jLLdb jL 4 j S t j THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA Gift of Georgia Railroad Commission J FORTYTHIRD REPORT OF THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA PRINTED BY FOOTE DAVIES CO ATLANTA v General Library University of Georgia Athens Georgia CHAS MURPHEY CANDLER Chairman GEORGE HILLYER ViceChairman JOSEPH F GRAY PAULjlB 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 1916 To His Excellency Nat E Harris Governor Sir The Railroad Commission of Georgia has the honor to submit herewith its Fortythird Report the same being for the year ended December 31 1915 The number of public utilities reporting to the Commission for 1915 as compared with 1914 is shown in the following table towit NUMBER AND CLASSIFICATION OF CORPORATIONS REPORTING TO THE COMMISSION FOR 1915 AND 1914 1915 1914 Street Railroad Gas Electric Light and Power Com panies i 54 57 Steam Railroads 64 67 Terminal Companies 5 5 Express Companies M 1 1 Telegraph Companies 2 2 Telephone Companies 90 90 Cotton Compress Companies 12 12 Total 228 234 From th above it will be noted thatHhe number of corporations reporting for 1915 is six less than in 1914 this decrease being in three less lighting companies and three less steam railroads The decreases in lighting companies occurred because of one company going out of business in a small town the other decreases being from consolidations The decrease in the number of railroads reporting came about as follows The Hawkinsville Western Railroad has been leased to the Ocilla Southern Railroad and no longer reports as an independent operating company the Blakely Southern was sold under court orders and no longer operates as a common carrier the Florida Central Railroad was sold under Court orders and partly dismantled a portion of it was purchased by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and is now a part of that system During 1915 the Commission made final disposition of 530 petitions complaints or subjects requiring formal action or order the number and character of these subjects as compared with 1914 being shown in the following table 4 NUMBER AND CHARACTER OF CASES FORMALLY HANDLED BY THE COMMISSION DURING THE YEARS 1915 AND 1914 1915 1914 Passenger fares and service 57 0g Freight rates 180 176 Freight service 32 45 Claims for overcharge loss damage and demurrage 87 120 Side tracks and spur tracks 15 19 Depots and stations 48 59 Street car service and fares 10 9 Gas and electric rates and service 25 18 Express rates and service 25 24 Telegraph and telephone rates and service 29 27 Stock and bond issues 8 13 Miscellaneous 14 20 TotalsI 530 598 This study shows a decrease of matters requiring formal action under 1914 of 68 and a decrease under 1913 of 88 The Commission is satisfied that this decrease in the number of subjects requiring formal action has been caused by the reduced volume of business done by the public utilities during the past eighteen months because of European war effects lessened activities in the promotion of new enterprises and to a large extent to the continued improvement in the relations between public utilities and the public they serve In addition to the above through correspondence informal conferences and interviews the Commission has handled and disposed of more than 2500 inquiries complaints claims etc without the necessity of formal hearings many of which required considerable investigation and study Financial Results of Operations of Public Utilities The disastrous effects of the European war on Georgia trade and transportation is strikingly shown by the following tables Summary of Financial Operations IntraState of Corporations and Companies Subject to the Jurisdiction of thp Railroad Commission of Georgia for the Fiscal Years 1915 1914 and 1913 Railroad Companies 1915 Gross Earnings 64 Cos 4529769741 Operating Exp 64 Cos 3468353724 Net Earnings 43 Cos 1080292021 Deficits 1 21 Cos 18876005 Terminal Companies Gross Earnings 13992574 Operating Expenses 23254468 Net Earnings 2 Cos 1081420 Deficits 3 Cos 10343314 1914 5307995177 3955589157 1355580383 3174363 13214669 24798439 1082671 12666441 1913 5155958306 3885423023 1275226070 4690787 14218288 22889296 1309847 9980855 5 Telegraph and Express Companies 1915 1914 1913 Gross Earnings 315069733 349500908 201601873 Operating Expenses 301809822 338084269 203379935 Net Earnings 2 Cos 14753025 13173274 3726167 Deficits 1 Co 1493114 1756635 2204495 Compress Companies Gross Earnings 91400952 100784938 75619410 Operating Expenses 57339511 68752208 55807756 Net Earnings 10 Cos 34075802 32032730 19943784 Deficits 1 Co 14361 Street Railroad Power Gas and Electric Light Companies Gross Earnings 1172959961 1174084861 1074777078 Operating Expenses 594977806 614703277 569999533 Net Earnings 50 Cos 578468895 560496832 507450003 Deficits 4 Cos 486740 1115248 2672458 Telephone Companies Y Gross Earnings 369192980 363032941 343030366 Operating Expenses 197614097 198723228 201503800 Net Earnings 87 Cos 171754559 164360254 141699005 Deficits 3 Cos 175676 50541 172439 Total for all Companies Gross Earnings 228 Cos 6492385941 7308613494 6865205321 Operating Expenses 4643349428 5200650578 4939003343 Net Earnings 194 Cos 1880425722 2126726144 1949354876 Deficits 33 Cos 3389209 18763228 19853164 Note The number of Companies indicated in the foregoing statement as reporting relates only to the year 1915 The net earnings shown in these figures it should be remembered represent the excess of income over only operating expenses From net earnings there must be deducted taxes and interest charges before any distribution of earnings as dividends to stockholders can be made STEAM RAILROAD MILEAGE The following table shows the actual mileage in the State in operation June 30th for the past two years 1915 1914 Miles single track main line 729572 732572 Miles second track main line 11036 11045 Miles siding passing and yard track 203865 198921 Total miles of rail all descriptions in actual operation 944473 942538 Increase 1915 over 1914 1935 miles It will be noted tjiat there was a decrease of thirty miles in the main line mileage in operation within the state on June 30 1915 caused by the sale and dismantling of the Blakely Southern Railroad and the Florida Central Railroad under Court orders The only new construction now under way is about thirty miles of road between St Clair in Burke county the present terminus of the Savannah Northwestern Railroad and a point on the Georgia Railroad between Camak and Warrenton 6 NEW RAILROAD DEPOTS During the fiscal year ending June 30 1915 twentynine new freight and passenger depots were erected in the State as compared with forty last year and fiftyfive in 19l3 STEAM AND STREET RAILROAD ACCIDENTS The report of accidents required by the Commission of steam and street railroad companies includes all persons killed or injured in the operation of their roads classified as follows Passengers Employees and Other Persons The lastnamed class includes mail express and news agency employees as also all trespassers and persons lawfully on rights of way as at public street or road crossings etc During 1915 there were 91 Other Persons killed and 188 injured the increase over Other Persons killed in 1914 being 38 and an increase of 11 injured The attention of the public as well as of the Commission has been several times during 1915 called to serious accidents by collision at grade crossings between road vehicles and trains The Commission has for the past three years urged upon the General Assembly the enactment of legislation vesting the Commission with power to direct under fair and reasonable terms the elimination or safeguarding of dangerous grade crossings The reports of street railroad companies as to accidents of all kinds show marked improvement over 1914 and 1913 not a single passenger or employee being killed in the operation of their cars Steam Railroad Accidents 1915 1914 1913 Passengers killed 7 8 13 Passengers injured 203 321 439 Employees killed 29 33 62 Employees injured 990 689 1898 Other persons killed 91 53 91 Other persons injured 188 177 210 Total killed and injured 1508 1281 2713 Street Railroad Accidents 1915 1914 1913 Passengers killed 0 0 0 Passengers injured 795 994 1012 Employees killed 0 0 1 Employees injured 87 129 121 Other persons killed 9 9 12 Other persons injured 242 302 289 Total killed and injured 1133 1434 1435 7 The total number of all persons killed and injured in steam and street railroad accidents during 1915 was2641 as compared with 2715 in 1914 and 4148 in 1913 STOCK AND BOND APPROVALS The past year 1915 has not been marked by great activity in the organization and promotion of many new or large public utilities and applications to the Commission for the approval of stock and bond issues have not Been numerous Stock and Bond Approvals For the year ended December 31st 1915 Capital stock totals 232840000 Mortgage bonds totals 724049145 Time notes and equipment trust obligations 272915000 Total approvals 1229804145 As compared with 5546476194 in 1914 The approvals for 1914 included one reorganization of a large railroad system Excluding this the approvals for 1915 are substantially the same as in 1914 TAXES PAID IN GEORGIA BY PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS The public service corporations under the jurisdiction of the Commission report that they paid taxes during 1915 to all taxing jurisdictions such as State County Municipal and School Districts aggregating 289088275 The following table shows the amounts paid by each class of utilities and also a comparison with the years 1913 and 1914 1915 1914 1913 By steam railroads 179731797 188045901 178706123 By terminal companies 4021710 4212743 3989451 By express companies By street railroads gas 3070615 2043233 2088571 electric light and power companies 77856078 74290030 72085071 By telegraph companies 2920974 2007419 2174611 By telephone companies By cotton compress 18470491 17381419 16050252 companies 3016610 3413152 2757570 Total 289088275 292293997 277848624 WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD For the past several years this Commission has been carrying in its reports data and statistics in reference to the traffic and earnings of the Western Atlantic Railroad under the existing lease In view of the fact that the Lease Commission created by the General Assembly since our last report is now investigating and studying this subject and will doubtless report upon the same to the General Assembly this Commission does not deem it necessary to include in this report any comments or recommendations in regard thereto LITIGATION The Commission reported on April 1 1914 that there was at that time pending in the courts only one case to which it was a party this being what was known as the Lawrenceville physical connection case then pending in the Supreme Court of the United States where it had been appealed by the Seaboard Air Line Railway contesting the validity of an order of the Commission directing it and the Lawrenceville Branch Railroad to make and operate physical connection between the two roads The Commission is pleased to report that this appeal has been decided against the contentions of the Seaboard Air Line Railway and the order of the Commission sustained The only case now pending in the Courts to which the Commission is a party is an appeal in the Supreme Court of Georgia by certain owners and operators of Jitney Bus lines in Atlanta based upon the refusal of one of the judges of the Superior Court of Fulton County to issue an order restraining the Commission from promulgating rules regulating their public