING
EXPRESS COMPANIES
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Rates of Commission are maximum rates
Duty to accept and transport shipments
Routing
shipments
Tariffs changes in posting etc
Aggregating weights
RULE NO X
All of the rates prescribed by the Commission are maximum rates and shall not be exceeded by any express company operating in the State of Georgia
RULE NO 2
It shall be the duty of any express company operating in this State to accept for carriage any goods the transportation of which by said company is reasonably safe and practicable and to transport the same by the first train practicable
Shipper must be requested to place his name and address on all packages of firstclass matter and in the event of his declination so to do charges must be prepaid
A receipt of the form prescribed by the Commission must be given for all matter received Shippers must be requested to state nature of the shipment and declare the value thereof which value when given must be inserted in the receipt and marked on the package In the event shipper declines to declare the value the express company is to stamp or write in ink on the receipt Value asked but not given or words to that effect
RULE NO 3
Whenever a shipper tenders to any express company a shipment for transportation between points within this State and gives such company routing instructions it shall be the duty of said express company to receive such shipments and forward according to instructions given provided there is such an established route and transfer points operated in connection therewith
RULE NO 4
Each express company shall keep conspicuously posted at all of its stations offices and agencies in Georgia a copy of all publications showing the classification rates and rules fixed for express companies with such explanations as are necessary for a full understanding of the same When any change is made in such publication of rates rules or classifications either by such company voluntarily or pursuant to an order of the Commission such company shall immediately furnish a copy of the 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 the 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 NO 5
Provided a lower charge is made thereby two or more packages forwarded by one shipper at the same time upon one receipt to one consignee at one
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local address must be charged for on the aggregate weight as if in one package provided however that when such shipments average less than 10 pounds per package charges shall he assessed on basis of 10 pounds for each package
Example When the total weight of the several packages divided by the number of packages gives a quotient less than 10 charge on basis of 10 pounds for each package If the quotient so obtained is 10 or over charge on basis of total actual weight
Shipments of different classes aggregating as above shall be charged for at the highest rate applicable to any article in the shipment
RULE NO 6
Unless otherwise specially provided charges must be based upon the actual gross weight of each shipment at the time it is received for transportation
When the volume of traffic is so large as to make it impossible to weigh each separate package without delaying the forwarding estimated weights may be used for shipments of articles of food provided they closely approximate the actual weight such estimated weights will be arrived at by weighing a number of packages of the same size and containing the same commodity the average weight to be adopted as the estimated weight
RULE NO 7
The rates governed by this Classification are based upon a value of not exceeding 5000 on each shipment of 100 lbs or less and not exceeding 50 cents per pound actual weight on each shipment weighing more than 100 lbs and the liability of the express company is limited to the value above stated unless a greater value is declared at time of shipment and the declared value in excess of the value above specified is paid for or agreed to be paid for under the schedule of charges for excess value
When the value declared by the shipper exceeds the value of 5000 on a shipment weighing 100 lbs or less or exceeds 50 cents per pound on a shipment weighing more than 100 lbs the charge therefor will be at the rate of 10 cents on each 10000 of such excess value or for any fraction of 10000 The amount of any C O D bill for collection from a consignee shall be considered a declaration of the value of the shipment unless a greater value is declared
These rates apply only to shipments of merchandise jewelry and valuable papers
RULE NO 8
In the event of nondelivery of a shipment arising out of loss or destruction of a shipment the express company shall immediately give written notice thereof to both consignee if known and the consignor if known In the event of nondelivery of a shipment by reason of consignees refusal to accept it written notice thereof must immediately be given to the consignor at destination
Weights
Valuation
charges
Duty to notify shippers and consignees of delivery or nondelivery
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Prompt return of C O D collections At points where delivery service is not maintained agent must at once give consignee notice of arrival either personally or by mall and the charges shown on the package Personal notice must be confirmed by mail RULE NO 9 It shall be the duty of the agent of the express company at delivering point to make return of all C O D collections to the consignor or agent at the point of origin within twentyfour hours after effecting delivery of such shipment and if such return is made to the agent at point of origin he in turn must make settlement with the consignor within twentyfour hours after the receipt thereof Sundays and legal holidays excepted
Dangerous articles dynamite etc must be refused RULE NO 10 No express 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 accordance with the terms prescribed by the rules and regulations of the Interstate Commerce Commission governing the transportation of such articles
Claims RULE NO 11 All just claims for nondelivery of shipments or loss or damage shall be paid or satisfactorily disposed of within 30 days after claim supported by proper papers is made therefor
Closing express offices RULE NO 12 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 NO 13
Free delivery limits It shall be the duty of express companies to have published a free delivery limit directory which shall show in alphabetical order all cities or towns in this State at which they do business the name of each office to be followed with a statement as to whether a Free Delivery Service is maintained at said office or not Where a free delivery service is maintained utile ss th publica tion shall circumscribe the delivery limits it shall be understood that the delivery limits comprehend the corporate limits of the place named provided that at such point where free delivery servicers maintained no extra charge shall be made for door delivery within a radius of one mile from the office of such company provided further that the point of delivery is within the corporate limits
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At each point where delivery is made by local express companies beyond the established delivery limits a footnote must be shown reading substantially as follows
NoteShipments delivered by local express companies to points outside of the defined delivery limits as shown herein will be subject to the additional charge of such local express companies The charge for this service is usuallycents per package but the company does not guarantee delivery at this rate which is subject to change without notice Prepayment of such charge may be made by consignor at point of origin subject to the collection from consignee of any deficit in the amount so prepaid
This directory must be filed with the Commission and conform to the express tariff regulations of the Commission and copies posted at all express offices in this State
RULE NO 14
All express companies operating in this State and which hold themselves out as carriers of fresh fish shall give notice to the consignorof 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 be 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 to do so 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
Express companies required to give notice of nondelivery of fresh fish shipments
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GEORGIA EXPRESS RATES
The Railroad Commission of Georgia has during the past year revised or rmodeled its entire structure of express rates rules regulations and classification applicable to Georgia intrastate traffic and as information to the shipping public as to the changes proposed which are noweffective below is quoted in chronological order the various calls for conferences hearings and orders issued respecting the changes made in Georgia express rates rules regulations and classification
Office of the
GEORGIA COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
Atlanta March 10th 1914
File No 9462
Georgia Express Rates
To Express Companies and the Shipping Public in Georgia
By direction of the Railroad Commission I am sending you herewith copy of a proposed revision of Express Classification Rates Rules etc applicable to Georgia intrastate express traffic
The Commission has felt for some time that its present classification rates rules etc were in many respects obsolete incomplete discriminatory and inadequate in their application to express traffic conditions of today
For the past two years it has been engaged in an extensive investigation and study of the entire subject and the proposed revision embodies the results and tentative conclusions following this investigation
The proposed revision contemplates harmonization and adoption of our classification and rates to traffic conditions as they exist today and the simplification and making more intelligible to carriers and shippers the rules under which they are applicable
In the practical working out of this plan there have been necessary rate increases and decreases which taken altogether fairly compensate each other
The commission has designated Tuesday April 14th 1914 at its office in the State Capitol at Atlanta Ga at 10 oclock a m as the time and place when it invites all carriers and parties interested in the matter to submit their views upon the proposed revision verbally or in writing Criticisms and suggestions are desired and urged
The rate compilations in the attached proposed tariff are selfexplanatory
Under the present plan of constructing express rates in Georgia the railroad company is the transportation unit and provision is made that where express shipments handled by one express company are transported over more
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than one railroad additional charges shall be allowed Under the proposed method the express company is the transportation unit aiid rates are fixed for each express company regardless of the number of roads necessary for shipments to be transported over in order to reach destination
It is to be noted that only three tariffs are provided Tariff A Tariff B and Tariff D Tariff A represents merchandise shipments Tariff B represents food drink etc Tariff D the per ounce rate fixed for small packages Tariff B rates are seventyfive per cent of Tariff A rates and bears the same fixed relationship to Tariff A rates as prescribed by the Interstate Commerce Commission in its recent general express order Tariff E carried in our present schedules has been eliminated from the revised Tariff for the reason it applies only on dressed poultry fresh fish butter and sausage these commodities are properly ratable as food and as will be noted from the attached are to be transported under Tariff B rates the same as prescribed for all other food articles Sectional rates established for the benefit of manufacturers and large dealers are discontinued such tariff regulation and rules are apparently discriminatory and there does not appear to exist any good reason for their continuance
The rates proposed represent on Tariffs A and B under the graduate table 1162 advances averaging 48 cents per package while the reductions number 3330 averaging 119 cents per package
The Commission trusts that you will give earnest consideration to the proposed tariffs and advise it either in writing or by appearance on the date mentioned of such suggestions and criticisms as you might have to make with reference to the same Yours very truly
J P WEBSTER Rate Expert
Office of the
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
Atlanta June 9 1914
Pile No 9462
In Re Revision of Express Rates in Georgia
Whereas under date of April 14th 1914 the Railroad Commission of Georgia heard from interested shippers and express companies with reference to a proposed revision of express rates on Georgia traffic and
Whereas at said hearing the express companies represented to the Commission that they were willing to establish on Georgia intrastate express business the same rules practices and rates with certain modifications as to subblock rates as has been prescribed by the Interstate Commerce Commission to apply on interstate traffic and
Whereas the Railroad Commission of Georgia having closely followed and studied the result of the Interstate Commerce Commissions investigation and order which said order makes material departures from the old method of constructing and stating express rates and
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Whereas various State Commissions have adopted the plan and method ordered into effect by the Interstate Commerce Commission on interstate traffic and
Whereas uniformity is much to he desired if possible to obtain without putting an unjust burden upon the Georgia shippers and
Whereas a uniform plan of stating rates will be highly beneficial to express shippers and
Whereas the proposed modified form contemplates material reductions on food articles moving between Georgia points especially native products it is
Ordered That all express companies operating in Georgia make effective in this State Official Classification No 22 I C C Al issued January 1st 1914 effective February 1st 1914 together with supplement No 3 thereto further that the rules and regulations therein contained covering the transportation of express shipments be made applicable to Georgia intrastate express shipments and in addition thereto or exception therefrom make effective the following rules governing Georgia intrastate express traffic
Rates of Commission are Maximum Rates
The scale of rates herein fixed are the maximum rates and will apply to all express companies doing business in the State of Georgia and shall not be exceeded by any express company
Duty to Accept and Transport Shipments
It shall be the duty of any express company to accept for carriage any goods the transportation of which by such company is reasonably safe and practicable and to transport the same by the first train practicable
Tariffs Changes in Posting Etc
Each express company shall keep conspicuously posted at all of its stations offices and agencies in Georgia a copy of all publications showing the classification rates and rules fixed for express companies with such explanations as are necessary for a full understanding of the same When any change is made in such publications of rates rules or classifications either by such company voluntarily or pursuant to an order of the Commission such company shall immediately furnish a copy of the 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
Free Delivery Limits
It shall be the duty of express companies to have published a free delivery limit directory which shall show in alphabetical order all cities or towns in this State at which they do business the name of each office to be fol
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lowed with a statement as to whether a Free Delivery Service is maintained at said office or not Where a free delivery service is maintained unless the publication shall circumscribe the delivery limits it shall be understood thatthe delivery limits comprehend the corporate limits of the place named provided that at such point where free delivery service is maintained no extra charge shall be made for door delivery within a radius of one mile from the office of such company provided further that the point of delivery is within the corporate limits
At each point where delivery is made by local express comparfies beyond the established delivery limits a footnote must be shown reading substantially as follows NoteShipments delivered by local express companies to points outside of the defined delivery limits as shown herein will be subject to the additional charge of such local express companies The charge for this service is usually cents per package but the company does not guarantee delivery at this rate which is subject to change without notice Prepayment of such charge may be made by consignor at point of origin subject to the collection from consignee of any deficit in the amount so prepaid
This directory must be filed with the Commission and conform to the express tariff regulations of the Commission and copies posted at all express offices in this State
Duty to Notify Shippers of NonDelivery of Shipments
Where a consignee shall give to the express company notice of his refusal to accept a shipment whether C O D or otherwise properly tendered in pursuance of the billlading the express company shall within twentyfour 24 hours notify consignor if known of such refusal
Prompt Return of C O D Collections
It shall be the duty of the agent of the Express Company at delivering point to make return of all C O D collections to the consignor or agent at the point of origin within twentyfour 24 hours after effecting delivery of such shipment and if such return is made to the agent at point of origin he in turn must make settlement with the consignor within twentyfour 24 hours after the receipt thereof Sundays and legal holidays excepted
Claims
All just claims for nondelivery of shipments or loss or damage shall be paid or satisfactorily disposed of within 30 days after claim supported by proper papers is made therefor
Dangerous Articles Dynamite Etc Must be Refused
No express 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 accordance with the terms prescribed by the rules and regulations of the Interstate Commerce Commission governing the transportation of such articles
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Closing Express Offices
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