services as common carriers PETITIONS FOR INTRASTATE FREIGHT RATE REVISIONS The Commission deems it pertinent to call attention to the fact that there are now pending before it petitions by practically all the railroads of the state praying for radical and revolutionary revisions in intrastate classifications and tariffs and in the rules and regulations now in force in Georgia governing freight traffic These petitions and others relating to the same subject filed by different Freight Bureaus and Boards of Trade in the State have been set by the Commission for hearing and investigation beginning June 26th It is not proper for the Commission to comment at this time upon the merits of the pending petitions but we do not deem it improper td state that since its creation in 1879 the Railroad Commission has not had before it any investigation of such importance and magnitude as this The Commission is greatly embarrassed in handling the questions involved and in securing the data and information necessary to a thorough study thereof by its need of expert and clerical help in its Rate Department and the lack of funds to employ such assistance The Commission is receiving scores of inquiries from shippers within and without the State as to the rates to given points or on given commodities as proposed in the revision suggested The public is entitled to this information but to furnish it requires much time and expert investigation To answer these inquiries keep up the current work of the office and at the same time carry on systematic study and investigation into the merits of the revisions asked is a task of hard accomplishment 9 In this connection as the promulgation of a new and enlarged freight classification is asked we again call attention to that mandatory provision in our law Code Sec 2632 which requires all classifications and tariffs or amendments to or revisions therein to be published one time in some newspaper in nine designated cities in Georgia prior to becoming effective The cost of publishing a new or a revised and complete classification carrying thousands oL descriptions is absolutely prohibitive Practically no beneficial results follow such newspaper publication and the law ought to be repealed All necessary and desirable information as to classifications and rates can be better supplied through publications in circular or pamphlet form issued by the Commission periodically and in the printed tariffs of the carriers which by law are required to be posted or kept at each agency station RECOMMENDATIONS The law requires the Commission to recommend from time to time such legislation as they the Commissioners may deem advisable In the discharge of this duty the Commission respectfully invites attention to recommendations heretofore made and particularly set out in its FortyFirst Report Respectfully submitted CHARLES MURPHEY CANDLER Chairman GEORGE HILLYER ViceChairman JOSEPH F GRAY PAUL B TRAMMELL JAMES A PERRY Commissioners CAMPBELL WALLACE Secretary J PRINCE WEBSTER Rate Expert Power to regulate rates and fares Corporations subject to the provisions of this Constitution Corporations not authorized to buy shares tending to defeat competition No secret rebate allowed Not intended to impair contracts Appropriaate legislation required 10 CONSTITUTION ARTICLE IVSection II Paragraph 1 The power and authority of regulating railroad freight and passenger tariffs preventing unjust discriminations and requiring reasonable and just rates of freight and passenger tariffs are hereby conferred upon the General Assembly whose duty it shall be to pass laws from time to time to regulate freight and passenger tariffs to prohibit unjust discriminations on the various railroads of this State and prohibit said roads from charging other than just and reasonable rates and enforce the same by adequate penalties Par III The General Assembly shall not remit the forfeiture of the charter of any corporation now existing nor alter or amend the same nor pass any other general or special law for the benefit of said corporation except upon the condition that such corporation shall thereafter hold its charter subject to the provisions of this Constitution and every amendment of any charter of any corporation in this State or any special law for its benefit accepted thereby shall operate as a novation of said charter and shall bring the same under the provisions of this Constitution Provided That this section shall not extend to any amendment for the purpose of allowing any existing roads to take stock in or aid in the building of any branch road Par IV The General Assembly of this State shall have no power to authorize any corporation to buy shares or stock in any other corporation in this State or elsewhere or to make any contract or agreement whatever with any such corporation which may have the effect or be intended to have the effect to defeat or lessen competition in their respective businesses or to encourage monopoly and all such contracts and agreements shall be illegal and void Par V No railroad company shall give or pay any rebate or bonus in the nature thereof directly or indirectly or do any act to mislead or deceive the public as to the real rates charged or received for freights or passage and any such payments shall be illegal and void and these prohibitions shall be enforced by suitable penalties Par VI No provisions of this article shall be deemed held 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 11 The following references to the laws of the State on the subject of transportar tion of passengers and freight by Common Carriers are here inserted as relating to matters of general interest A Railroad companies are common carriers and liable as such Code of Georgia section 2297 B A common carrier is bound to receive all goods and passengers offered that he is able and accustomed to carry upon compliance with such reasonable regulations as he may adopt for his own safety and the benefit of the public Code Section 2278 C Carriers of passengers may refuse to admit or may eject from their conveyances all persons refusing to comply with reasonable regulations or guilty of improper conduct or of bad dissolute doubtful or suspicious characters So they may refuse to convey persons seeking to interfere with their own business or interest Code Section 2296 D A carrier of passengers is bound also to extraordinary diligence on behalf of himself and his agents to protect the lives and persons of his passengers But he is not liable for injuries to the person after having used such diligence Code Section 2266 E The carrier of passengers is responsible only for baggage placed in his custody yet a passenger can not relieve himself from liability for freight by assuming to take care of his own baggage Code Section 2280 F It is the duty of the railroad company to cause their conductors agents or employees to be provided with checks so as to check all trunks or separate baggage of passengers from station to station on their roads when required And it is the duty of the conductor of every passenger train to cause upon application to him all trunks and baggage to be checked from any station to any point of destination on their road or any road running under the control of the company of which he is conductor The carrier of passengers has a lien on the baggage not only for its freight but for the passengers fare Code Sections 2281 and 2289 G A carrier of passengers may limit the value of the baggage to be taken 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 Liability of Railroad Companies as carriers Time of responsibility What passengers may be refused Carrier of passengers For baggage On baggage Limit as to value of baggage 12 Carriers to furnish water and light on passenger coaches Equal accommodations to all Police of railroads Posting time of delayed trains Carriers bound to extraordinary diligence provided the same be only such articles as a traveler for business or pleasure would carry for his or her own use Code Section 2288 H Railroad companies shall keep in each passenger car or in any car in which passengers are transported an adequate supply of good pure drinking water at all hours during 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 he indicted in any county through which said railroad runs of which Jje 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 he 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 statipn 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 carrierand 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 13 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 knless this right is waived by special contract or actual delivery This lien exists only when the carrier has complied with his contract as to transportation He can recover pro rata for the actual distance transported when the consignee voluntarily receives the goods at an intermediate point Code Section 2287 Q The carrier may require the nature and value of the goods delivered to him to be made known and any fraudulent acts sayings or concealment by his customers will release him from liability Code Section 2290 R All freight bills or freight lists charged against or to be collected out of any person for whom a railroad shall carry freight in this State shall contain the items of freight charged in said bills or freight lists by some certain and specific description before they shall be collectible Code Section 2293 S Whenever any person shall deliver property of any description to a railroad steamboat or express company for transportation said company shall upon demand furnish the party so delivering a valid receipt which shall specify the Effect of notice to limit Bound to deliver without unreasonable delay Time of responsibility Carrier has lien on goods Fraud on carrier Freight lists how made out Freight receipts to he issued 14 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 Duplicate freight receipts A14 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 Liability of railroads where there are several 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 De responsible only to its own terminus and until delivery to the connecting road the last company which has received the goods as in good color shall be responsible to the consignee for any damage open or concealed done to the goods and such companies shall settle among themselves the question of ultimate liability Code Section 2298 Y Roads required to deliver to and receive cars from connecting roads 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 Weighing by sworn weigher Whenever any railroad company in this State shall weigh any cars loaded with freight to be shipped and charged for by the carload such weighing shall be done by a sworn weigher as provided for the weighing of cotton rice and other produce Code Section 2309 When such cars are weighed singly they shall be uncoupled at both ends and weighed one at a time Code Section 2310 When lumber etc laps from one car to another 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 15 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 edch 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 deceiving delivering storage or handling of property wholly within one State and not shipped to or from a foreign country from or to any State or Territory as aforesaid Unjust discrimination prohibited 16 Commissioners appointment term and salary The following is the law under which the Railroad Commission was created being Act No 269 Part 1 Title 12 of the Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia 18781879 AN ACT To provide for the