Express Companies required to give notice of nondelivery of Fresh Fish
Shipments
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 he 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 to do so 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
Ordered further That all express companies operating in this state make effective the Interstate Commerce Commissions scale of first and secondclass express rates with modifications of the Interstate Commerce Commission block into sixteen 16 subblocks with rates on firstclass in each subblock to be not in excess of 50 cents per hundred pounds and other modifications in rates as contemplated in the modified subblock plan submitted by the express companies and hereby approved by the Railroad Commission of Georgia with the following exceptions as to commodities
Milk The present rules and rates applicable on milk shipments in cans to be continued
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Apples Beans Beets Berries Berry Plants Cabbage Cantaloupes CocaCola Corn green on ear Clams in shell Cucumbers Fish see note net weight minimum as follows Standard boxes 100 lbs Standard Flour Barrel 150 lbs Standard Sugar Barrel 200 lbs Ginger Ale Mineral Water Oysters in shell Onions Peaches Peas Pears Peptolac Potatoes Pop Soda Water and similar aerated or carbonated beverages Tomatoes Turnips Vegetable Plants
NoteFish The Commission from its investigation into the proposed fish rates and from the evidence submitted at the hearing is not satisfied that the rates herein established on fish are exactly fair to both the shipper and the express companies or that the same are too high or too low but in order to determine specifically and correctly as to this particular item hereby orders the Southern Express Company to keep separate and apart from its other transactions in accounting for a period of one year such data as will enable the Commission to make such further changes as might be necessary at that time provided the information furnished indicates that some further change is necessary The information desired furnished by the Express Company is the number of shipments the number of packages the amount of revenue received the amount paid transportation companies for haulage privileges the number and amount of claims filed the number and amount of claims paid and such other detailed data as will enable the Commission to determine what the expenses of other operations are in connection with the movement of this particular trafiic
Ordered further That all express companies operating in this state be and they are hereby notified authorized and required to make the above rates rules classification etc effective August 1st 1914 and no advance in rates or change in rule or classification etc which has the effect of withdrawing any privilege or facility granted hereby shall be made without the express authorization and approval of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Ordered further That within thirty days from the date hereof all express companies operating in this state are commanded and required to file with this Commission a full and complete set of the tariffs applying from each block and subblock in the State of Georgia with the classification applicable thereto and all of thetariffs containing the rules regulations and rates constructed in conformity with the foregoing order
Ordered further That effective August 1st 1914 all rules rates and regulations in conflict with the above shall be and the same are hereby repealed
By order of the Commission
Campbell Wallace C M Candler
Secretary Chairman
Express Bates on these commodities to be constructed on basis of sixty 60 Per cent of the FirstClass Express Bates
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Office of the
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
Atlanta August 12 1914
File 9462
In Re Revision of Express Rates in Georgia
Whereas under date of July 3 1914 the Railroad Commission of Georgia issued the following order
Whereas under date of June 9 1914 the Railroad Commission of Georgia adopted an order in reference to a revision of express rates on traffic moving within the State of Georgia in which it was among other things ordered as follows towit
Ordered further That all express companies operating in this State be and they are hereby notified authorized and required to make the above rates rules classification etc effective August 1 1914 and no advance in rates or change in rule or classification etc which has the effect of withdrawing any privilege or facility granted hereby shall he made without the express authorization and approval of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Ordered further That within thirty days from the date hereof all express companies operating in this State are commanded and required to file with this Commission a full and complete set of tariffs applying from each block and subblock in the state of Georgia with the classification applicable thereto and all of the tariffs containing the rules regulations and rates construed in conformity with the foregoing order
Ordered further That effective August 1 1914 all rules rates and rgula tions in conflict with the above shall be and the same are hereby repealed
And whereas the Southern Express Company has filed with the Commission a tariff of rates purporting to be in accordance with said order of the Commission to he effective August 1 1914 and
Whereas a superficial examination of said tariffs by the Rate Expert of the Commission indicates that there are carried within the same rates not constructed in accordance with the said order of the Commission and therefore necessitating further examination and study of the same it is now
Ordered That the said tariffs filed by the Southern Express Company described as Georgia Railroad Commission 1 to 32 inclusive and proposed to he effective August 1 1914 be and the same are hereby disapproved
Ordered further That the present schedules of rates of the Southern Express Company now in effect in this state on intrastate traffic and all express rules and regulations now in effect in this state be and the same shall remain and continue in force and effect until the further order of this Commission
And whereas since the promulgation of said order dated July 31 1914 the Commission has given further examination and consideration to the intrastate tariffs filed by the express companies and suspended by this order and
Whereas there appears to have been a misunderstanding on the part of the compilers as to some of the bases for constructing express rates under the original order of June 9 1914 and some other errors in the tariff as filed it is
now
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Ordered That new tariffs be filed under said order of June 9 1914 to become effective on or before September 15 1914 said order being amended so that the subblock basis of rates on intrastate traffic shall be as follows s
1 Subblock haul Scale 0 or 50c per 100 lbs
2 0 50c per 100 lbs
3 1 55c per 100 lbs
4 2 60c per 100 lbs
5 u 5 75c per 100 lbs
6 to 8 Inc tt 7 85c per 100 lbs
9 to 15 11 105c per TOO lbs
The subblock area to extend over each main block that may touch on any side or corner a main block or origin The effect to be that each subblock area is to cover 9 main blocks i e the main block of origin and the 8 main blocks surrounding the main block of origin
Ordered further That in the construction of main block rates in no case shall the rates show a progression in excess of that affecting one main block
Ordered further That in constructing rates between two points transportation between which is circuituous occasioned by point of origin and point of destination being located on parallel lines of railroad with no connecting cross country lines the subblock rates between the point of origin and point of destination shall be not less than the rates to any intermediate subblock passed through in transit
Qrdered further That the following points in Georgia shall be relocated
in subblocks as follows Auburn Ga Present Location Block Subblock Proposed Location Block Subblock
Carl Ga j 1542 N 1642 A
Clito Ga 1744 K 1744 I
Douglasville Ga Helen Ga 1 1641 F 1641 B
North Helen Ga j 1542 A 1542 E
Roswell Station Ga 1541 P 1641 C
Washington Ga 1643 A 1643 E
Waynesboro Ga 1643 Q 1644 N
Perry Ga 1742 K 1742 I
Ordered further That the present mileage rates on milk and cream and
cream empties returned and also the present mileage rates on mineral water and mineral water empties returned shall be continued
Ordered further That effective September 15 1914 all rules rates and regulations in conflict with the above shall be and the same are hereby repealed
By order of the Commission
Campbell Wallace C M Candleb
Secretary Chairman
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Application must be sworn to
Wbat applications must show
Applications by roads not built
Financial
statement
RULES GOVERNING APPLICATIONS FOR
APPROVAL OF STOCK AND BOND ISSUES
RULE 1
All applications shall be by written petition verified by the president of other officer of the corporation or other competent evidence setting forth the 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 and route of the same shall set out the actual length of the main line of said 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 gnrai description of its station buildings bridges and other structures
In cases of applications by or in behalf of a railway copapany whose line is not already built but contemplated and in cases of applications by or in behalf of a railway company whose line is at the time partly constructed or is to be extended then description and explanations are to be set out mutatis mutandis and as nearly 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 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
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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 State 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
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
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 for 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
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 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
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
Information need not be repeated
Tabulated statement of desired Issues
Use of proceeds from desired Issues
Property to be acquired
How service Is to be improved
Copies of all contracts to be filed
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Capitalising
franchises
etc
Consolidation or merger
Reference wherechartered by general law
Law must be
complied
with
Petitioners to make farther report
Hearings before Commission
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
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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 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
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
Notice of Hearing
Applicant to produce witnesses
All proceeds must be used for purposes approved
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Duties of Chairman
Vice
Chairman
RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD AS TO DUTIES OF COMMISSIONERS AND EMPLOYEES
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 he 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 new matters and cases
RULE 3
There shall be a ViceChairman who shall act in the absence or inability of he Chairman
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RULE 4
It shall be the duty of the Rate Expert to beep himself fully informed touch ing 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 his 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 relate1 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 I
Duties of Rate Expert
Commissioners to reserve opinions until executive session
Standing
Committees
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Duties of Secretary
Office hours
Quorum
Official
Orders
Order of business
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 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 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 business
RULE 9
When any action of the Board is to be promulgated or published the same shall be recited as By the Board and shall be authenticated by the official 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 business unless otherwise ordered by a majority of the members present in 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
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RULE 11
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
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
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
RULE 14
The Attorney to the Railroad Commission shall hve 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
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Parliamentary rules
Buies may be altered
Matters not covered by rules
Attorney to Commission
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OPINIONS OF SPECIAL ATTORNEY
RIGHT OF CONSIGNEE TO DEMAND DELIVERY OF SHIPMENT A PORTION OF WHICH IS SHORT WITHOUT PAYING FREIGHT CHARGES ON ENTIRE SHIPMENT
Railboad Commission of Georgia Office of Special Attorney to Commission
Atlanta April 24 1914
File 11492
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga
Gentlemen Your letter of February 3d last enclosing the letter of Mr Hansell Baker Auditor of the Green County Railroad Company came duly to hand
Has a consignee the right to demand delivery of a shipment a portion of which is short when the consignee is only willing to pay freight charges on that part of the shipment which the railroad company is in a position to deliver
In my opinion a consignee has such right A railroad company can not as a condition precedent to the deliveiy of freight to a consignee exact from him the payment of freight charges on portions of the shipment not delivered
Robinson vs Dover Statesboro Railroad Co 99 Ga 480
Where goods are damaged or a portion lost by a common carrier in the course of transit or when damages arise by reason of delay in transportation the consignee has the right to demand delivery of the goods without paying the freight provided the damages equal or exceed the amount of freight charged
Missouri P Ry Co vs PeruVanZandt Impl Co 73 Kan 295 9 Am Eng Ann cases 790 794 85 P 48 87 P 80 6 L R A N S 1058 117 Am St Rep 468
Dyer vs Grand T R Co 42 Vermont 441
Moran vs N P R Co 19 Wash 266 53 P 49
Boggs vs Martin 13 D Mon Ky 239
Cutting vs Grand T R Co 13 Allen Mass 381
Miami P Co vs Port Royal etc R Co 47 S C 324 25 S E 152 58 Am St Rep 888
Willinsky vs C R Co 136 Ga 896
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In my opinion when a carrier can only deliver a portion of a shipment the consignee can tender the freight on such portion and on such tender is entitled to receive the same
I return herein the letter of Mr Hansell
Yours truly
James K Hines Special Attorney
AUTHORITY OF COMMISSION OVER ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES BY A COMPANY NOT OPERATING AS A COMMON CARRIER BUT LEASING ITS RAILWAY PROPERTY TO ANOTHER CARRIER
Railroad Commission op Georgia
Office of Special Attorney to Commission
Atlanta June 9 1914
Hon C M Candler
Chairman of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta G a
My Dear Sir Your letter of the 21st ult in which you wish my opinion upon the question whether the Commission has jurisdiction over the proposed bond issue of the Atlanta and Charlotte AirLine Railroad for the purpose of doubletracking its railway between Atlanta and Charlotte in as much as this Company has leased its railway to the Southern Railway Company and is not now engaged in business as a commoncarrier came duly to hand
By the original act creating the Railroad Commission of Georgia it is provided that the Commission shall 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 freight shall make such just and reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary for preventing unjust discriminations in the Transportation of freight and passengers on the Railroads of this State Civil Code 2630
Clearly from this provision of law the Commission can only make reasonable and just freight and passenger rates for the Railroad Companies doing business in this State on the Railroads thereof and can only 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
As the Atlanta and Charlotte AirLine Railway is not now doing business in this State it may be contended that it is exempt from the jurisdifction of Commission not only as to rates and rules against discriminations but as to the issues of its stocks and bonds
In my opinion this is not in the proper construction of the act conferring jurisdiction on the Commission over issues of corporate stocks and bonds of Companies subject to its jurisdiction This jurisdiction is extended over each
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ofthe Companies or corporations over which the authority of the Railroad Commission is extended by law
Civil Code Sec 2665
The terms railroad corporations or railroad company 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
Civil Code Sec 2642
My information is that the Atlanta and Charlotte AirLine Railway is a triune corporation operated under Georgia South Carolina and North Carolina charters It now owns a railway in Georgia
It is charged under the Georgia charter with the duty to the public of doing the business of a common carrier and can not by sale or lease of its property relieve itself from this liability for acts done or omitted without legislative sanction expressly so exempting it
Civil Code Sec 2228
The theory of liability is that where a railroad company owning the track suffers or licenses another corporation or person to discharge its public functions without legislative authority the latter does so as the agent of the former
Singleton vs S W R 70 Georgia 464
Gregory vs Georgia Granite Railway Company 132 Georgia 590
In two senses this company is still doing business in this State It is doing the business of a common carrier by and through its agent the Southern Railway Company In the second place it is proposd to doubletrack its railway from Atlanta to Charlotte and will thus be doing business in this State a business which is necessary to enable it to do the business of a common carrier
Being a Georgia corporation in part at least and exercising franchises granted it by this State it is subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission as other domestic Railway Companies are
So in my opinion the Railroad Commission of Georgia has jurisdiction over this proposed bond issue of this Company Yours truly
James K Hines Special Attorney
RIGHT OF A CARRIER TO DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN PERSONS OF THE SAME CLASS IN THE ISSUANCE OF FREE TRANSPORTATION
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Office Of Special Attorney to Commission
Atlanta July 10 1914
Hon C M Candler
Chairman of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga
My Dear Sir Your letter of 26th ult with enclosures came duly to hand and I note that you wish my opinion upon the question whether common car
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riers in cases where they are permitted to grant free transportation can discriminate between individuals and classes In other words does a carrier unlawfully discriminate when it grants free transportation to one person of a given class and refuses to give transportation to another person of the same class or does it unlawfully discriminate when it grants free transportation to persons of a given class and refuses to give free transportation to persons of another and similar class
Under the Hepburn Act carriers can give free transportation to ministers of religion Can a carrier give free transportation to one minister and refuse it to another Can it give free transportation to ministers of the Methodist church and refuse to give free transportation to ministers of a Presbyterian church Can it grant free transportation to Catholic priests and refuse to grant free transportation to Protestant ministers
Under the Hepburn Act carriers can grant free transportation to the traveling secretaries of railroad Young Mens Christian Associations If it grants free transportation to one of these secretaries must it grant it to all of them
Under this Act carriers can grant free transportation to indigent destitute and homeless persons If it grants free transportation to one of these classes must it grant free transportation to all of them
Under the Hepburn Act and General Order No 3 of the Railroad Commission the carriers can grant or refuse free transportation to the persons excepted from the prohibition against free transportation The grant of free transportation to such persons is entirely voluntary on the part of the carrier It is a favor or bounty
In the distribution of these favors or bounties the carriers are at liberty to make their own selections Kissing goes by favors
In my opinion carriers can select the objects of their favors and bounties in this respect They can grant free transportation to one minister and refuse it to another minister They can give it to a Methodist and refuse it to a Baptist minister They can grant it to a bishop and refuse it to a curate They can grant it to Catholic priests and refuse it to Protestant ministers
In other words the law does not control the grant of gifts and favors Donors can select the objects of their bounties
If a carrier were to grant transportation exclusively to ministers of one denomination and refuse it to ministers of all other denominations this might furnish a good reason for the abolition of the privilege and for the extirpation of all free passes
In my opinion where the right to grant free passes to certain classes of individuals exists the carriers are at liberty to select the persons or classes to whom they will grant these favors Yours truiy
James K Hines
Special Attorney
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AUTHORITY OF COMMISSION TO PENALIZE A RAILROAD COMPANY FOR FAILURE TO PAY A CLAIM FOR LOSS
Railroad Commission of Georgia Office of Special Attorney to Commission
Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga
Atlanta July 31 1914
Gentlemen Referring again to your letter of 6th inst enclosing letter from Mr R W Davis I write more fully to elucidate the matter upon which Mr Davis wishes information
It appears from the letter of Mr Davis that he had a claim against the Atlantic Coast Line Railway for a lost intrastate shipment He instituted suit in the Justice Court to recover for this loss and obtained judgment against this company for the amount he claimed with interest From this judgment no appeal was iaken
He wishes to know if there is any ruling of the Railroad Commission of Georgia which subjects this carrier to a fine for not having paid or for not having refused to pay his claim in a specified time He further wishes to know what course he shall pursue to recover such fine if any is recoverable
As I wrote in my former letter there is no ruling of the Commission which subjects this carrier to a fine or penalty which could be recovered by Mr Davis
Our Code provides 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 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 fifty dollars 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 be recovered but the recovery shall be limited to the actual loss or damage or overcharge with interest thereon from the date of the filing of said claim
Code Sec 2778
If Mr Davis has any remedy it is under this section of the Code It does not appear from his letter whether he complied with the terms of this statute or not before he brought suit in the Justice Court Before the carrier will be liable under this statute for this penalty the claim for such damages duly verified by the oath of the claimant or his agent should have been filed with the agent of the initial carrier or with the agent of the carrier upon whose line the loss actually occurred If Mr Davis complied with this provision of the
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statute and recovered the full amount of his claim then he would have been entitled to have recovered this penalty in any court of competent jurisdiction
Both the damages and the penalty are recoverable in the same action
G F S Ry Co vs Anderson 12 Ga App 117
The Justice Court would not have had jurisdiction of this claim for penalty
A K N Ry Co vs Shippen 126 Ga 784
Whether Mr Davis can file a separate and independent suit to recover this penalty is questionable Our statute on this subject is a penal one and is to be strictly construed It clearly provides that the claim for such loss and penalty can be brought in the same suit in any court of competent jurisdiction It may he held that a claimant can not harass the carrier with two separate and independent suits
If Mr Davis has any right to recover any penalty it would be under this section 2778 of the Civil Code
In my opinion however his failure to sue for his loss and this penalty in the same action in a court of competent jurisdiction will preclude him from bringing a separate suit for this penalty This opinion however is not based upon a thorough investigation of this question but Mr Davis can have this question fully investigated
My former opinion upon this matter was based upon the facts stated in the letter of Mr Davis and I repeat that under these facts I know of no ruling of the Commission or provision of law which gives him any penalty in this matter
I wish to withdraw the oral suggestion made to the Commission that this section 2778 of the Code was unconstitutional Its constitutionality has been upheld both by the Supreme Court of Georgia and by the United States Supreme Court
Seaboard AirLine Ry vs Seegers 207 U S 73
Southern Ry Co vs Lowe 139 Ga 362
I return herein the papers in this file Yours truly
James K Hines Special Attorney
AUTHORITY OF COMMISSION TO REQUIRE A CARRIER TO PRODUCE PAPERS TOUCHING A CLAIM FOR LOSS AND DAMAGE TO AN INTRASTATE SHIPMENT
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Office of Special Attorney to Commission
Atlanta September 5th 1914
File 11794
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga
Gentlemen I have the letter of your Rate Expert of the 29th ult in which he wishes my opinion upon this question
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Has the Commission the power to require of a carrier the production in your office of all papers touching a claim filed on account of loss and damage to a shipment moving between points in Georgia
Under the Act of August 22 1907 the Commission is authorized to examine all hooks contracts records and documents of any person or corporation subject to its supervision and to compel the production thereof
Said Commission likewise has the power through any one or more of its members at its discretion to make personal visitation to the offices and places of business of said companies for the purpose of examination and such Commissioner or Commissioners have full power and authority to examine the agents and employees of said companies under oath orotherwise in order to procure information deemed by the Commissioners necessary to their work or of value to the public
Code Sec 2663
The Commission is given authority to examine into the affairs of said companies and corporations and to keep informed as to their general condition their capitaliztion their franchises and the manner in which their lines 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
Code Sec 2663
Claims for loss or damage to property for which any common carrier is liable shall be adjusted and paid by said common carrier within sixty days in cases of shipments wholly within this State
Code Sec 2778
The Commission is authorized to fix penalties for neglect on the part of railroad companies to adjust overcharges and losses or for failure to decline to do so if deemed unjust in a reasonable time
Code Sec 2664
The Commission is thus given jurisdiction over claims for loss or damage to property transported by common carriers within this State By statute it is made the duty of carriers to adjust these claims within sixty days
The Commission likewise has the power to prescribe penalties for the failure of carriers to adjust honest claims and to fix penalties for their failure to decline to pay unjust claims within a reasonable time
It is made the duty of the Commission to see that common carriers comply with the laws and rules of the Commission bearing upon this subject
To effect this purpose the Commission is authorized to make examinations of the books records and documents of common carriers subject to its jurisdiction These examinations can be made at the office of the Commission or by sending one or more of the Commissioners to the offices and places of business of the carriers
In either mode of examination the Commission is authorized to compel the production of the records of the carriers
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In my opinion whenever the Commission is making examination into a loss or damage claim for the purpose of determining whether a carrier is complying with the law and rules of the Commission touching the same the Commission has the power and authority to compel such carrier to produce all documents and records in its possession which may shed light on such examination It can compel the production of such documents and records at the office of the Commission if it sees fit to do so Or it can compel the production of such documents and records before any Commissioner or Commissioners which may be sent to the places of business of such carrier to make such examination
Yours truly
James K Hines Special Attorney
APPLICATION OF CINDER DEFLECTOR LAW TO THE ALABAMA GREAT SOUTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY
Railboad Commission op Georgia
Office of Special Attorney to Commission
RailroadCommission of Georgia Atlanta Ga
Atlanta September 15 1914
File 10505
Gentlemen Your letter of June 4th enclosing letter of Mr T C Powell VicePresident of the Alabama Great Southern Railroad Co in which he wishes to know whether our Cinder Deflector law applies to his road came duly to hand I likewise have your letter of 8th instant in which you ask again for my opinion in this matter
The Alabama Great Southern Railroad operates through the northwest corner of Georgia for a distance of 2429 miles It operates trains Nos one and two between New York and New Orleans These through trains are not scheduled to stop at any point in Georgia They are engaged exclusively in interstate transportation so far as Georgia is concerned
The Act of August 16 1912 provides That all railroad companies operating passenger trains or coaches by steam within or throughout this State are required to put cinder deflectors the same as are used on pullman coaches or that will keep cinders from entering the car upon all windows of passenger coaches so as to protect the passengers when the windows are raised
Georgia Laws 1912157
It seems to me that the language of this Act is broad enough to embrace this company When this company runs these trains within this State although they do not stop therein it is operating passenger trains or coaches within Georgia This company comes within the language all railroad companies operating passenger trains or coaches by steam within this State
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So if this Act is a valid exercise of power by the General Assembly of Georgia and is not unconstitutional the Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company in operating these two trains is subject to this statute
Does this Act conflict with the Interstate Commerce Clause of the Constitution of the United States
I have always been inclined to the opinion that when an instrumentality of transportation was engaged exclusively in interstate commerce its regulation fell exclusively within the power of Congress to regulate commerce between the States but the Supreme Court of the United States seems to have taken a different position The trouble with my opinion is that the Supreme Court has the last and final say in this matter
My opinion was based upon the doctrine that whatever subjects of commerce are in their nature national or admit only of one uniform system or plan of regulation may justly be said to be of such a nature as to require exclusive regulation by Congress but these subjects which are local in their nature or which constitute mere aid to commerce may be regulated by the State until Congress interferes and supersedes its action
Cooley vs Board of Wardens 12 How 299 319 13 L ed 996
Gilman vs Philadelphia 3 Wall 713 727 18 L ed 96
Crandall vs Nevarda 6 Wall 35 18 L ed 745
Pound vs Turck 96 U S 459 462
Exparte McNiel 13 Wall 236 240 20 L ed 624
Exparte Siebold 100 U S 371 385 25 L ed 717
County of Mobile vs Kimball 102 U S 691 701 26 L ed 228
In County of Mobile vs Kimball the Supreme Court of the United States says
The subjects indeed upon which Congress can act under this power are of infinite variety requiring for their successful management different plans or modes of treatment Some of them are national in their character and admit and require uniformity of regulation affecting alike all the States others are local or are mere aids to commerce and can only be properly regulated by provisions adapted to their special circumstances and localities Of the former class may be mentioned all that portion of commerce with foreign countries or between the States which consists in the transportation purchase sale and exchange of commodities Here there can of necessity be only one system or plan of regulations and that Congress alone can prescribe Its nonaction in such cases with respect to any particular commodity or mode of transportation is a declaration of its purpose that commerce in that commodity or by that means of transportation shall be free There would otherwise be no security against conflicting regulations of different States each discriminating in favor of its own products and citizens and against the products and citizens of other States And it is a matter of public history that the object of vesting in Congress the power to regulate commerce with fpreign nations and among the States was to insure uniformity of regulation against conflicting and discriminating legislation
If the transportation of commodities between the States falls within that class of subjects which are National in their character and which require uniformity
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of regulation I have been unable to see why the transportation of passengers between the States would not likewise fall within that class of subjects which are National in their character and which require uniformity of regulation but as I have said above the Supreme Court of the United States seems to take a different view of this subject
In the absence of legislation by Congress the States may exercise their powers to secure safety in the physical operation of railroad trains within their territory even though such trains are used in interstate commerce
Atlantic Coast Line Ry Co vs Georgia 135 Ga 545
Affirmed 234 U S 280 281
The statute of Georgia requiring railroad companies to use locomotive headlights of specified form and power is not unconstitutional as a deprivation of their property without due process of law or as an interference with interstate commerce
Atlantic Coast Line Ry Co vs Georgia 234 U S 281
N Y N H H R Co vs New York 165 U S 628
In regulating interstate trains as to matters in which Congress has not acted the State may not make arbitrary requirements as to safety devices
It can not be said that this statute requiring cinder deflectors is an arbitrary regulation It is a reasonable requirement in order to protect passengers against the annoyance and inconvenience of cinders
So in my opinion this statute applies to the Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company and to the through trains operated by it through Georgia although these trains do not stop within this State
I return herein theletter of VicePresident Powell
Yours very truly
James K Hines Special Attorney
RIGHT OF A CARRIER TO LIMIT THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF COMMUTATION TICKET BOOKS
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Office of Special Attorney to Commission
Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga
Atlanta November 2d 1914
File 11896
Gentlemen I have the letter of your Rate Expert of the 8th ult enclosing me papers in the above file and I note that you wish my opinion upon the following question
Can the Central of Georgia Railway sell monthly ticket books at a reduced rate between Bolingbroke and Macon Ga and at the same time refuse to sell
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monthly ticket books at a corresponding reduction in rate under the same conditions between Bolingbroke and Smarrs