regulation of railroad freight and passenger tariffs and the location and building of passengerand 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 Commission ers 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 17 sioner becomes disqualified in any way he shall at once remove the disqualifications or resign and on failure so to do he must be suspended from office by the Governor and dealt with as hereinafter provided In any case of suspension the Governor may fill the vacancy until the suspended Commissioner is restored or removed Sec II That said Commissioners shall be furnished with an office necessary furniture and stationery and may employ a Secretary or Clerk at a salary of eighteen hundred dollars at the expense of the State The office of said Commissioners shall be kept in Atlanta and all sums of money authorized to be paid by this Act out of the State Treasury shall be paid only on the order of the Governor Provided That the total sum to be expended by said Commissioners for office rent furniture and stationery shall in no case exceed the sum of eight hundred C 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 aw 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 Location of office employment of Secretary expenses etc Extortion by railroads forbidden Unjust discrimination forbidden Duty of commissioners 18 Commissioners shall make schedule of rates publish same etc 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 tonus 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 said railroad companies shall possess the same power and right to charge such rates for carrying such freights as they possessed before the passage of this Act and said Commissioners shall have full power by rules and regulations to designate and fix the difference in rates of freight and passenger transportation to be allowed for longer ai 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 nuade 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 th 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 19 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 prbvided until schedules shall have been prepared and published as aforesaid for all the railroad companies now organized under the laws of this State or that may be organized at the time of said publication All such schedules purporting to be printed and published as aforesaid shall be received and held in all such suits as prima facie the schedules of said Commissioners without further proof than the production of the schedules desired to be used as evidence with a certificate of the Railroad Commission that the same is a true oopy of the schedule prepared by them for the railroad company or corporation therein named and that the same has been duly published as required by law Sec VII That it shall be the duty of said Commissioners to investigate the books and papers of all the railroad companies doing business in this State to ascertain if the rules and regulations aforesaid have been complied with and to make personal visitation of railroad offices stations and other places of business for the purpose of examination and to make rules and regulations concerning such examination which rules and regulations shall be observed and obeyed as other rules and regulations aforesaid said Commissioners shall also have full power and authority to examine all agents and employees of said railroad companies and other persons under oath or otherwise in order to procure the necessary information to make just and reasonable rates of freight and passenger tariffs and to ascertain if such rules and regulations are observed or violated and to make necessary and proper rules and regulations concerning such examinations and which rules and regulations herein provided for shall be obeyed and enforced as all other rules and regulations provided for in this Act Sec VIII That all contracts and agreements between railroad companies doing business in this State as to rates of freight and passenger tariffs shall be submitted to said Commissioners for inspection and correction that it may be seen whether or not they are a violation of law or of the provisions of the Constitution or of this Act or of the rules and regulations of said Commissioners and all arrangements and agreements whatever as to the division of earnings of any kind by competing railroad companies doing business in this State shall be submitted to said Commissioners for inspection and approval in so far as they affect rules and regulations made by said Commissioners to secure to all persons doing business with said companies just and reasonable rates of freight and passenger tariffs and said Commissioners may make such rules and regulations as to such contracts and agreements as may then be deemed necessary and proper and any such agreement not approved by such Commissioners or by virtue of which rates shall be charged exceeding the rates fixed for freight and passengers shall be deemed held and taken to be violations of article 4 section 1 paragraph 4 of the Constitution and shall be illegal and void Sec X That if any railroad company doing business in this State shall in violation of any rule or regulation provided by the Commissioners aforesaid inflict any wrong or injury on any person such person shall have a right of Jurisdiction and power of Commissioners Power of Commissioners over contracts between railroads Injuries resulting from violation of rules 20 Rules of evidence Meaning of terms Duplicate freight receipts Reports of Commissioners Power of Commissioners over witnesses action and recovery for such wrong qr 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 XIY 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 Com 21 missioners to issue an attachment for such witness and compel him to attend before the Commissioners and give his testimony upon such matters as shall be lawfully required by such Commissioners and said court shall have power to punish for contempt as in other cases of refusal to obey the process and order of such court Sec XVI That every officer agent or employee of any railroad company Railroad who shall wilfully neglect or refuse to make and furnish any report required report3 to by the Commissioners as necessary to the purpose of this Act or who shall Commiswilfully 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 Duty to inThat from and after the passage of this Act it shall be the duty of the Railroad trough Commission of the State of Georgia to investigate thoroughly all through freight rates 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 shall call 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 officials to the duty of the Railroad Commission to call the attention of the railroad officials tionsmm 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 shall apaccording to the suggestion of the Railroad Commission it shall be the duty of EstateIn the Commission to present the facts whenever it can legally be done to the Commission Interstate Commerce Commission and appeal to it for relief Sec 4 Be it further enacted That in all work devolving upon the Railroad AttorneyCommission prescribed by this Act they shall receive upon application the services of the AttorneyGeneral of this State and he shall also represent them Commission 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 181890 22 Caption of Act of Oct 1879 amended By inserting and the location and building of passenger and freight depots j Penalty for violation of rules I Amending section IX of original act AMENDING TITLE OF ACT AN ACT To amend an Act entitled an Act to provide for the regulation of railroads freight and passenger tariffs in this State to prevent unjust discrimination and extortion in the rates charged for transportation of passengers and freights and to prohibit Railroad Companies corporations and lessees in this State from charging other than just and reasonable rates and to punish the same and to prescribe a mode of procedure and rules of evidence in relation thereto and to appoint Commissioners and to prescribe their powers and duties in relation to the same approved October l 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 23 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 sueh 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 aftefr the institution of said suit there shall be no settlement of the same without the consent of the Commissioners Sec 2 Be it enacted That all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed Approved October 16 1891 INSPECTION OF RAILROAD TRACKS AN ACT To give the Railroad Commission of Georgia authority upon complaint made to inspect the railroads or any railroad or any part of any railroad in this State and if found in an unsafe or dangerous condition to require the same put and kept in such condition as will render travel over the same safe and expeditious to provide a penalty for failing to obey the orders of the said Commission and for other purposes Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia That from and after the passage of this Act the Railroad Commission of this State is hereby empowered and required upon complaint made to inspect for themselves or through an agent the railroads or any railroad or any part of any railroad in this State and if the same is found in an unsafe or dangerous condition to require the same put and kept in such condition as will render travel over the same safe and expeditious Provided That reasonable time be given the railroad authorities in which to accomplish the work or repairs that may be required or ordered Provided That this Act shall not limit or affect the liability of railroads in cases of damage to person or property Sec 2 Be it further enacted That any railroad failing or refusing to obey the orders of said Commission within the time allowed for Said work shall be liable to a penalty of not more than five thousand dollars to be recovered by a suit brought in the name of the State in which suit the AttorneyGeneral or SolicitorGeneral shall represent the State and his fees shall be the same as now provided by law Suits shall be brought in the county where the wrong or violation occurs Power to institute Suit without notice Inspection by Commission required If condition unsafe to be putand kept in safe condition Reasonable time to be given Not to affect liability for damages Penalty for not obeying orders 24 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 Commission to fix charges for storage And when such charges shall begin Power to vary rates Provisons of other acts as to Railroad Commission applied STORAGE CHARGES AN ACT To require the Railroad Commission to fix rates of storage to be charged by Railroad Companies in this State to prescribe regulations for charging the same and to prescribe how suit shall be brought for overcharges and to fix the measure of recovery and for other purposes Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia That from and after the passage of this Act power is hereby conferred on the Railroad Commission of Georgia and they are required to fix and prescribe a schedule of maximum rates and charges for storage of freight made and charged by Railroad Companies doing business in this State and to fix at what time after the reception of freight at place of destination such charges for storage shall begin with power to vary the same according to the value and character of the freight stored the nature of the place of destination and residence of consignee and such other facts as in their judgment should be considered in fixing the same Sec 2 Be it further enacted That all the