Assuming as your question does that the conditions between Bolingbroke and Macon are the same as between Bolingbroke and Smarrs I would answer no but knowing these conditions to be dissimilar as a matter of common knowledge of Georgia geography I would answer yes
The issuing of commutation tickets by the carriers of Georgia is to a great extent a matter of grace and favor
Where the Railroad Commission of Georgia has fixed reasonable maximum rates it can not compel carriers to sell tickets of certain kinds to certain persons for less than the amount which has been fixed as reasonable maximum rates When the Commission promulgates reasonable maximum rates then its ratemaking power is probably exhausted
Lakeshore Michigan Sou Ry Co v Smith 173 U S 684
Railroad Commission v L N R Co 140 Ga 822
While this is true the issuing and use of these tickets are not entirely without the limit of the powers of the Commission You have the power and are in duty bound to make such just and reasonable rules and regulations as may he necessary for preventing unjust discriminations in the transportation of freights and passengers on the railroads in this State
Civil Code Sec 2630
While the Commission can not compel the issuance of commutation tickets and can only prescribe reasonable maximum rates still when a carrier issues such form of transportation the Commission has the power and authority to see that there is no unjust discrimination in the issuing of such tickets
Larrison vs C G T Ry Co 1 I C C R 147
Ritzer vs West Ya Ry Co 24 I C C R 255 257
Commutation Rate Case 27 I C C R 549 552
For instance a carrier can not limit commutation tickets to pupils not over eighteen years old attending grammar or high schools but can establish commutation rates for all young persons between certain ages
Ritzer vs West Ya Ry Co 24 I C C R 255 257
Where a carrier has established commutation rates for suburban service and especially when residences have been fixed and business interests adjusted in reliance upon their continuance it can not suddenly or otherwise withdraw these rates and exact from all its patrons the full regular rate theretofore charged the occasional travel
Sprigg vs B 0 Ry Co et al 8 I C C R 443 455
It is likewise true that a carrier can not discriminate against cities on its own lines in the issuing of commutation tickets The carrier will have to treat all cities on its lines alike where the circumstances and conditions Are the same or similar
In the absence of unjust discrimination the price of commutation tickets the conditions upon which they are sold and the distance from a given city from
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which commutation rates shall be extended are matters within the discretion of the carrier
Sprigg vs B O R Co 8 I C C R 443 449
Even in the absence of unjust discrimination the Commission would have the power to make reasonable rules on this subject for the convenience of the users of such tickets
L N R Co vs Railroad Com 140 Ga 817
Is the situation of Bolingbroke to Smarrs similar to that of Bolingbroke to Macon If so the Commission can compel the Central of Georgia RailwayCompany to issue commutation tickets from Bolingbroke to Smarrs If this situation is not similar then it can not
I am mindful of the fact that comparisons are odious I do not wish to offend Bolingbroke Macon or Smarrs but I am compelled to speak out in this matter from the necessity of giving you an opinion in this matter While Bolingbroke is a delightful town it is not in the same class with Macon While Smarrs is on the map and a delightfully quiet place in which to reside it can not be compared with either Bolingbroke or Macon
It is a matter of common knowledge that Macon is one of the prominent cities of Georgia which is making rapid strides in its development It is a center of cotton manufacture It has the biggest railroad shops in the State It is a radiant railroad center It is an educational center having within its limits the oldest chartered female college in the world Mercer University is situated there It has a splendid system of public schools
It is a wholesale and manufacturing center It has a large laboring population
Under these circumstances the Central of Georgia Railway Company can well issue commutation tickets to suburban points near Macon without unjustly discriminating against Bolingbroke or Smarrs
If the Commission could compel this carrier to issue commutation tickets from Bolingbroke to Smarrs it could compel this carrier to issue the same form of transportation from almost any point on the lines of its great system This would hardly be held reasonable and just
I regret that I can not come to the rescue of Bolingbroke and Smarrs in this matter In my opinion this carrier is within its rights under the facts and circumstances of this case
I return herein the papers in this file Yours truly
James K Hines Special Attorney
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AUTHORITY OF COMMISSION TO AUTHORIZE A CHARTERED COMMON CARRIER TO DISCONTINUE OPERATION OF ANY PART OF ITS CARRYING LINE AND REMOVE THE RAILS AND OTHER SUPERSTRUCTURE FROM THE SAME
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Office of Special Attorney to Commission
Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga
Atlanta January 5th 1915
File 12040
Gentlemen I have your letter of 31st ult enclosing the papers in the above file
I note that you wish my opinion upon this question
Has the Railroad Commission of Georgia power and authority to authorize a chartered carrier to discontinue the operation of any part of its carrying line and to remove the rails and other superstructure from the same and thus relieve itself thereafter from any of the public duties or burdens of a common carrier
You have the power of general supervision of all common carriers in this State and can require them to establish and maintain such public service and facilities as may be reasonable and just You are likewise given authority to examine into the affairs of common carriers and to keep informed as to their general condition their capitalization their franchises and the manner in Tfrhich their lines 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
Civil Code Sec 2663
These broad powers are given to the Commission not for the purpose of relieving common carriers from discharging their duties to the public but for the purpose of requiring them to comply with their duties by the proper exercise of the franchises granted them in their charters
In the absence of legislative enactment for that purpose I do not believe that the Railroad Commission of Georgia has power to authorize a chartered common carrier to discontinue the operation of any part of its line of railway to remove its rails and superstructure therefrom and to relieve such common carrier thereafter from any of the public duties or burdens of a common carrier
White vs Davis 134 Ga 274
I note that you wish my opinion upon this question
Can a court of competent jurisdiction order the physical properties of a common carrier sold under a foreclosure proceeding simply as physical property and relieved of any public burdens
In other words can a court in a foreclosure proceeding direct the sale of the physical properties of a publicservice corporation without selling its fran
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chises and free its physical properties and the purchaser thereof from the performance of the duties which such a corporation owes to the public
Whatever belongs to a corporation is subject to be applied to the payment of its debts A chartered railroad with all rights and privileges that properly appertain to it as an instrument of transportation excluding of course the franchises of the corporation to be a body politic is property subject by the common law to be applied to the payment of its just debts and the whole may be sold for that purpose in this State under a judgment at law
City of Atlanta vs Grant et al 57 Ga 340
Whether a railroad is subject to levy and sale at law is seriously doubted
Macon Western R Co vs Parker 9 Ga 377 389
Clearly all the physical property of a railroad company can be subjected in equity to the payment of its debts
A court of equity in foreclosing a mortgage given by a railroad company which mortgage embraces only the physical properties of such company can clearly order a sale of such physical properties alone Under such a mortgage a court of equity can not decree a sale of the franchises of such company
A purchaser at a foreclosure sale under a mortgage embracing only the physical properties of a chartered railroad would only require such physical properties and would not acquire its franchises
Such purchaser would not assume the burdens and duties of the railroad company and would not be required to discharge the duties of such company to the public
The railroad company would still be required to discharge these duties to the public In accepting a charter from the State containing a grant of rights and franchises the railroad company impliedly assumes the duties of a public carrier and can not divest itself of its public duties nor shirk its liabilities by allowing its physical properties to be sold without legislative authority
Georgia R Co vs Hass 127 Ga 193
Gregory vs Georgia Granite Co 132 Ga 587
The obligation of such company to discharge its public duties is imperative and performance of the same may be compelled by mandamus So long as the corporation retains its franchises the unprofitableness of the same is immaterial and although want of means may avail as a reason for not inflicting punishment for disobedience of the writ it affords no conclusive reason against ordering the writ to issue
Savannah etc Co vs Shuman 91 Ga 400
If such company becomes insolvent is stripped of its physical properties and has no funds nor any means ofobtaining them and is thus unable to discharge its public duties and remains permanently in this condition the courts or the legislature can not compel such insolvent company to discharge its duties to the public
A railroad company can not without special legislative authority alienate its franchises or property acquired under the right of eminent domain or essential to the performance of its duties to the public whether by sale mortgage or lease
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Macon Augusta R Co vs Mayes 49 Ga 335 360
Singleton vs S W Co 70 Ga 464
Chattanooga etc R Co vs Liddell 85 Ga 482
Branch vs Jessup 106 U S 469
Railroad companies which are chartered under the general law for the incorporation of railroads can borrow money and mortgage their tracks depots grounds rights privileges franchises immunities etc
Code Sec 2585 Par 10
Whenever any private corporation created under any general or special law of this State becomes insolvent and its assets become the subject of administration by the court the franchises possessed and enjoyed by such corporation by virtue of its charter or order of incorporation shall be considered assets and may be sold under order of court through a receiver or otherwise
Code Sec 2926
Probably since the passage of the Act which is embraced in the above section any private corporation in Georgia can mortgage or pledge by a trust deed its franchises
In case any railroad company being duly authorized so to do mortgages its privileges franchises and immunities together with its physical properties and its railroad or any part thereof constructed or in course of construction whether by virtue of any power in the deed of trust or mortgage or under a foreclosure proceeding or by a judicial sale the party or parties acquiring title under such sales and their associates successors or assigns shall have or acquire thereby and shall exercise and enjoy thereafter the same rights privileges grants franchises immunities and advantages in or by said trust deed enumerated and conveyed which belonged to and were enjoyed by the Company making such deed or mortgage or contracting such debt so far as the same relate or appertain to that portion of said road or the part or line thereof mentioned or described and conveyed by said mortgage or trust deed and no further as fully and absolutely in all respects as said railroad company the officeholders shareholders and agents of such company might or could have had had no such sale or purchase taken place
Civil Code Sec 2585 Par 11
In such a case the Courts can not order the physical properties of a chartered railroad company sold under foreclosure proceedings separate and distinct from the rights privileges grants franchises immunities and advantages enumerated and conveyed in the trust deed or mortgage and no court can relieve such purchasers from the exercise of such rights privileges grants franchises immunities and advantages
I note further that you wish my opinion upon this question
Where does the power to accept the surrender of the charters of publicservice corporations and to relieve them from the discharge of their public duties reside
A corporation may be dissolved by a voluntary surrender of its franchises to the State
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Civil Code Sec 2243
A court of equity in the absence of express statutory authority has no power to dissolve a corporation and to relieve it from the discharge of its public duties
Croft vs Lumpkin etc Mining Co 61 Ga 465
Gibson vs Thornton 107 Ga 545 562
In the absence of constitutional provision or legislative enactment for that purpose the Superior Court exercising equitable jurisdiction is not authorized to accept a voluntary surrender of the charter of a private corporation
White vs Davis 134 Ga 274
Who then can accept the surrender by a publicservice corporation of its franchises and relieve it from the discharge of its public duties
Under our law railroad companies are chartered by the Secretary of State Can the Secretary of State accept a surrender of such charters
In England charters were granted by royal prerogatives or by act of parliament When charters by the crown were dissolved upon surrender by the grantees the acceptance of the king of such surrender was required to be enrolled
A parliamentary charter could only be dissolved by act of parliament
In this country there is some diversity of Views as to the necessity for an acceptance of a surrender of franchises especially by a strictly private corporation
White vs Davis 134 Ga 274 277
The charter of a railroad company by the Secretary of State is tantamount to a charter by the legislature The legislature by a general Act authorizes the Secretary of State to issue charters for railroads upon the applicants therefor complying with the terms of the statute Railroad companies are corporations made by the General Assembly through its agent and instrumentality the Secretary of State
A corporation made by the General Assembly of this State can not terminate its existence by a voluntary surrender of its charter but its surrender must be accepted by the General Assembly
Mechanics Bank vs Heard 37 Ga 401
Young vs Moses 53 Ga 628
Milliken vs Steiner 56 Ga 251 257
In the case of the Central Railroad Banking Co vs The State 54 Ga 401 the Supreme Court in some of ita discussion seems to intimate that no acceptance of the surrender of its charter by a corporation was necessary Still in my opinion such acceptance is necessary and in all cases where the charters are granted by an Act of the Legislature or by the Secretary of State the surrender must be to and accepted by the legislature
This view is strengthened by the Act of August 13th 1910 which authorizes the Superior Courts of this State to accept the surrender of corporate franchises
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and charters from corporations organized under charters granted by such courts under the provisions of the iaws of this State
Georgia Laws 1910 106
I return herein the papers in this file Yours truly
James K Hines Special Attorney
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS AS APPLICABLE TO PENALTY DEMURRAGE
CLAIMS
Railboad Commission of Geobgia
Office of Special Attobney to Commission
Atlanta January 7th 1915
File 11946
Railboad Commission of Geobgia
Atlanta Ga
Gentlemen Your letter of 4th ult enclosing the papers in the above file came duly to hand
From these papers it appears that the Southern Railway Company became liable to Mr Harry L Waters in July 1912 for reciprocal demurrage for failing to move a carload of sand from Lithonia Georgia to Roseland Georgia On May 16 1914 Mr Waters presented to this company his claim for this reciprocal demurrage The railway company declined to pay it on the ground that it was barred by the statute of limitations
Is a claim for reciprocal demurrage barred after one year
This claim arose under storage rule No 10 This rule requires carriers to transport freight at a rate of not less than fifty miles per day of twentyfour hours and for failure so to do requires the carrier within thirty days after demand in writing is made therefor to pay to the shipper or other person 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 carload shipments for such day or fraction thereof that the terms of this rule are not complied with
This rule is based upon the Act of August 23 1905 the unrepealed portion of which are now embraced in Sections 2634 and 2635 of the Civil Code of this State
Demurrage which is allowed to ar carrier for the detention of its cars by shippers or consignees represents compensation for storage of goods in cars as distinguished from the storage thereof in warehouses
Dixon vs Cen of Ga Ry Co 110 Ga 185
What isthe character of the claim of shipper or consignee against a railroad company for failure to transport freight as required by storage Rule No 10 It is not compensation for damages which may be sustained by the shipper or consignee The shipper or consignee may sustain no damages He may sustain greater damages than the amount he would be entitled to under this rule
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Notwithstanding the Act of 1905 and this Storage Rule suit can be brought for the actual damages which the shipper sustains from the carriers failure to transport freight promptly in accordance with the terms of this storage rule Central Ry vs Moore 133 Ga 806
So it would seem that it was not the purpose of this Rule to compensate the shipper for actual damages sustained from the carriers failure to promptly transport freight but its purpose is to compel the carrier to perform its public duty in this respect and to impose on the carrier a penalty for dereliction in the discharge of this duty
Anyway the Court of Appeals has held that demurrage is in the nature of a penalty and is so far a penalty in its nature as to be barred after one year from the date upon which the cause of action arose
In this State all actions for penalties or for claims in the nature of penalties are barred by Sec 4370 of the Civil Code within one year
Western Union T Co vs Nunnally 86 Ga 503
5 Cen of Ga Ry Co vs Huson 5 Ga App 525
Sou Ry Co vs Inman 11 Ga App 564 569
A W P R Co vs Coleman 82 S E 499
I am of the opinion that the Court of Appeals has applied the correct law in this matter and that the claim of Waters was barred when presented for payment and that this was a good defense against its payment
I return herein the papers in this file Yours truly
James K Hines Special Attorney
AUTHORITY OF COMMISSION OVER SHIPMENT ORIGINATING AND TERMINATING IN GEORGIA BUT MOVING PHYSICALLY IN INTERSTATE COMMERCE
Railroad Commission of Georgia Office of Special Attorney to Commission
Atlanta February 17 1915
File 11803
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga
Gentlemen I have your letter of this date enclosing the papers in the above file
From these papers it appears that a carload of lumber was delivered to the Georgia Florida Alabama Railway at Babcock Ga destined to Atlanta Ga No routing directions were given by the shipper The Georgia Florida Alabama Railway delivered this car to the Seaboard AirLine Railway at Richland Ga without routing instructions The Seaboard AirLine Railway forwarded this car to Atlanta for the entire distance over its own rails To do this the shipment passed from Georgia into the State of South Carolina thence
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into the State of North Carolina and again through the State of South Carolina into Georgia and to its final destination
There was a shorter route by the Seaboard AirLine Railway from Richland Ga to Columbus Ga and thence over the Southern Railway to Atlanta Had the shipment moved by this route and the same time had been consumed in its transportation the consignee would have been entitled to 3 for demurrage in consequence of the delay in moving this car from point of origin to point of destination by this shorter route
I note that you wish my opinion upon this question
Can the Railroad Commission sustain an order against the Seaboard AirLine Railway directing said railway to pay the reciprocal demurrage accruing to claimant under its Storage Rule No 10
Whether rightfully or wrongfully this shipment was an interstate shipment At least this car moved interstate
In the first place no demurrage accrued under this rule of the Commission upon this shipment under the actual route by which it moved At least it does not appear from the facts in this record that any demurrage accrued under this rule In cases where no routing is specified by the shipper the route usually used by the railroad company at interest is the one on which a claim for demurrage is based It does not appear that the route by which this shipment moved was not the one usually used by the Seaboard AirLine in transporting lumber from Richland Ga to Atlanta Ga But whether this is true or not this rule of the Commission does not apply to an interstate shipment whether such shipment takes place rightfully or wrongfully
As applied to interstate shipments the State can not now impose penalties for delay in transporting or delivering a shipment to a consignee
Chicago R I Pacific Ry Co vs Hardwick Elevator Co 226 U S 426
St Louis I M S R Co vs Edwards 227 U S 265
So in my opinion the Commission can not pass a valid order directing the Seaboard AirLine Railway Company to pay this demurrage
I return herein the papers in this file Yours very truly
James K Hines Special Attorney
ATHORITY OF COMMISSION TO REQUIRE A RAILROAD COMPANY TO CHANGE THE NAME OF A STATION
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Office of Special Attorney to Commission
Atlanta March 6 1915 File 12131
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga
Gentlemen I have your letter of 1st inst enclosing the papers in the above file and note that you wish my opinion upon these questions to wit
1 Has the Railroad Commission the authority under the law to require a railroad company to change the name of a railroad station
2 Under what circumstances can such power be exercised
The Railroad Commission has general supervision of all Common carriers and railroads It can require all common carriers and railroads to establish and maintain such publicservice and facilities as may be reasonable and just The Commission is also authorized to examine into the affairs of common carriers and railroads and to keep informed with respect to the adequacy security and accommodation afforded by their service to the public
Civil Code Sec 2663
These are broad powers
Wadley Sou Ry Co vs State 137 Ga 497 507
The Commission has 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
Civil Code Sec 2664
Under these broad powers the Commission can require railroad companies to establish and maintain reasonable and just public service and facilities and can likewise require of them adequate secure and accommodating service to the public
I am of the opinion that the Commission has the power whenever the publicservice security and accommodation require it and the same is reasonable and just to require a railroad to change the name of one of its stations For instance if there were stations of the same name on the lines of a railroad or there were stations of the same name on different lines of a railway in the State by which the traveling and shipping public were inconvenienced and put to trouble and expense no doubt the Commission would have the authority to require such company to change the names of such stations
I come next to consider the circumstances under which this power can be exercised It can only be exercised where it is just and reasonable to do so In such a matter the rule of reason is supreme
In determining whether such action is just and reasonable the extent of the public inconvenience and insecurity and the cost to the carrier of complying with the order of the Commission are the chief factors The cost of compliance with such an order is one of the prime factors in the case Furthermore the Commission ought to be careful not to invade the province of the General Manager of the railroad in such matters It is only where the public convenience and accommodation make a clear case for the exercise of such power that the Commission ought to take action
I return herein the papers in this file Yours truly
James K Hines
Special Attorney
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OPINIONS OF THE COMMISSION
OPINIONS OF THE COMMISSION
As of general interest to the public and because the same contain enuncia
tion of a number of important principles the Commission there is included herein during the past year in six cases The out in the opinions
Jordan Realty Company
vs
Macon Railway Light Company I R R Co No 11740
in the regulation of public utilities by opinions rendered by the Commission facts and history of each case are set
Complaint as to refusal by Macon Railway Light Company to furnish electric current for residential lighting
Decided August 25 1914
By Candler Chairman
This complaint is of the refusal of Macon Railway Light Company to furnish electric current for the lighting of certain residences located within a residential suburb of Macon being developed by complainant in Piedmont Heights two blocks beyond the corporate limits of the City of Macon Complainant alleges that there are now completed wired and requiring service three residences located respectively within 100 feet 160 feet and 340 feet of the Companys existing service wires in that vicinity
It further alleges that about 40 residences located in the immediate vicinity are now being served by the Light Company and that it purposes to erect other residences in the immediate vicinity during this year
The Company answers admitting its refusal to extend its wires to the three residences named in the complaint claiming that one on Boulevard Avenue is 200 feet beyond the end of its service wire on Boulevard Avenue and that of the two on Florence Avenue one is 160 feet and the other 375 feet beyond its service wire running along Piedmont Avenue at right angles with Florence Avenue
The Company claims that the cost of extending its distributing lines to serve these three residences exclusive of meters and services would be 6905 and that from the sizes of the residences in question the probable annual revenue from each would be about 1200
The Company further claims that the operating expenses of serving each residence and a proper return on its investment would exceed the annual revenue and that therefore it should not be required to extend its service It further contends that one of the residences is occupied by a gentleman who while living in another residence and patronizing the company proved an un
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desirable patron having compelled the cutting off of his service three times during a period of fifteen months for nonpayment of bills
This Commission has held that it is the duty of a public service corporation such as a gas company or an electric light company to furnish service 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 and that this obligation may be enforced by compelling an enlargement of its plant extension of its facilities within reasonable limits and connection of its distributing lines with the premises of proposed customers
In determining whether a given service and facility can be reasonably required regard must be had to the distance of installation from the contructed lines of the Company the cost of reaching the premises the probable revenue from the extended service the probability of additional patronage and other similar considerations
A map of the territory within which the residences requiring service are located filed by the company shows that it has a constructed service line on Boulevard Avenue stopping short only two hundred feet from one of these residences This map shows that it has a constructed line running along Piedmont Avenue one block from and parallel with Boulevard Avenue crossing Florence Avenue at right angles and that the other two residences requiring service are located on Florence Avenue 160 feet and 375 feet respectively from the Companys Piedmont Avenue line
An extension of the Boulevard Avenue service line of the Company perhaps 500 feet in all or three hundred feet beyond the desired extension of 200 feet would bring this line to Florence Avenue
This map clearly shows that the residences described in the complaint are within the established service zone of the company The expense of extending the constructed service lines is not large
The probable revenue per annum from the three residences however is small and does not justify a large expenditure Taking this into consideration the Commission is of the opinion that while these residences are entitled to service under the legally prescribed rules and regulations of the Company the owners should bear a part of the burden of extending the service lines such contribution to be refunded in the future should additional patrons be connected on the extensions within a reasonable time
Our opinion is that upon the payment to the company of 1000 by the owner of this residence on Boulevard Avenue and signing a contract to take the current of the company for a period of one year when connected the Company should extend its line to this residence and render service Should an additional customer be secured on this extension within twelve months after it is built and in service the sum of 1000 shall be refunded by the company
The Commission is of the opinion that the Florence Avenue extension should be made upon the payment to it by the owners of the two houses located on it and desiring service of 3000 to wit 1000 by the one nearest to Piedmont Avenue and 2000 by the one farthest from Piedmont Avenue and the signing of contracts to use the current for one year
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Should three additional customers he secured on this Florence Avenue extension within one year the above sum of 3000 shall he refunded by the company to and as paid by the owners of the present houses
Should the additional number of customers of the two extensions respectively mentioned above not be secured within twelve months as stated the Company shall not thereafter be required to make any refunds
In Re
Application of the Macon Railway Light Company
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Application for approval of additional issue of 70000000 of Common Capital Stock
R R C No 11539
Decided August 27 1914
By Candler Chairman
Petitioner asks the Commission for its approval of an issue of 70000000 par value of additional common capital stock to be sold at par for cash 615
08000 of the proceeds to be applied to the payment of a like amount of outstanding bills payable of the Company and 8492000 of which is to be placed in the Treasury of the Company and used as working capital
Petitioner alleges that the Bills Payable outstanding are lawful obligations of the Company incurred in providing cash funds for additions extensions and permanent improvements in its properties since 1902 over and above payments thereon out of earnings and previous bond and stock issues at the time of the organization of the Company
The present capitalization of the Company is as follows
Common capital stock 90000000
Preferred capital stock 30000000
First mortgage bons 100000000
Total outstanding
220000000
The Macon Railway Light Company was organized in June 1902 for the purpose of taking over consolidating and operating the following active companies capitalized as indicated to wit
Capital Stock Bonds Total
Consolidated Street R R Co
Metropolitan Railway Co
Macon Elec Light Ry Co
500000 350000 850000
100000 60000 160000
100000 100000 200000
Total
700000 510000 1210000
The Macon Railway Light Company paid for these several properties by the issue of its stock and bonds as follows
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Common Preferred
For the Capital Capital
Stock Stock Bonds Total
Consolidated St R R Co 500000 450000 25000 275000 950000 100000 800000
Metropolitan Railway Co 50 000 25000 175000
Macon Elec Lt Ry Co 350000
Old Bonds Macon Elec Lt Ry Co
assumed 45500

Total 900000 200000 750000 1895500
Less withheld to secure old bond issues 13200 17600 44000 74800
Total net stock and bonds delivered for
properties 182400 706000 1820700
This total of stocks and bonds issued in payment of the purchased properties was 610700 in excess of the 1210000 outstanding capital on the same properties prior to their purchase
The balance of the issue of bonds by the Macon Railway Light Company not used in the purchase of the properties above mentioned to wit 250000 was reserved in the Treasury for future additions extensions and improvements
The balance of the Preferred Capital Stock not so used was sold and the proceeds used as working capital in operating the Company
An audit of the books of the Company indicates that approximately this sum was in use on December 31st 1913 as working capital being in cash accounts receivable and materials and supplies
The Company claims that since its purchase and consolidation of the above mentioned properties it has expended about 1278218 in the purchase of additional properties and in additions extensions and improvements in the old properties that these sums have been paid out of the net proceeds from the sale of the 250000 of original bonds reserved by it for this purpose out of earnings and out of the proceeds from the Bills Payable now outstanding
The Commission has had the Capital and Earnings Accounts of the Company carefully investigated by competent accountants beginning with the organization of the Company in June 1902 and ending December 31 1913
The auditors report that they were unable from the books and the manner in which they were kept down to December 31 1911 to verify the correctness and propriety of all charges to Construction Account but that from other evidence they were of the opinion that during this period there had been charges made to Construction Account which should have gone to Operating Expenses or to maintenance and repairs As the system has been largely rebuilt and much of the old rail replaced with new and heavier rail since 1902 they are of the opinion from the absence of proper replacement entries on the books that the entire cost of replacements was charged to Construction Account without proper credits for old and light rail removed and for these reasons new Construction Account on the books is larger than it should be
They also report that until the past three years there was no depreciation charged off at all and for this period only 25000 per annum
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They report that for the years 1912 and 1913 the Capital Accounts have been apparently properly kept and additions and betterments accounts properly charged and credited The total expenditures for additions and betterments carried on the books from June 1902 to December 31 1913 to wit 1278218 may he divided into two sums 750748 during the period ending December 31 1911 the correctness of which in part is doubtful and 527469 during the period January 1 1912 to December 31 1913 apparently properly charge This total of 1278218 should be credited with 12542 cash received from miscellaneous sales of property included in Capital Account which would leave 1265676 to be provided
The net proceeds of the 250000 of bonds reserved 225750 applied to the above balance left 1039926 of claimed expenditures for new construction additions and betterments which has been paid out of earnings or is carried in Bills Payable now outstanding 615080
We are of the opinion that a considerable part of the balance of 1039926 carried on the books of the Company as cash expenditures for new construction additions and betterments should not have been included in Capital Accounts and should not therefore be capitalized We very much doubt if as much as 339926 of the total represents improper charges In other words we are reasonably satisfied that as much as 700000 of the total is a proper capital charge We are led to this conclusion by an examination of a detailed map supplied by the Company showing its extensions additions new construction special work and heavier rails laid all of which indicate extensive and expensive investments properly chargeable to Capital Account
We are also of the opinion that the Company started out in 1902 with a heavy overcapitalization probably 600000 or more This excessive capitalization was issued before this Commission had jurisdiction over street railroads or capitalization issues