provisions of the Act creating said Railroad Commission and Acts amendatory thereof prescribing the procedure of said Commission in fixing freight and passenger tariffs and hearing complaints of carriers and shippers and of altering and amending said tariffs shall apply to the subject of fixing and amending rates and charges for storage as aforesaid Sec 3 Be it further enacted That no Railroad Company shall make or retain directly or indirectly any charge for storage of freight greater than that fixed by the Commission for each particular storage nor shall they discriminate directly or indirectly by means of rebate or any other device In such charges between persons Sec 4 Be it further enacted That if any Railroad Company shall violate the provisions of this Act either by exceeding the rates of storage prescribed or by discriminating as aforesaid the person or persons so paying such overcharge or subjected to such discrimination shall have the right to sue for the same in any court of this State having jurisdiction of the claim and shall have all the remedies and be entitled to recover the same penalties and measure of damages as is prescribed in the case of overcharge of freight rates upon making like demand as is prescribed in such case and after like failure to pay the same Sec 5 Be it enacted That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed Approved October 17th 1891 25 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 Express and Telegraph Companies to be under the control of the Commission For regulation of prices Powers over railroads and penalties against them of force as against express and telegraph companies So far as applicable Location of agencies Regulation of charges only as to trapsportation and messages in this State 26 Equal accommodations in separate cars Employees to assign passengers their cars or compartments Penalty for violating provisions of this act Cars prop erly divided White and colored passengers not to occupy same compartments 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 ahd conductors of dummy electric and street cars certain powers and authority over passengers to comply with the regulations made by said companies under the provisions of this Act to provide a penalty for the violation of the same ahd 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 sleping 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 op 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 27 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 com cars to be partment cars or separate cars shall furnish to the passengers comfortable seats comfortable and have such cars well and sufficiently lighted and ventilated and a failure to etCso do shall be a misdemeanor punishable under section 4310 of the Code of 1882 Sec 8 Be it further enacted That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed Approved October 21 1901 PROMPT RECEIVING AND DELIVERY OF FREIGHT AN ACT To further extend the powers of the Railroad Commission of this State and to confer upon the Commission the power to regulat the time and manner within which the several railroads in this State shall receive receipt for forward and deliver to its destination all freights of every character which may be 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 p Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia and it is here Railroad by enacted by authority of the same That from and after the passage of this commisAct The Railroad Commission of this State shall be and is hereby vested with reguiatey full power and authority to make prescribe and enforce all such reasonable tettoTof rules regulations and orders as may be necessary in order to compel and require freightsthe 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 necessaryjto 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 aahi shipper or consignor shall require of a railroad company the placing of a car or requirecars to be used in carload shipments then in order for the consignor or shipper ments of to avail himself of the forfeitures or penalties prescribed by the rules and regulations of said Railroad Commission it must first appear that such shipper or consignor made written application for said car or cars to said railroad provided further that such Railroad Commission shall by reasonable rules and regulations provide the time within which said car or cars shall be furnished after being ordered as aforesaid and the penalty per day per car to be paid by said railroad company in the event such car or cars are not furnished as ordered and provided further that in order for any shipper or consignor to avail himself of the penalties provided by the rules and regulations of said Railroad Commission such shipper or consignor shall likewise be subject under proper Bills of lading between points within State Claims against Railroad companies penalty for failure to pay y 28 rules to be fixed by said Commission to the orders rules and regulations of said Railroad Commission Sec 5 Be it further enacted ty 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 shall be adjusted and paid by such common carrier within sixty days in cases of shipments wholly within this State and within ninety days in cases of shipments between points without and points within this State after such claim duly verified by the oath of the claimant or his agent shall have been filed with the agent of the initial carrier or with the agent of the carrier upon whose line the loss or damage or overcharge actually occurred In the event such claim is not adjusted and paid withfh the time limited the carrier shall be liable for interest thereon at the legal rate from the date of the filing of the claim until the payment thereof and shall also be liable for a penalty of 5000 for every such failure to adjust and pay said claim to be recovered by the party damaged in any court of competent jurisdiction provided that unless such claimant shall in such action recover the full amount claimed no penalty shall 29 be recovered but the recovery shall be limited to the actual loss or damage or overcharge with interest thereon from the date of filing said claim Sec 3 Be it further enacted That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed Approved August 18 1906 STATION ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PUBLIC AT NIGHT AN ACT To require all railroads operating passengertrains and taking on and putting off passengers or that operate such trains at or through countyseats and towns and cities having a population of more than 1000 in this State to keep open at night at their depot stations at such places before the arrival and departure of said trains a lighted and comfortable room for the accommodation of their passengers and for other purposes Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority afoiaid 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 halfan 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 theauthority aforesaid That successors to the incumbents be elected at the first general election preceding the expiration of their terms of office respectively that is to say at the general election to be held on the first Wednesday in October 1906 one commissioner shall be Railroad Passengers station accommodations for at night Penalty for failure to provide Railroad Commissioners election of Term of office and elections 0 Regulations Vacancies elected to succeed the incumbent whose term will expire on the fifteenth day of October 1907 and one commissioner shall be chosen at the general election to be held on the first Wednesday in October 1908 to succeed the then incumbent whose term of office will expire on the fifteenth day of October 1909 and one commissioner shall be chosen at the general election to be held on the first Wednesday in October 1910 to succeed the then incumbent whose term of office will expire on October 15 1911 and so on Sec 3 Said election to be held under the same rules and regulations as now apply to the election of governor of this State A Sec 4 Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That in case of vacancy causing an unexpired term the same shall be filled by executive appointment and the person appointed shall hold office until the next regular general election and until his successor for the balance of the unexpired term shall have been elected and qualified Sec 5 Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and thlT 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 compensatioh 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 sectipns 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 31 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 qualir fied 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 posi tion 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 chair man 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 Five Commissioners Terms of office Qualifications of Commissioners Chairman of Board Rate Expert Printed reports admissible as evidence Authority over Street Railroads Docks Terminals and other corporations Power of Commission 32 The powers and duties heretofor conferred by law upon the Railroad Commission are hereby extended and enlarged so that its authority and control shall extend to street railroads and street railroad corporations companies or persons owning leasing or operating street railroads in this State provided however that nothing herein shall be construed to impair any valid subsisting contract now in existence between any municipality and any such company and provided that this Act shall not operate as a repeal of any existing municipal ordinance nor shall it impair nor invalidate any future contract or ordinance of any municipality as to the public uses of such company that shall receive the assent of the Railroad Commission over docks and wharves and corporations companies or persons owning leasing or operating the same over terminals or terminal stations and corporations companies or persons owning leasing or operating such cotton compress corporations or associations and persons or companies owning leasing or operating the same and over telegraph or telephone corporations companies or persons owning leasing or operating a public telephone service or telephone lines in this State over gas and electric light and power companies corporations or persons owning leasing or operating public gas plants or electric light and power plants furnishing service to the public Sec 6 The Railroad Commission of Georgia shall have and exercise all the power and authority heretofore conferred upon it by law and shall have the general supervision of all common carriers railroads express corporations or companies street railroads railroad corporations or companies dock or wharfage corporations or companies terminal or terminal station corporations or companies telephone and telegraph corporations or companies within this State gas or electric light and power companies within this Stateand while it may hear complaints yet the Commission is authorized to perform the duties imposed upon it of its own initiative and to require all common carriers and other public service companies under their supervision to establish and maintain such public service and facilities as may be reasonable and just either by general rules or by special orders in particular cases and to require such publication by common carriers in newspapers of towns through which their lines extend of their schedules as may be reasonable and which the public convenience demands Said Commission is hereby given authority to examine into the affairs of