As we held in the case of the Gas Light Company of Augusta this Commission is not authorized to sanction overcapitalization but in the after history of a public service corporation it is within its power and discretion to sanction the issuance of stock or bonds for the purposes specified in the Act of August 22 1907 although such corporation may be overcapitalized
Particularly is this true if by the issuance and sale of stock for cash at par interest bearing obligations of the Company are discharged fixed charges of the Company reduced and it is thereby in sounder condition and the better able to discharge its duties to the public
Under the Act of 1907 among the purposes for which stock or bonds may be issued are for the discharge or the lawful refunding of obligations and the extension or improvement of its facilities
If this company contracted its debts in making betterments in equipping its plant in extending its facilities improving its service or acquiring property and equipment needed to efficiently serve the public the Commission is expressly authorized to approve additional stock issues for the purpose of raising the money with which to discharge honest debts so incurred
In this case we are not satisfied that all of the 1278000 of cash expended was properly chargeable to Capital Account but we are satisfied that at least the amount represented by the 250000 of original bonds and the 615080 Bills
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Payable outstanding has been expended and is properly chargeable to Capital Account
With the issuance of the 700000 additional Common Stock approval of which is asked the Company will have outstanding capitalization of 2900000 which sum is probably in excess of the value of the property holdings at this time because of the original overcapitalization already discussed
We shall approve the issue of 700000 additional Common Capital Stock for the purposes prayed for to wit the retirement of lawful indebtedness incurred in making additions extensions and betterments since the original capitalization properly chargeable to Capital Account and for providing additional working capital By allowing this additional capitalization in the nature of Common Stock the annual fixed charges of the Company are reduced approximately 30000 a liberal cash working capital is provided and the Company should be in better position to render first class service to the public
City of Columbus et al vs
Southern Bell Tel Tel Co
1 Before the Railroad Commission of Georgia Complaint as to rates and service
R R C No 11498
Decided September 8 1914
Sy Candler Chairman
Prior to June 1909 the Southern Bell Telephone Telegraph Company and the Columbus Automatic Telephone Company each owned and operated a local telephone exchange in the city of Columbus
With the consent and approval of the Mayor and Council of the city of Columbus and of this Commission the Automatic Company sold its property to and became merged into the Bell Company
With its assent to and approval of the sale to the Bell Company the Mayor and Council agreed with the Company that on and after January 1st 1911 upon the installation of not less than 2500 local stations connected with the Columbus exchange the following maximum schedule of rates for local exchange service
should go into effect to wit
Unlimited special line business stations500 per month
Unlimited duplex line business stations 400 per month
Unlimited special line residence stations 325 per month
Unlimited duplex line residence stations 275 per month
Columbus Georgia Telephone Rates
This rate agreement was submitted to this Commission and the rates therein named approved June 10th 1909 On September 30 1912 the Bell Company announced to the public that it then had more than 2500 stations connected with its local exchange at Columbus and that pursuant to the abovementioned agreement and approval it would on November 1st 1912 put into effect the foliowing schedule of local exchange service rates to wit
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Per Month
Special line business stations500
Duplex line business stations 400
Party line business stations 400
Special line residence stations 325
Duplex line residence stations 275
Party line residence stations i 225
The above charges subject to a discount of 50 cents per month if payment be made in advance on or before the 10th day of the current month
Whereupon the Mayor and Council and numerous citizens of Columbus filed with the Commission the pending complaint attacking the reasonableness of the proposed increased rates and the efficiency of the service rendered by the company
Because of continuances asked by each side the final hearing in the cause was not had until May 28th last after which additional time for the filing of briefs was granted
Upon the hearing the allegations of complainant as to the inefficiency of the service rendered were abandoned and the complaint only as to the reasonableness of the increased rates pressed
In determining the reasonableness of the rates in question the Commission must do so upon certain adjudicated and generally recognized principles
In Smyth vs Ames 169 U S 546 the Supreme Court of the United States said
We hold however that the basis of all calculations as to the reasonableness of rates to be charged by a corporation maintaining a highway under legislative sanction must be the fair value of the property being used by it for the convenience of the public
In San Diego Land Town Co vs National City 174 U S 739 the same court said
What the Company is entitled to demand in order that it may have just compensation is a fair return upon the reasonable value of the property at the time it is being used for the public
And again in Wilcox vs Consolidated Gas Co 212 U S 19
There must be a fair return upon the reasonable value of the property at the time it is being used for the public
Again in the Minnesota Rate Cases 230 U S 433
The property of the railroad corporation has been devoted to a public use There is always the obligation springing from the nature of the business in which it is engaged which private exigency may not be permitted to ignore that there shall not be an exorbitant charge for the service rendered But the State has not seen fit to undertake the service itself and the private property embarked in it is not placed at the mercy of the legislative caprice It rests secure under the constitutional protection which extends not merely to the title but to the right to receive just compensation for the services given the public
Similar citations can be multiplied
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The practical application of the principles so well settled that is the method or methods by which fair or reasonable value is to be ascertained is the difficult problem
In Smyth vs Ames already quoted from the court said
In order to ascertain that value the original cost of construction the amount expended in permanent improvements the amount and market value of its bonds and stock the present as compared with the original cost of construction the probable earning capacity of the property under particular rates prescribed by the Statute and the sum required to meet operating expenses are all matters for consideration and are to be given such weight as may be just and right in each case We do not say that there may not be other matters to be regarded in estimating the value of the property What the company is entitled to ask is a fair return upon the value of that which it employs for the public convenience On the other hand what the public is entitled to demand is that no more be exacted from it for the use of a public highway than the services rendered by it are reasonably worth
The same Court later said in the MinnesotaRate Cases
There is no formula for the ascertainment of the fair value of property used for the convenience of the public but there must be a reasonable judgment having its basis in a proper consideration of all relevant facts
The Commission therefore understands that in order to determine the reasonableness of the rates in question they must be considered from two viewpoints to wit
1st As related to the value of the service to the public
2d As related to the fair value of the property devoted to the public service
We shall first give consideration to the second proposition The property to be valued is that actually used and useful in the public service at the time of this inquiry This valuation must be as was stated by Justice Hughes in the Minnesota cases of the instrument of public service as property not of the skill of the users
It is not our idea that a business is to be valued
Among the relevant facts to be considered in estimating the value of property are
1 The cost of acquisition and construction
2 The amounts subsequently expended in permanent additions and improvements
3 The present cost of construction as compared with the original
4 The present condition that is the extent of depreciation existing in the property at the time of the valuation
5 The probable earning capacity of the property as it stands under rates reasonable to the public
6 The sum required to meet operating expenses keep the property in repair and maintain it in serviceable condition
7 The relation of the property as a unit to a system extending over a wider field of operation than the locality which it especially serves and consequent advantages if any
8 Its adaptability to the purposes for which designed and that it is successfully discharging the functions and purposes of its creation
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We do not mean to say that the above list comprises all of the relevant facts to be taken into consideration in each case but these and others we have considered in this case
Fortunately the Company in this case has a complete record since 1883 of its expenditures in the acquisition and construction of its Columbus plant and of addition to and permanent improvements therein as also of earnings operating expenses and other accounting data and the same have been furnished the Commission
In addition two separate audits of the books and accounts of the Company have been made and submitted to the Commission by independent accountants one under employment of the complainant and the other of the respondent All are in substantial agreement
The Company has also had its Columbus exchange appraised by its General Plant Accountant Mr Jagoe originally as June 1st 1913 and later brought down to April 1914 because of the several continuances in the hearing and the work of enlarging and improving the plant on approved estimates actually in progress during this period but substantially completed at the date of hearing
The Commission thinks that it should give expression to its commendation of the detailed thoroughness and the evident fairness with which this appraisal was made and the unusually full and frank manner in which Mr Jagoe presented the same to the Commission This commendation of the manner with which Mr Jagoes testimony was given and his apparent desire to be absolutely accurate fair and helpful to the Commission is also true and should be said of the other expert witnesses of the respondent in charge of its different departments who testified in the case So exhaustively and with such apparent frankness and fullness was the necessary information desired by the Commission as to the properties involved their original costs additions to and improvements therein year by year their reproduction cost new present depreciation earnings operating expenses etc presented to the Commission that we have not deemed it necessary to make further investigation by our own engineers or accountants
Fair Value
The Commission does not deem it necessary to set out herein the detailed processes by which it has arrived at its conclusions as to the fair value at this time of the property at Columbus devoted to the public use upon which the Company is entitled to a reasonable return
After consideration of all relevant facts as we see them and especially as enumerated above we are of the opinion that the fair value of the Columbus property including a fair pro rata of the Toll investment located at Columbus used and useful in the public service at this time and including 1500000 for working capital is 45000000
It is perhaps proper to state that from the valuation placed by us we have excluded the following items claimed by the Company to wit
1 Approximately 2200000 difference between the realized assets of the Automatic Company and the purchase price paid for the same
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2 The estimated theoretical cost of assembling expert workmen from different places to construct the Columbus plant assuming that there was no plant at Columbus and that a complete reproduction new of the actual plant was to be undertaken at once
3 The estimated theoretical cost of assembling and training an expert operating force to take charge of a reproduction new of the actual plant at Columbus assuming that such a plant was complete with 2800 connected subscribers and must begin actual operations immediately under such assumed conditions
We do not deem it necessary to argue the justice and entire reasonableness of excluding from consideration in this case such items as the last two above The assumptions necessary to sustain them are too far fetched and violent The assumed conditions never existed nor is it possible to suppose that they could exist
Going Value
Respondents attorneys gave much time in oral argument and much space in their briefs to urging a review by the Commission of its conclusions as to Going Value as reached and expressed in the Macon Railway and Light Company case recently passed upon by the Commission
We have given earnest consideration to their views and the writer has reviewed practically every leading decision on this subject from the National Water Works vs Kansas City case down to date
In the Macon Railway and Light Company case we expressed the following views to wit
The applicant further contends that a large sum to wit 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 to wit 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 case 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 public the value of the established business We do not mean to say that we have in reaching conclusions as to yalues hereinafter stated treated certain physical properties as individual disconnected units We have considered them as integral and essential parts
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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 carriedas they should be and are in operating expenses But to allow them in operating expenses and at the same time add fixed values to physical property values and tax the public perpetually to afford a return thereon is contrary to our conviction of right
We reiterate these conclusions
Counsel for the company insist that the same value must be attached to a property for all purposes and that there is no true distinction between Exchange Value and Fair value for rate making purposes
By Exchange Value we mean that value which would be placed upon property and intangibles which go with it when an owner parts with title thereto to another party In such an exchange the owner really sells more than the property he sells the business in addition to the instrument with which he carries on the business or performs the public service
In ascertaining the Fair Value of a given property devoted to the public service for the purpose of prescribing just and reasonable rates for the use of this property as the instrument of such service the public can not in equity be taxed to pay returns upon that which it contributes to the businesspatronage The private owner only furnishes the instrument of service and it only represents his investment If there be expense attached to its use in the public service such operating expenses should have consideration under the rates prescribed as operating expenses
The owner is not entitled to have such expenses concurrently returned with their incurring out of rates and at the same time capitalized in part as added value in the investment
For rate making purposed we hold that only the property used in the public service must be valued For this valuation to be fair relevant facts enhancing its value must be considered If the property has an attached business it is doubtless as property more valuable than if it was idle But we insist that it is the property that must be valued not the attached business
Going Value or Going Concern Value as related to a public utility may be fairly analogized to Good Will value as attached to a mercantile enterprise In selling his store and stock of goods the merchant would properly include in the price representing his idea of value what he believed to be the value of the attached business or Good Will If however he was fixing a selling price on the commodities he was offering his customers he would not attempt to fix such a price as would pay all operating expenses provide for losses and depreciation pay him a reasonable return on the entire capital invested and in addition a return upon the value he attaches to the trade of his customers The patronage of his friends may be valuable but he can not tax them for extending it notwithstanding the fact that if he is going to part with his property and the business to another party he may value it in the exchange
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What a public utility is entitled to is such compensation for its service as will afford a reasonable return upon the fair value of the instrument of service as property not upon the skill of the users nor upon the favor of the public The act of rendering the servicethe service itself must not be capitalized though the cost of rendition must be paid by the public
Earnings and Operating Expenses
Having reached the conclusion that the fair value at this time of the property of the company at Columbus upon which it is entitled to earn a reasonable return including 15000 working capital is 45000000 we have carefully investigated the earnings of the company during the year 1913 under the rates of which complaint is made and also earnings of several years prior to 1913 under the old rates
Since November 1st 1912 the company has expended nearly 100000 in permanent additions extensions and improvements in its plant so that efficient and satisfactory service is now being rendered
The Company claims and undertook to show that with a proper allowance for depreciation its net earnings for the year ending December 31 1913 were 1372708 or 256 per cent on its actual investment
For ten years ending December 31 1912 the company claims its net earnings averaged only 322 per cent on its average actual investment These percentages are arrived at after an annual allowance for depreciation of 7 per cent on exchange and toll plant 2 per cent on real estate and buildings and 10 per cent on furniture and fixtures
According to audit of Chas Neville Co the net earnings for the same period with the same allowance for depreciation averaged 303 per cent For six years ending December 31 1911 the Audit Company of the South report net earnings to have averaged 325 per cent with the same depreciation allowance
In each of the above results the percentage is figured on the actual investment by the company including working capital
The books of the company as kept however show net earnings in excess of the above percentages to wit about 739 per cent average for the 10 years ending December 31 1912 according to audit of Neville Company During these years however the company set aside on its books 100 per station per month to provide for station removals repairs maintenance and depreciation After charging to this fund actual expenditures for station removals repairs and maintenance the company claims and we believe has shown that the sum remaining is not sufficient to cover the actual depreciation which has accrued
Depreciation
We are satisfied from our study of the record that the actual experience of the past ten years shows that a sufficient sum for depreciation has not been carried on the books of the Company and that consequently the net earnings of the Company for the past 10 years under the old rates have not been as much as the books show We are also satisfied that an allowance of 7 per cent on the exchange and toll plant in addition to repairs maintenance and station removals for depreciation alone is too high In our opinion an allowance of 5 per cent is sufficient to cover depreciation especially as the record shows that this company liberally cares for repairs and maintenance
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The correct ascertainment of the earnings of the Company largely depends upon the allowance made for depreciation Its property is peculiarly subject to depreciation including obsolescence and contingencies such as are likely to occur at any time and result in impairment of service and in financial loss as from fires storms ice etc
There is no public utility which requites a higher degree of efficiency in service than a telephone plant and to render such service it must always he kept in the best possible physical condition and up to date inits equipment
Relations With the American Telephone Telegraph Company
4y2 Allowance of Gross Earnings
Included in the operating expenses of the company is an item of 4 per cent on gross income paid the American Telephone Telegraph Company for appliances furnished and services rendered by it to respondent We disapprove of this percentage charge and are satisfied that it should not he allowed in full The American Telephone Telegraph Company owns the Southern Bell Telephone Telegraph Company as it does all the other Bell companies Whatever earnings the subsidiary companies make go to the parent company The appliances furnished and the services rendered by it to its subsidiary companies are valuable but in our opinion the subsidiary companies should only he charged the actual costs thereof The American Telephone Telegraph Company should not make a profit in reality out of itself at the expense of the public Under its present practices it takes two bites out of the public apple when in good conscience it is only entitled to one
The American Telephone Telegraph Company can not fairly demand two returns on the same property or for the same service which it clearly secures when it charges its subsidiary a profit and it in turn charges the public and turns this over to the parent company in the form of a dividend
Contract for Purchasing Supplies With Western Electric Company
We have also considered the effect of the contract between the respondent and the Western Electric Company another subsidiary of the American Telephone Telegraph Company through which the supplies and equipment needed by the Southern Bell Telephone Telegraph Company are largely purchased This contract is objectionable on the same principles as that with the American Telephone Telegraph Company although we are inclined to think not so objectionable as to actual results
Employees Pension Disability Benefit and Insurance Fund
We are also inclined to disallow as a proper charge to Operating Expenses contributions by the company to the upkeep of an employees sick benefit disability pension and insurance fund
The desire of the company to make such provision for its employees is laudable and praiseworthy but in the absence of a mandatory statute imposing on a public service corporation an obligation or duty to provide such a fund as a matter of public policy we question its right to voluntarily assume such an obligation and transfer the burden of it to the public under the guise of a charge for service rendered it
We assume that such a practice is justified upon the grounds
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1 That because thereof more efficient better satisfied and more interested employees can be secured and consequently the character of service to the public improved
2 That dependent employees are less liable ultimately to become a charge upon the general public and that it is more equitable that such a charge should be laid upon that portion of the public in whose service they were incapacitated
As it appears to us the first argument seems to ignore the fact that the public is entitled to efficient service that it is the primary duty of the company to furnish such that charges in the first instance are fixed upon the assumption that such service is being rendered and that the public can he charged no more than the service is worth however laudable the purpose which might be back of any additional charge
The second assumption it seems to us is wrong in principle and if followed to its logical conclusion might result in immense burdens of indirect taxation extending into every field of employment imposed upon the public without its direct consent and as to which it would be without voice control or information
It is not our purpose here to attempt atiy well considered discussion of the questions raised in this practice of the company In the present case the proportionate amount chargeable to Columbus is not large and its inclusion or exclusion does not materially affect the result
We shall not thereforepass upon the question finally but will leave it open for future discussion and decision
Conclusions
In our opinion after careful revision of operating expenses and with a fair allowance for depreciation all as indicated in the foregoing this property now is earning nearly 7 per cent net upon a valuation of 45000000 including working capital of 1500000
In our opinion this return under the rates complained of is not unreasonable We are further of the opinion that the service now being rendered the public at Columbus exchange is worth the net rentals charged and herein approved
While we have not thought it proper to include anything on the subject in our order in this case the Commission is inclined to the opinion that the statewide charge of 150 per month for desk or other extension phones is high and that the company should take under consideration a reduction in this charge at all of its Georgia exchanges
We disapprove of the manner of stating the rates in effect by the Company and the order accompanying this opinion will provide that the net rates now charged shall be the maximum rates to be charged
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Farmers Telephone Company vs
Southern Bell Telephone Telegraph Company Respondent
Bowman Telephone Company Intervenor
R R C No 11459
Before the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Complaint of refusal of the Southern Bell Telephone Telegraph Com pany to make physical connection with petitioners exchange and furnish long distance service discriminations etc
J Decided November 11 1914
By Candler Chairman
The Southern Bell Telephone Telegraph Company is a corporation engaged in supplying a general telephone service throughout Georgia and adjoining States by means of its own lines and instrumentalities and those of other telephone companies with which it connects and interchanges service Prior to 1908 it owned and operated a circuit to Bowman Georgia where it had established a long distance public pay station at which all the public desiring long distance service had equal like and the same facilities service and rates
It appears that the Bell Company has never undertaken to furnish other than long distance service at Bowman
In 1907 or 1908 Brown Brothers doing business under the name of the Bowman Telephone Company began the construction and subsequent operation of a local telephone system in the town of Bowman with lines running out into the country in practically every direction Subsequently they entered into a contract with the Bell Company under which the latter companys long distance circuit was connected with their switchboard and thereafter all long distance service into and out of Bowman was rendered through the Bowman Telephone Companys exchange where a public pay station for long distance service is established where long distance may be secured by all the public
The local exchange patrons of the Bowman Company of course secure long distance service from their local stations paying therefor the same rates as nonsubscribers using the public pay station
About 1909 certain persons living in the country near Bowman constructed for their own use a farmers line out from Bowman
Subsequently other farmers lines were constructed In 1911 these independent or farmers lines put in a switchboard in the town of Bowman with which each became connected and intercommunication was established
In 1913 these several independent or farmers mutual lines were merged into the Farmers Telephone Company which was duly incorporated
This company is the petitioner in the case and asks the Commission to compel the Southern Bell Telephone Telegraph Company to afford it like facilities for long distance service as are givenits competitor the Bowman Company by a physical connection with its switchboard and an interchange of service
It appears from the record that the Bowman Company has about two hundred and eighty 280 stations of which about ninetyfour 94 are in the town of Bowman and the remainder in the country
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The Farmers Company has about two hundred 200 stations of which about sixteen 16 are ih Bowman and the remainder in the country
It also appears that a number of persons are patrons of both local companies
The two local companies serve practically the same territory
The Bell Company contends
1 That it has undertaken to render only lopg distance service at Bowman that it is discharging this undertaking adequately and efficiently through its own instrumentalities and those of its contractual associate and that there is no public convenience or necessity requiring any extension of its service through a physical connection with the Farmers Company
2 That the Commission is without power or authority to compel physical connection and interchange of service between it and other telephone companies either under Common or Statutory law
3 That the compulsory physical connection of its lines with those of petitioner and interchange of service thereover involves the taking and use of its property in violation of certain constitutional guarantees to wit due process and just compensation
It is not our purpose to enter into an elaborate discussion of the several legal issues raised in this record In order that the conclusions reached and our action based thereon may not be misunderstood however we deem it proper to state briefly and without extended argument that in our opinion this Commission is vested with power and authority to compel physical connection between telephone companies in cases where the public convenience and necessity demand and the facts show such requirement to be reasonable and just
Section 6 of the Aet of 1907 confers upon this Commission power and authority to require all common carriers and other public service companies under their its 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
In the case of Oregon R R N Co vs Fairchild 224 U S 510 involving the question of the validity of an order of the Washington Railroad Commission requiring a physical connection between certain railroads the Supreme Court of the United States said
Since the decision in Wisconsin etc R R vs Jacobson 179 U S 287 there can be no doubt of the power of a State acting through an administrative body to require railroads to make track connection
But manifestly that does not mean that a Commission may compel them to build branch lines so as to connect roads lying at a distance from each other nor does it mean that they may be required to make connections at every point where their tracks come close together in city town and country regardless of the amount of business to be done or the number of persons who may utilize the connection if built The question in each case must he determined in the light of all the facts and with a just regard to the advantage to he derived hy the public and the expense to he incurred hy the carrierItalics ours
In determining the reasonableness of such order the court must consider all the facts the places and persons interested the volume of business to be affected the saving in time and expense to the shipper as against the cost and
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loss to the carrier On a consideration of such and similar facts the question of public necessity and the reasonableness of the order must he determined
In our opinion to justify an order for physical connection between the Farmers Companys local exchange and the Bell Companys long distance circuit it must be affirmatively shown that this is necessary to serve the public adequately and that there is a public demand and necessity therefor
There is nothing in the record that shows any inadequacy of the Bell Companys long distance service at Bowman or that there is any public necessity for any extension or enlargment therein There is a conveniently located public pay station to which all of the public have access on equal terms Under a contractual arrangement this station is located at or in the Bowman Companys office or exchange but this is a mere matter of location the convenience and accessibility of which have not been questioned
The real gist of the complaint rests upon the question whether the granting by the Bell Company to the Bowman Company of a physical connection with its switchboard under which Bowman Company patrons can secure long distance connection and service from their offices or residence upon the usual compensation but without the necessity of going to the public pay station and the declination of the Bell Company to grant a like connection and service to the Farmers Company is unlawful discrimination
The quqestion is not one of discrimination by the Bell Company in the only services it renders or holds itself out to render in Bowman to wit long distance service The facility for reaching the Bell Companys long distance circuit is local and supplied by the Bowman Company Of course it is only obligated to extend this facility to those who become its patrons It is bound to allow any and all who desire to become such to do so on equal terms
It is enabled to offer the local facility by reason of this physical connection which it has secured by contract with the Bell Company
The Farmers Company desires to make a similar connection and thus be enabled to offer to its patrons a similar convenience
The gist of its complaint is that in declining to so contract with it the Bll Company unlawfully discriminates against it and that portion of the public it serves exclusively Viewed as a naked legal proposition the question is one of some difficulty
Courts and Commissions in other States differ widely and their decisions in several cases are directly conflicting
We are inclined therefore to decide the pending case upon its own peculiar facts under the discretion vested in the Commission upon the broad inquiry as to what is the public convenience and necessity and the equities of the situation
We believe as already stated that the Commission has power and authority to order physical connection between telephone companies when in its judgment such connection is necessary to furnish to the public reasonable and just service and facilities and only in such cases
It is for the Commission under the facts of each case to exercise its judgment
There is no mandate in the law requiring the Commission to order physical connection in every instance where practicable or feasible nor where desired
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by one telephone company for mere business reasons or to place it upon equal terms with a competitor
In this case the petition is filed by a telephone company in its own behalf and for the express purpose of securing a facility enjoyed by its competitor No member of the public is a party to the complaint nor did a witness appear at the hearing except officials or stockholders of the petitioner
There was no evidence that any of the public in so far as the Bell Company was concerned was discriminated against or was not adequately and efficiently served The evidence shows that the Bowman Company occupied the local field first that its lines cover the town of Bowman and radiate into every section of the surrounding country and that it is abundantly able and willing to serve all of the public and that long subsequent to its establishment and operation the Farmers Company entered the local field and practically in every direction paralleled the other companys existing lines
The evidence indicates that it entered the field rather for personal reasons than because of any demands by public necessity or convenience
As it appears to us this petition is the result of personal and business rivalries and feeling with private business ends in view
Adequate and efficient service upon reasonable rates for the public seems to be of minor importance if considered at all