said companies and corporations and to keep informed as toi their general condition their capitalization their franchises and the manner in which their lines owned leased or controlled are managed conducted and dperated not only with respect to the adequacy security and accommodation afforded by their service to the public and their employees but also with reference to their compliance with all provisions of law orders of the Commission and charter requirements Said Commission shall have the power and authority whenever it deems advisable to prescribe establish and order a uniform system of accounts to be used by railroads and other corporations over which it has jurisdiction hereunder the same to be as far as practicable in conformity with the system of accounts prescribed by the Interstate Commerce Commission to examine all books contracts records and documents of any person or corpora tion subject to their supervision and compel the production thereof Said Com 33 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 its judgment practicable and to the interest of the public to order and compel the making and operation of physical connection between lins 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 he unlawful for any of said companies or corporations to issue stocks bonds notes or other evidences Of debt payable more than twelve months after the date thereof except upon the approval of said Railroad Commission and then only when necessary and for such amounts as may be reasonably required for the Side tracks Passenger service Physical connection Overcharges and losses Transferring cars Depots and Agents Schedules Issuance of Stocks and Bonds 34 Indebtedness payable within twelve months exempted Commissioners required to treat official information confidential Liability of corporations Repeal of Sections of Cod 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 gther 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 public hearings or such as are not confidential in their nature Sec 9 In case a common carrier or other corporation or company mentioned in this Act shall do cause to be done or permit to be done any act matter or thing prohibited forbidden or declared to be unlawful or shall omit to dp 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 of 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 35 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 cohferring Repeal upon the Commission the power to regulate the time and manner within DAct which the several railroads of the State shall receive receipt for forward and appoved deliver to its destination freight the said sections applying to penalties 1905 placed upon said railroad companies providing penalties for the violation of rules orders and regulations established by the Railroad Commission with reference to same and providing a procedure to enforce said penalties be and the same are hereby repealed and the penalties prescribed by this Act and the procedure to enforce the same are made applicable to any and all violations of the rules orders and regulations established by the Commission Sec 12 Every common carrier railroad street railroad railroad corpora penalt for tion street railroad corporation express telephone telegraph dock wharfage violations of and terminal company or corporation within the State and other corporations companies or persons coming under the provisions of this Act and all commission 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 Howaction corporation or company in this State or in the county of the State where penaities may such violation has occurred and wrong shall be perpetrated or in any county be brought 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 term of the court at which it is brought and shall be given precedence over other business by the presiding judge and the court shall not be adjourned until such proceeding is legally continued or disposed of The decision in such case may be taken to the Supreme Court as now provided in cases of the grant or refusal of injunctions by judges of the superior courts 36 Punishment for aiding c abetting violations Officers approving or directing violations Domicile of Commission Contingent and Printing Funds Attorney to Commission Repealing Section Sec 13 Every officer agent or employee of any such common carrier corporation or company who shall violate or procures aids or abets any violation by any such common carrier or corporation or company of any provision of this Act or which shall fail to obey observe or comply with any order of the Commission or any provision of 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 Penal Code of 1895 and shall be subject to prosecution in any county in Georgia in which said common carrier or corporation or company or officer agent or employee violates the provisions of this Act or any provisions of any order of the Commission or in any county through which said corporation operates Any officer agent or employee shall also 6e 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 ued 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 1 If 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 37 CARS FOR PEACHES CANTALOUPES ETC AN ACT To require railroad companies to furnish proper and necessary carsfor 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 plaees his product in carload lots or in cases of less than carload lots expresses to the agent of the railroad company his willingness to pay charges for carload lots then such railroad company shall be liable for the market value of such product with interest thereon The market value to be determined by the market value of the product less the cost of carriage and the usual expense of selling in the market to which the shipper intended shipping same on the day such product would have arrived had the same been carried in the usualof transportation on schedule time for such freight In order to avail himself of this rule of damage the shipper shall in writing notify the agent of the railroad company of the market to which he intended to ship his product Payment shall be made by the railroad company for such product within thirty days after written claim has been filed with the company therefor In the event that such railroad company shall fail to make payment as herein provided or tender the correct amount therefor it shall be liable for an additional fixed sum of fifty dollars for each car as liquidated damages for failure to perform its duty in the premises such liquidated damages to be recovered in any cause brought for the recovery of damages on the main claim in the event recovery is had thereon Sec 3 Be it further enacted that in the event the shipper fails or refuses to accept such car or cars when furnished under condition and as herein required he shall be liable to the railroad company for the sum of ten dollars per car and the cost of the first or initial icing in the event that the 38 same is iced and should he fail or refuse to pay same withih 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 Railroad 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 POWERS OF COMMISSION AMENDMENT TO ACT OF 1907 AN ACT To amend An Act to increase the membership of the Railroad Commission of Georgia and to prescribe the qualifications for membership etc approved August 13 1907 Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same That an Act approved August 23 1907 entitled An Act to Increase the Membership of the Railroad Commission of the State of Georgia and to Prescribe the Qualifications for Membership etc be and the same is hereby amended by adding after the word other in the nineteenth line of Section 7 of said Act the following Or entering the same incorporated town or city within this State so that said section as amended shall read as follows Be it further enacted That the railroad commission shall have authority to ascertain the cost of construction and the present value of properties in Georgia owned by said corporations or companies and to that end may employ necessary experts Said commission shall have authority to prescribe rules with reference to spur tracks and side tracks with reference to their use and construction removal or change with full power to compel service to he 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 ta 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 depotsand stations where it deems the same necessary and to order the appointment and service thereat of depot or station agents The com 39 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 he 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 he and the same are hereby repealed Approved August 14 1909 40 Railroads must sell tickets of connecting roads At rate flxed by Railroad Commission etc Unlawful to refuse to check baggage over connecting lines Unlawful to refuse to put tickets on sale with agents of connecting lines Or to refuse to receive tickets or check baggage Proviso Penalty for violating this Act 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 bn the part of any railroad operated within or partly within this State against any other railroad company within this State Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia That from and after the passage of this Act it shall be unlawful for any railroad company having an office or agency within the State of Georgia to refuse to put on sale or to refuse to sell any ticket of any other railroad company with which the sagie may be directly or indirectly connected at the price or rate fixed by the Railroad Commission of this State for passage over lines of such connecting roads less such amount as may be directed to be deducted from such rate by anyone or more of said connecting lines and it shall be unlawful after the sale of such ticket to refuse to issue check or checks for baggage over such connecting lines and upon such tickets to the extent that the baggage may be allowed to be checked under the ordinary rules and regulations of said companies Sec 2 Be it further enacted that it shall be unlawful for any railroad company operating or doing business wholly or partly within this State to refuse to put on sale with the agents of any other railroad company wherewith it may be directly or indirectly connected tickets for any point upon its lines of road or to refuse to receive such tickets for passage over its lines or to refuse to receive and transport baggage which may be checked upon said tickets so sold provided that any railroad company so placing its tickets upon sale with any other railroad company may demand a reasonable deposit of money or other reasonable security to recover the price of such tickets so placed on sale and may demand from time to time such renewals of such deposits or other security as will protect it from any loss by reason of the amounts received from the sale of such tickets Sec 3 Be it further enacted That for every violation of any of the provisions of this Act the railroad company who shall by itself or its agents be guilty of such violation shall be subject to a penalty of one thousand dollars which may be recovered in any Superior City or County Court of the county in this State in which such violation may occur where suit may be brought by the railroad company whose road may be discriminated against or by the person offering to buy a ticket over such road and such penalty may be recovered by each of said parties and the recovery by one shall not be a bar to a recovery of the other Sec 4 Be it further enacted That all laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed Approved October 15 