It is absurd to suggest that a town of only seven or eight hundred population needs two telephone exchanges or can support them so that they both may render efficient service
Had the services of the older company been inefficient or its rates unreasonable a petition to this Commission and proof of the allegations made would have obtained quick remedyfar more effectually than the building of a duplicate plant and the needless investment of more money
The Bell Company made an arrangement with the older of these local companies at a time when it only was in existence under which it appears to us efficient and adequate long distance service is being offered and rendered to the Bowman public To require it under the facts in this case to complicate and confuse its business at Bowman for the convenience and profit of a second local exchange where it is not affirmatively shown that the public convenience and necessity demand in our opinion would not be reasonable and just and therefore the petition is denied
R R C No 8907
By Candler Chairman
r In Re
Application of Georgia Railway Power Company for authority to re vise street car schedules and service on certain routes in the City of Atlanta and suburbs
Decided January 28 1915
Alleging that under existing schedules on certain street car routes in the city of Atlanta and suburbs it is now furnishing larger service and more facilities
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than is reasonably required by present traffic the Georgia Railway Power Company asks that it be authorized to revise existing schedules on these routes so as to discontinue this alleged excessive service
Supporting the petition in a general way the company shows that gross passenger receipts on its entire city and suburban system for the last four months of 1914 during which period the full effects of the worldwide business disturbances and depression have been felt are considerably less than for the same periods in 1913 and 1912
The comparisons are as follows
Four
September October November December Months
1912 240715 239163 228989 239966 930638
1913 244000 244411 233988 246386 968785
1914 235411 234210 211324 222713 903658
Decrease 1914 under 1913 8589 10201 22664 23673 65127
Percentage of decrease 35 42 97 96 67
Decrease in cash fares 1914
under 1913 171764 204017 453280 473454 1302515
The company assumes that its service facilities in 1913 were adequate and that therefore the considerably lesser use made of substantially the same or somewhat increased facilities in 1914 than in 1913 indicates excessive facilities at this time and justifies the reductions in service asked The above figures are for the entire city and suburban system some of the individual routes show slight increases over 1913
It is not claimed that the company is losing money on its street car service
The application is based upon the allegation that the company is at this time supplying more facilities upon certain lines than the volume of traffic requires Under the general showing made the Commission has felt that the company was entitled to a thorough inquiry as to the questions raised in its petition and to relief from the expense of any service which it showed beyond question was in excess of the reasonable needs of the public
We have not proceeded upon the theory that a decreased use of all the lines of the system as a whole justified less service on any individual route We have undertaken to ascertain service conditions facilities and uses on each individual route and to pass upon each without reference to other routes in the system
The company seems to have assumed that the excessive service alleged is in facilities operated during the rush hour periods and therefore in a majority of the routes under investigation seeks to lessen its rush hour service by taking off the extra cars operated during these periods A careful study of the traffic data furnished has not satisfied us that this assumption is correct While it is entirely reasonable and wholly probable that there was during December 1914 a smaller volume of traffic during rusk hours than in 1913 the Commission is of the opinion from many considerations that this decrease has been relatively smaller than in nonrush hours Widespread business depres
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sion affects travel for pleasure and on Sundays and holidays when everyone is economizing more than it does travel necessary for people to get to their work or places of business Beyond question the abnormal weather conditions prevalent in this vicinity during practically the past three months have had material effect upon street car travel for pleasure for shopping on holidays and on Sundays to a larger extent than it has on travel by persons who daily use the cars in getting to offices stores and shops and this notwithstanding that there are many out of employment
Granting however that the rush hour traffic is reduced under 1913 the Commission is not inclined to agree with the assumption that the facilities supplied during these periods in 1913 were entirely adequate on every route On some routes we feel sure they were not and in making this statement the Commission does not base it upon the contention that every passenger on every car operated should be furnished a seat This contention may be sound in theory under street car traffic conditions as they exist daily such a theory is frequently impossible of actual operation
Street car passenger travel is the most human traffic of which we have knowledge It is the most erratic and uncertain The average man or woman takes the first car passing It may be packed to the platforms with human freight another following in sight may be entirely empty but not one in twenty of the waiting intending passengers will await the second car The result is that operating on a two or three minute headway or even less one car goes packed with straphangers while immediately behind it follows another with three fourths of its seating capacity unoccupied Again the average person seems to prefer riding on a loaded car to riding all by his or her lonesome on another car equally as comfortable Men and women are gregariousthey like to go in flocks or herds for companys sake
It is in our opinion the duty of a common carrier to provide seatsthat is reasonable accommodationsin its cars for such patrons as desire them in so far as they can reasonably anticipate and measure the volume of traffic which will offer During certain hours of the day experience shows that there is with fair regularity an estimable volume of traffic This should be provided for But this does not mean that if an average of forty passengers customarily board a given schedule on a certain route upon which is operated a fortyseat car that the car is then loaded to its reasonable capacity and that when fortyone passengers begin to ride additional facilities must be provided
Careful observation has shown that an appreciable percentage of regular street car patrons prefer riding on the platforms to occupying seats inside the cars These are styled voluntary standees Again it must be borne in mind that city street car transportation is generally for comparatively short distances A given route we will say is 5 miles long cars are regularly operated the entire distance of the route At an ascertained peak point where the load is always heaviest a fortyseat car will customarily have on board say fortyeight passengers This maximum was only reached one block back At the next block forward the car begins to discharge its load and within two or three blocks the load is again below the seating capacity no one having stood for a longer distance than three or four blocks or for a longer time than five or ten minutes
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This particular schedule may have been and observation demonstrates this the only one at all overloaded during the whole day Conditions frequently arise in street car traffic when it is impossible to avoid overloading for short distances or for short periods of time
Taking into consideration such conditions as above some Commissions have held that facilities are fairly reasonable where the peak point loads do not exceed 30 per cent of the seatingcapacity offered for a continuous period of thirty or forty minutes
In our opinion an allowance of 30 per cent over the seating capacity for standees whether voluntary or involuntary for short distances is too large We are rather inclined to allow only 20 per cent on this account to be extended not longer than thirty minutes with schedules operated on not exceeding tenminute headway It would not be reasonable to apply this rule to only one days travel or even a weeks The congestion should extend over such a reasonable period as would show that it is regular and not spasmodic that it is permanent and not temporary and due to temporary conditions
It would be unreasonable to require a street car carrier to provide equipment sufficient to provide a seat for every passenger on every schedule of every day of every year and for every distance This is not only unreasonableit is impossible even if the public would render the absolutely necessary cooperation in distributing the loads as between the cars offering
Conditions on suburban lines where as a general rule passengers ride longer distances require different treatment The passenger who is forced to stand 4 or 5 miles occupies a different position than one forced to stand 4 or 5 blocks
We have deemed it advisable to submit the foregoing general observations in order that the public who sometimes grow impatient with momentary conditions or others impossible to entirely remedy may be reminded that the carrier is only required by law to supply reasonably adequate and comfortable facilities and that this principle of law and equity has been kept in view in reaching the conclusions hereinafter announced
It is not the purpose of this Commission nor is it within its power to operate the street car systems in all the cities of the state and lay out all their schedules We can not do this in Atlanta It is the province of the Commission leaving the details of management and operation to the company to compel reasonably adequate and efficient service This we have undertaken and in this task have generally speaking had the willing and effective cooperation of the company If at any time or upon any route there is shown to be facilities and service in excess of the reasonable needs of the public it is just as much our duty to allow a reasonable reduction of this excess as to order on more service when it is shown to be inadequate In the pending application we have studied conditions traffic and service on each route named and our conclusions and action on each are based upon such facts as we have found to exist Our action on each route is based upon conditions as they now exist We do not believe these conditions are permanent In fact the data supplied us show that they are slightly improving already
The petitions of the company cover the following routes
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Route No 1Marietta and Decatur Streets
There is now being operated on this route an allday service at tenminute intervals between Cornelia street on the east and Brady avenue and Howell Mill road on the west with a twentyminute headway from thence to the end of the route on the Howell Mill road
It is desired now to operate the allday service at fifteenminute intervals from terminus to terminus This decreases the service on the greater part of the line but increases it on the western end of the route There are other routes however which also serve a considerable part of Marietta street with frequent schedules
The following data is furnished as to earnings and traffic on this route
December November October September
1913 927905 899340 944115 916510
1914 823605 788925 903195 929670
Decrease 1914 106100 110415 40920 13160
Decrease in Cash Fares 21220 22083 8184 2632
Daily Average 684 736 264 87
Percentage of Decrease 114 122
Increase
Thirtysix seated cars are operated with 210 schedules daily Actual counts at two peak points for one whole day showed only 20 cars with seating capacity taken and of these only 5 cars in excess of the probable voluntary and short distance standees
One hundred and ninety of the 210 schedules operated carried less than the seating capacity of each car
The prayer of petitioner as to this route is granted
Route No 4Inman Park to Grant Park
There is now being operated on this route a regular allday service at tenminute intervals and in addition thereto extra cars sufficient to furnish service during the morning and afternoon rush hours between Grant Park and Moreland avenue at itervals of five minutes and also extra cars sufficient to furnish service at fiveminute intervals during the noon rush hours between the center of the city and Moreland avenue
It is desired to discontinue the operation of the extra cars during the noon rush hours between the center of the city and Moreland avenue
The following data as to earnings and traffic has been furnished
December November October September
1913 2033755 1944235 2027010 2031565
1914 1863670 1754630 1985035 1974955
Decrease 170085 189605 41975 33130
Decrease in Cash Fares 34017 37921 8395 6626
Daily Average 1097 1264 270 220
Percentage of Decrease 85 92
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Cars on this route seat 36 passengers Counts have been made on two days of the number of passengers on each ear as it passed the corner of Piedmont avenue and Edgewood avenue during the noon hours
These counts show that with extra cars off the remaining cars operated during the noon hours would have had to carry each
On December 30th going west 47 passengers
east 46
On January 5th west 40
east1 38
In our opinion the service on this route during the noon rush hours is not excessive and the prayer of the petition in regard thereto is denied
Route No 6Capitol Avenue and Forrest Avenue
The present service oil this route is regularly all day at tenminute intervals with extra cars during the morning noon and afternoon rush hours sufficient with the regular cars to furnish service on that portion of the route extending from Ormond street on the southern end to the intersection of North avenue and the Boulevard on the northern end of the route at fiveminute intervals It is desired to discontinue the extra cars during the noon or midday rush hours
The following data as to earnings and traffic on this route is supplied
December November October September
1913 I1530745 1439740 1467565 1427390
1914 1345950 1222960 1344505 1344725
Decrease 184795 216780 123060 82665
Decrease in Cash Fares 36959 43356 24612 16533
Daily Average vl192 1445 794 551
Percentage of Decrease 12 155
Cars on this route seat twentyeight Counts on two days on the north and south ends of the line were made at Forrest avenue and Peachtree and at Whitehall and Mitchell streets which showed that with the extra cars now operated taken off the remaining regular cars would have had to carry average loads as follows
At Peachtree and Forrest Avenue
December 31st going south 37 passengers per car
ti north 33
January 6th south 24 ti ti
north 31 it if
At Whitehall and Mitchell Streets
December 31st going south 22 passengers per car
it ti north 24 it it
January 6th south 23 a
north 29
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These two counts not conclusively showing the noon rush hour traffic we have since the hearing on this application had additional counts made on three days which show as follows
At Peachtree Street and Forrest Avenue
On January 22d going south 26 passengers per car
i north 30 a
On January 25th south 33 tt
it it it north 35 a
On January 26 th south 30 it tt
H north 30
At Pryor and Mitchell Streets
On January 22d going south 23 passengers per car
it it north 29 it
On January 25th south 25 it a
it it north 29 ii it
On January 26 th south 25 a
it it north 31 a tt
These figures are averages for the entire rush hour period including the lean loads at the beginning and ending They do not show excessive congestion for the entire period and we have therefore studied the individual loads during the period and the length of time covered by consecutive overloads
These show on the north end of the route at Peachtree and Forrest avenue consecutive loads with trippers off on different days as follows
On January 22d25 36 29 36 34 29 31 26 one way and 33 41 38 32 39 35 38 37 36 in the opposite direction
On January 25th32 34 54 29 46 47 45 46 one way and in the opposite direction 42 36 28 46 41 42 49 38 31
On January 26th29 49 33 45 43 46 31 21 one way and in the opposite direction 40 38 8 40 32 31 37 25 30
On the south end of the line with trippers off loads on consecutive individual cars at the corner of Mitchell and Pryor streets would have been as follows
On January 22d29 29 26 23 25 27 23 22 28 one way and in the opposite direction 29 31 31 20 24 19 82 42 25
On January 25th38 32 25 31 17 20 29 28 32 one way and in the opposite direction 27 26 15 41 85 32 26 21
On January 26th28 31 25 25 17 20 38 23 22 23 one way and in the opposite direction 34 22 15 34 22 93 53 28 24
As cars operated on this route seat only 28 passengers the Commission is not fully satisfied that the noon rush hour service on this route is excessive and for the present will deny the petition to discontinue it
Route No 7Luckie and East Hunter Streets
There is now being operated on this route a regular allday service at tenminute intervals and in addition thereto sufficient extra or tripper cars along the northern or Luckie street end of the route during the morning and afternoon rush hours to afford service at fiveminute intervals
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The company desires to discontinue the operation of these extra cars on the northern end of the route during the morning and afternoon rush hours and supports its petition with the following data as to earnings and traffic
December November October September
1913 1012815 1009840 991475 1000825
1914 800660 790920 856060 836495
Decrease 212155 218940 134815 164330
Decrease in Cash Fares 42431 43788 26963 32866
Daily Average 1369 1459 870 1095
Percentage of Decrease 21 216
Counts of actual traffic during rush hours on three days indicated average
loads at a peak point for regular cars with trippers off as follows
At Spring and Luckie Streets
December 30th going south A M 27 passengers per car
ii ii north 9
December 31st south 25
ti ii ti north 9
January 8th ii south 28
ti north 22
December 30th going south PM car
north 41
December 31st south 13
if it ii north 39
January 8th south 18
t ti ii north 38