1891 41 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 defaultto render the carrier to which application was made liable for said loss damage or destruction and for other purposes Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia That from and after the passage of this Act when any freight that has been shipped to be conveyed by two or more common carriers to its destination where under the contract of shipment or by law the responsibility of each or either shall cease upon delivery to the next in good order has been lost damaged or destroyed it shall be the duty of the initial or any connecting carrier upon application by the shipper consignee or their assigns within thirty days after application to trace said freight and inform said applicant in writing when where how and by which carrier said freight was lost damaged or destroyed and the names of the parties and their official position if any by whom the truth of facts set out in said information can be established Sec 2 Be it further enacted That if the carrier to which application is made shall fail to trace said freight and give said information in writing within the time prescribed then said carrier shall 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 Carriers upon application must trace freight Penalty for failure 4 Definition of the word Company All unjustdiscrimination forbidden All rates bona fide No rebates Rates of Commission are maximum rates Rates may be reduced below maximum provided no discrimination is made Tariffs to be kept posted Changes in tariffs to be posted GENERAL RULES RULE 1 1 The word Company as used and intended by any and all of the rules and regulations of the Commission shall be deemed and taken to mean and include all corporations companies firms and persons that may now be engaged or that may hereafter become engaged in performing for hire any service to the public that is now or that shall hereafter be subject by law to the jurisdiction or control of the Commission RULE 2 The several companies in the conduct of their intrastate business shall afford to all persons equal facilities in the conduct of such business without unjust discrimination in favor of or against any and wherever special facilities are afforded to one patron whether upon a special rate authorized by this Commission or otherwise such company shall be bound to afford to any other patron or patrons under substantially similar circumstances like facilities upon like rates The rate charged for any service by any company shall be bona fide and public and the giving of any rebate bonus or drawback is hereby expressly forbidden RULE 3 All of the rates prescribed by the Commission are maximum rates which shall not he exceeded by any company Any company may charge less than the prescribed maximum rate provided that if a less rate be charged to one person such company shall for a like service charge the same lessened rate to all persons except as may be hereafter provided and if any company shall reduce any of its rates to or from one agency or station it shall except in cases where otherwise specially provided by the Commission make a reduction of the same percentage to and from all other stations on its line to the end that no unjust discrimination be made in favor of nor against any person persons or locality RULE 4 Each company shall keep conspicuously posted at all of its stations offices and agencies in Georgia a copy of the schedule or schedules of rates prescribed by the Commission for the government of such company When any change is made in such schedule either by such company voluntarily or pursuant to an order of the Commission such company shall imme 43 diately furnish a copy of said change to the office of the Commission and shall also post copies thereof in the same manner as above specified as notice to the public that said change has been made No advance in any rate whether it be a maximum rate or otherwise shall be made without the consent of this Commission first being obtained nor shall such advance become effective until ten days thereafter and no reduction in any rate shall become effective until three days after notice has been given as above required RULE 5 All special rates made by any company for any service to be rendered shall first be submitted to and approved by the Commission before being put in effect RULE 6 If between any two points in Georgia there are two or more routes Whether composed of the lines of one or more companies the rate for any service via any of such routes between such points may be reduced to correspond with the lowest rate for similar service in effect between the said points without making reductions at intermediate points Provided that where such a reduction is 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 xm 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 ap Ratesappiy ply in either direction over the same line between the same points rections 1 RULE 8 It shall be the duty of any company to accept for transportation any goods Duty to ac 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 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 cept and transport goods RULE 9 In no case shall any company collect for any service more than the exact amount due according to the current rate Exact charge may be col rlected 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 Claims for overcharge and loss Monthly Reports Annual Reports Blanks furnished by Commission Other information to he furnished when required Books etc to he produced How to bring Complaints Rules of procedure Giving notice to interested parties 44 RULE 10 All just claims for overcharge and loss shall be paid within thirty days after claim supported by proper papers is made therefor Claims for loss shall be paid by the company at fault but claims for overcharge shall be paid by the company which collected same and through the office or agency by which the same was collected regardless of any division or apportionment of such total charge with any other line RULE 11 Each railroad company shall file in the office of the Commission on or before the last day of each month a report duly sworn to showing the earnings and expenses qf such company during the month preceding Each railroad terminal express and telegraph company shall file In the office of the Commission on or before the fifteenth day of September of each year a report duly sworn to for the fiscal year ending June 30th immediately preceding Each compress company shall file in the office of the Commission on or before the fifteenth day of October of each year a report for the fiscal year ending August 31st immediately preceding Each street railroad power gas telephone and electric light company shall file in the office of the Commission on or before the fifteenth day of February of each year a report for the fiscal year ending December 31st immediately preceding r All of said reports shall be rendered on and in accordance with the printed forms that the Commission will prescribe and furnish for that purpose In addition to the foregoing each of such companies shall furnish such other reports and information as the Commission may require from time to time Furthermore it shall be the duty of each of said companies to proudce for the inspection of the Commission any and all books papers contracts agreements and other original records of any character whatsoever that may be in possession of said company or within its power custody or control or copies thereof as may be demanded and designated by the Commission RULE 12 All complaints made to the Railroad Commission of alleged grievances must plainly and distinctly state the grounds of complaint the items being numbered and objections all being set forth in writing Both in cases of complaints and when the Commission initiates action notice shall be given to the persons or corporations interested in or affected thereby 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 45 These specifications whether of complaint or of defense may be accompanied if the parties so desire by any explanation on argument or by any suggestion touching the proper remedy or policy The parties may also he heard in person or by attorney or by written argument upon such written statements being first filed Upon the hearing of all cases that may come on to be heard before the Commission the respective parties may present their testimony either written or oral or by affidavits All affidavits intended to be offered by either party shall be served upon the opposite party his counsel or agent having control of the case at least three days and all counter affidavits at least twelve hours before the date set for their hearing This rule of procedure and of evidence except as to notice of hearing above provided may in any and all instances be varied or relaxed when in the exercise of a sound discretion this Commission shall be of the opinion that a departure from the letter thereof may be necessary to the attainment of substantial justice due care being taken in every instance to guard against any injurious surprises RULE 13 The Commission reserves the right to suspend or modify at its discretion the enforcement of any of its rules rates orders or other regulations where in its opinion the conditions are such in any particular instance that a strict enforcement of such rules or other regulations would result in hardship or injustice Arguments may be made either in person or writing Commission reserves the right to modify rules of procedure Right reserved to suspend or modify any regulation 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 46 PASSENGER RULES RULE 1 Each railroad company in Georgia may charge for the transportation of passengers between points in this State the maximum rates prescribed for such railroad by this Commission and in every instance the rates for children over five years and under twelve years of age shall be not over onehalf of the maximum rate prescribed for adults Provided That any railroad company may collect no more than ten cents as a minimum charge for a full or half rate between regular stations when the actual fare would be less than that amount RULE 2 At all places where by the exercise of reasonable diligence the requisite tickets may be purchased it shall be the duty of all persons to provide themselves therewith before boarding trains as passengers If at such a place a person shall board a train and has for want of reasonable diligence on his part failed to supply himself with the requisite ticket the railroad company may collect for each mile that may be traveled by such person without the requisite ticket in addition to the maximum prescribed rate as follows For a passenger over five and under twelve years of age onehalf of one cent For a passenger twelve years of age and over one cent Exceptions Southern Railway Seaboard Air Line Railway Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company Georgia Southern and Florida Railway Company Charleston and Western Carolina Railway Companyallowed to charge 15 cents in addition to the maximum prescribed rate regardless of the distance traveled RULE 3 The payment of fare between any given points in Georgia shall entitle the passenger to the transportation of at least one hundred and fifty pounds of baggage in the same direction between those points without extra charge For the transportation of baggage that may be in excess of one hundred and fifty pounds between points in this State the following excess baggage rates may be collected viz EXCESS BAGGAGE TARIFF For all Baggage Over 150 Pounds For 20 miles and under 10 cents per 100 pounds 30 40 60 70 80 90 100 miles and a 15 it p or 30 20 it c it 40 25 it 1 t 60 30 it it 70 35 it it 80 40 it 90 45 ti 47 110 miles and over 100 120 t 110 130 it 120 140 a ii H 130 150 a it 140 160 it it 150 170 a ii 160 180 a 170 190 a 180 200 it 190 210 C a 200 220 a 210 230 a 220 240 it a 230 260 it a 240 290 it tt 260 320 it a 290 350 it a 320 400 H a 350 450 it a 400 50 cents per 100 pounds 55 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 I 90 95 100 105 110 115 120 125 130 135 S 140 Minimum excess baggage charge 10 cents NoteThe above Tariff is subject to the provisions of Freight Rule No One of the Commission Where baggage is transported on a passenger ticket which for any reason is not used by the holder for personal transportation and application for refund is made the carrier shall if such ticket shows baggage checked charge for the transportation of such baggage only on the total weight thereof not exceeding double the excess baggage rates per 100 pounds above shown and the difference between this sum and the original price paid for the passenger ticket plus any excess baggage charge made shall be refunded 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 Charge for transporting baggage which is unaccompanied by passenger Dimensions of baggage to be checked free 48 Must receive baggage and issue claim checks 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 presented 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 Storage charges RULE 5 Where baggage received by companies as provided for by Rule 4 is not checked within twentyfour hours after being so received or where baggage is allowed to remain unclaimed at destination more than twentyfour hours after arrival of train transporting same such companies are authorized to charge twentyfive cents for storage of the same for each separate twentyfour hours or fraction thereof after the expiration of said twentyfour hoursSunday and legal holidays excepted RULE 6 Baggage must be checked 15 minutes before train leaves Railroad companies shall not be required to send any baggage on any train unless the baggage shall have been checked fifteen minutes before the departure of that train RULE 7 Excursion rates exempted Nothing in the rules of this Commission shall be construed as placing any restriction upon the privilege of railroad companies to make special rates for excursions or for any other special occasion Must sell tickets at depots RULE 8 All of the various kinds of tickets that may be on sale at any and all other offices of a given railroad company in any given town or city shall likewise be kept on sale at the depot ticketoffice of such railroad company in such town or city at the same prices RULE 9 Comfortable cars and waitingrooms All passenger waiting rooms and passengercars in use by railroads in this State shall be kept supplied with drinkingwater and shall be so lighted heated ventilated and equipped as to render the occupants of the same reasonably comfortable the circumstances of each case being considered All passenger waitingrooms at junction points and passengercars in use by railroads in this State shall be kept supplied with suitable sanitary or sterilized drinkingcups which shall be placed or kept so as to be at all times easily accessible to passengers and may be supplied from a dispensing or vending machine and for each a charge of not exceeding one cent may be made by the railroad company whose duty it is made to supply the same 49 RULE 10 At junction points railroad companies shall he required to open their depot waitingrooms for the accommodation of the traveling public at least thirty minutes before the schedule time for the arrival of all passengertrains At local or nonjunction points all such waitingrooms shall likewise be opened provided that the same shall not he required to be opened nor kept open after ten oclock p m except for delayed trains due before that hour in which case such rooms shall be kept open until the actual arrival of such delayed trains RULE 11 Whenever any passengertrain on any railroad in this State shall he more tham onehalf of one hour behind its schedule time it shall he the duty of said railroad to bulletin and to keep posted at each of its telegraph stations along its line between such delayed train and its destination notice of the time such train is behind its schedule time and the time of its arrival at such stations as nearly as can be approximated RULE 12 Whenever there is by reason of accident or otherwise a break or obstruction on the line of any railroad company in this State that will probably delay any passengertrain on said railroad it shall be the duty of said railroad company to cause notice thereof to be bulletined at all stations at and between such passengertrain and the place so obstructed and said railroad company shall cause notice of such obstruction and the delay that will probably be caused thereby to be given to the passenger aboard such train before the same shall leave such stations RULE 13 All passengertrains operated in this State shall at all stations where such trains stop either upon flag or regular schedule be brought to a standstill with sqch relation to the waitingrooms of the station building or other passenger facilities at said station as will render egress from and ingress to said trains most practicable and convenient for the passengers without reference to the convenient handling of baggage or other freight RULE 14 No persou 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 Waitingrooms to be opened before arrival of trains At nonjunction stations Delayed trains must be bulletined Notice to be given of obstructions Convenient stopping of passenger trains Guns on passenger trains 50 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 51 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 rates when of any railroad company is owned or controlled either directly or indirectly by applicable a connecting railroad company the lines of such company shall within the meaning and intent of the rules of the Commission be cnosidered 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 RULp 2 Railroads shall promptly receive goods offered for shipment and shall when Freight to so required by the consignor issue duplicate receipts or bills of lading therefor cgptly Such bills of lading shall show separately and in detail the weight and freight class of each kind of goods embraced in the shipment and the total rate per Jlng hundred pounds per ton or per carload as the case may be to be charged for what they 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 Prompt railroad that is to deliver such freight to the consignee it shall be the duty of fKhtyto the railroad to deliver said goods either to the consignee or his order upon consignees payment of the freight and other charges lawfully due thereon t The expense bill then issued to such consignee by such railroad shall show Expense separately the weight the rate and the total charge upon the goods embraced Whs what in each separate class of freight composing the shipment show RULE 3 All connecting railroads in Georgia shall promptly receive from and deliver Promptmto each other all freight intended to pass over their respective lines or parts freight 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 Com Actual mission every railroad shall assess its charges for transporting a shipment fights to of any class upon the actual weight thereof and at the lowest rate of freight 52 Minimum freight charge 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 Rates for over 250 miles and under 20 miles Any railroad or any line of connecting railroads may reduce any rate for the transportation of freight between any points on their lines that may be less than twenty or more than two hundred and fifty miles apart without making corresponding reductions for distances over twenty and less than two hundred and fifty miles No unjust discrimination to be made 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 Actual weights to apply 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 Actual weights how 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 Sworn weigher duties of 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 Certificate of weight WEIGHERS CERTIFICATE I sworn weigher for the Rail at do certify on oath that I this day of weighed car number of the Railroad loaded with and that the gross weight of said car was pounds that the marked weight of said car was pounds that said car while being weighed was disconnected except where articles lapped and that it was free from all bearing of other car or cars that the scales so used were balanced immediately before weighing said car and that to the best of my knowledge the abovementioned weights are correct Signed Weigher for Railroad At 53 In the event a carload 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 Estimated Weights rule 7 Where in the Commissions Freight Classification estimated weights are provided for any given article such estimated weights shall apply in all cases The following scale of estimated weights shall apply to carload shipments of live stock only in cases where actual weight can not be ascertained but said scale of estimated weights shall apply to and govern such shipments of less than carload lots regardless of what the actual weight may he LIVE STOCK One horse mule or horned animal except as specified below 2000 lbs Two horses mules or horned animals except as specified below in same car and from same shipper to same consignee 3500 lbs Each additional horse mule or horned animal except as specified below in same car and from same shipper to same consignee 1000lbs Stallions Jacks and Bulls each 3000lbs Mare and Foal together for both 2500lbs Colts under one year old each 1000 lbs Colts Donkeys or Ponies crated each actual weight but not less than 1000lbs Cow and Calf together for both 2500 lbs Yearling cattle except bulls each 1000 lbs Yearling bulls each 2000lbs Calves under one year old not crated each 1000 lbs Calves under one year old crated each actual weight but not less than 175 lbs 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 but not less than 100 lbs GoatsSame as Sheep KidsSame as Lambs Live stock weights 54 Extra charge for high valuation Live stock regulations Estimated weights Lumber canned goods etc Rates on livestock will apply wlien the actual value does not exceed the foK lowing actual value to be stated by shipper in writing in shipping order 15000 10000 10000 5000 3500 3000 1500 Calves Hogs Sheep or Goats 1000 For every increase of 100 per cent or fraction thereof in the actual value there shall be an increase of 5 per cent in the rate except that any animal the value of which exceeds 15000 will be accepted only under special contract When the value is not stated by the shipper in writing in the shipping order carriers will not he required to accept shipments 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 mixed 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 Per 1000 feet LUMBER GREEN SEASONED Ash black 5000 3500 Basswood and Butternut 4000 2750 Chestnut and Cypress 5000 3000 Film soft 5000 3500 Elm rock 6000 4000 55 Per 1000 feet GREEN SEASONED Gum M 5000 3500 Hickory 6000 5000 0ak 6000 4400 Poplar J 4500 2800 White Pine 4000 2700 Yellow Pine seasoned dressed Flooring Per 1000 feet 1316x2 face flat back 2300 lbs 1316x3 face flat back 2200 lbs 1316x3 face hollow back2050 lbs 1316x3 face flat back 2400 lbs 1316x5 face flat back 2400 ltS 1216x5 face flat back 2300 lbs all heart face 150 lbs per M heavier q g2300 lbs Ceilings 516x3 900 lbs 716x3 1200 lbs 916x3 1600 lbs 1116x3 1950 lbs 1216x3 2000 lbs N O S i1500 lbs Partitions 1316x3 B C E 2S 2100 lbs o S 2000 lbs Drop Siding Patterns 105 and 106 2000 lbs Pattern 116 2200 lbs Patterns 115 117 and 118 1600 lbs N O S 2000 lbs Bevel Siding From 1in stock v 1100 lbs From 1in stock 1500 lbs Weatherboarding Square edge from 1in stock 1400 lbs Moulded Base 8in 10in and 12in 2200 lbs Roofers D M or shiplap in 2300 lbs D M or shiplap 1316in 2500 lbs Boards S 2 S 1316in from 1in stock2800 lbs 56 S 2 S 1116 from lin stock 2900 lbs S 2 S 1in from 14in stock 3000 lbs S 4S3 and 5in 2400 lbs S 4 S 7in 2600 lbs S 4 S 9 and 11in 2700 lbs N O S 2800 lbs Framing 2x4 to 4x8 S 4 S 4in 3000 lbs N O S i3000 lbs Yellow Pine Green dressed Framing 2x4 to 4x8 S 4 S 4in 3800 lbs Timbers 6x6 and up S 4 S in4000 lbs Yellow Pine Green Rough Boards Under 2in 5500 lbs Framing 2x4 to 4x8 5000 lbs Timbers 6x6 and up 4500 lbs Staves Weight Per 1000 Straight Sawn Green 4000 lbs Cylinder Sawn Green3500 lbs Shingles Green 500 lbs Dry v 450 lbs Laths Green 80o ihS I 500 lbs Tan Bark dry per cord 2000 lbs Tan Bark green per cord 2600 lbs Fence Posts and Rails and Telegraph Poles per cord3500 lbs Clay per cubic yard 3000 lbs Cross Ties Green each 200 lbs Cross Ties Dry each 150 ibs Sand per cubic yard 3000 lbs Stone crushed per cu yard 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 57 2 lbs 1 1 flat 1 1 2 3 6 1 gallon cans 1 gallon cans Tall 1 pound can Tall 2 pound can Tall 1 pound can CANNED GOODS 2 dozen cans per case 60 lbs 4 dozen cans per case 70 lbs 2 dozen cans per case 36 lbs 2 dozen cans per case 22 lbs 4 dozen cans per case 42 lbs 2 dozen cans per case 42 lbs 2 dozen cans per case 65 lbs 1 dozen cans per case 65 lbs dozen cans per case 45 lbs 1 dozen cans per case 90 lbs 2 dozen cans per case 24 lbs 2 dozen cans per case 50 lbs 4 dozen cans per case 46 lbs RULE 8 Fractions that occur in the net rate after adding or deducting any percentage Fractions applicable to the Standard Tariff shall be disposed of as follows how dis If such rate applies to Class G or to any other class where fractions are shown PSe 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 i 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 58 Percentage of Increase how applied Percentage of decrease How to apply percentages of increase Articles not included in Classification 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 T0tal204 Deducting the fraction the desired rate is 20 cents Ex 2Standard Rate 18 20 per cent added 36 Total 216 Estimating the fraction as a unit the de sired rate is 22 cents In publishing rates on commodities which take a per ton or per carload basis and for the sake of convenience it is desired to show such rates reduced to a per hundred pound basis fractions resulting in the decimal shall be disposed of in the same manner as above outlined Example Standard Rate 3833 Rate to apply 38 Standard Rate 3451 Rate to apply 35 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 But on the contrary where the freight classification in classifying any given article or class of freight specifies a percentage of decrease below the Standard Tariff that decreased percentage alone shall be applied to the Standard Tariff and freight charges assessed on basis of the rate so reduced without regard to any percentage of increase that may be allowed an individual railroad on other articles in the same class as shown in the general classification of railroads No railroad may charge more than the Standard Tariff rate on any article that in the freight classification is assigned to a certain class without percentage regardless of any percentage of increase that may be allowed upon other articles in said class RULE 10 Rates for the transportation of any article that is not included in the Freight Classification of this Commission shall be assessed upon basis of rating carried In Southern Classification provided said last named Classification carries a specific rating 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 59 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 railroad company whose tracks are of the same gauge afford under substantially roads similar circumstances equal facilities for the interchange of freight and upon like terms and conditions whether in carload lots or less without discrimination in favor of or against any and wherever special facilities are afforded to one such railroad company in the interchange and delivery of freight either to consignees or to connecting lines whether upon a special rate authorized by this Commission or otherwise such company shall be bound to afford to all other connecting lines under like and substantially similar circumstances like facilities upon like terms and rates RULE 12 Railroad Companies may at their discretion reduce rates on Ores Sand DiscreClay Stone Brick Bone Lumber Shingles Laths Staves Empty Barrels Wood Jonary reSyrup Sugarcane Straw Shucks Hay Fodder Corn in ear Tanbark Tur these artipentine Rosin Tar and Household Goods below the maximum rates prescribed c es 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 t0 P and whenever railroad companies are required to do such loading or unload be done by ing the actual cost thereof may be collected upon such shipment s ipper RULE 14 In no case shall the amount collected for transporting a less than carload IC shipment exceed what the amount would be for transporting a minimum carload exCeed c l t 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 C L rate 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 exceed Ju t Li lots less than a carload RULE 15 Freight that is forwarded from any points other than a regular agency sta Flag eta tion except as otherwise provided in Rules 23 and 23A may be billed and ments from freight charges may be assessed thereon as if shipped from the first agency and to 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 60 Excessively higher rate prohibited Extra heavy articles charges for handling Special contract if car insufficient Passenger trains rates of freight on Distances regulations concerning Over 100 miles 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 f 4000 pounds 5 00 For 4000 5000 pounds 7 00 For 5000 6000 pounds 8 00 For 6000 7000 poundsA 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 RULE 18 Where short of 100 miles the actual distance that a shipment may be carried is not shown by Standard Freight Tariff charges may be collected as for the distance that is shown by said Standard Tariff most nearly approximating the actual distance For example If actual distance be 48 miles the 50mile rate will apply for 47 miles the 45mile rate will apply For distances over 100 miles where the actual distance is not shown by the Standard Tariff the next greater distance shown shall govern For example If the actual distance be 101 miles the rate for 110 miles may apply Provided however that in all cases where fractional miles are shown the unit mile is to be arrived at in the following manner For distance of onehalf mile and over the next unit mile above for distances less than onehalf mile the unit mile below 61 RULE 19 A ton as intended by all of the regulations of the Commission is 2000 pounds unless otherwise specified Unless otherwise specified in the Freight Classification of the Commission a minimum carload is ten tons Where the weight of a shipment of any class of freight exceeds the specified carload weight for such freight charges for the transportation thereof shall be based upon the carload rate per hundred pounds applied to the actual weight of the shipment without reference to the number of cars required in transportation A carload shipment shall be a consignment of at least the specified minimum carload weight of one class of freight at one time by one consignor from one point of consignment to one consignee at one point of delivery RULE 20 Where owing to the length size or other peculiarity of articles composing a shipment such as lapped lumber more than one car is required for the transportation thereof freight charges may be assessed as if upon the prescribed minimum carload weight of such freight multiplied by the number of cars so employed regardless of how much less the actual weight of such shipment may be RULE 21 Where pursuant to any rules or orders of the Commission or otherwise it shall become the duty of a railroad company or where such company shall Voluntarily undertake to transport poles wire and other materials for the construction maintenance operation or repair of telegraph or telephone lines and to distribute such materials along or upon its right of way between stations in this State as desired by the consignor the following regulations shall govern 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 cqmpanies duly chartered according to law RULE 22 A railroad compapy 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 Ton Definition of Minimum carload Carloads in excess of minimum weight Carload shipment definition of Lapped lumber etc Telegraph material distribution of on right of way Ten miles minimum for short lines 62 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 Use of property by another railroad not authorized 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 2 3A 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 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 63 RULE 25 t 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 he 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 th 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 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 Note Disposition of fractions in constructing joint rates by use of Freight Rule No 27 Upon consideration the Commission hereby interprets its Freight Depots hours for keeping open Earlier or later delivery or receiving not prohibited Shipping instructions must accompany goods Preparation of goods for shipment Inspection facilities for Joint rates 64 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 Narrow gauge railroads carloadweights Transfer to and from narrow gauge railroads 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 theweight or contents thereof may be made for transferring a Shipment of brick or lumber from one of said lines to the other in transit Reduce rates on returned shipments RULE 29 Shipments of freight except articles classified firstclass or higher which are not delivered at destination may be returned between points within this State at onehalf the rate applying in the reverse direction provided that the full amount of freight charges in both directions shall have been paid or guaranteed by owners and provided further that such return is made within ninety days of arrival at destination Billing for the return shipment must show proper reference to the original billing The foregoing shall not apply on Machinery Agricultural Implements or other articles returned for repairs Provided however that the above rule shall not operate to reduce the minimum charge on single shipments as per Rule No 4 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 itULE 30 Mixed shipments Unless otherwise specifically provided in the Classification any package containing articles of more than one class will be charged at the rate for the highest class articles contained therein 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 be taken at the carload rate per 100 pounds and at the highest minimum carload weight established for either of the articles 65 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 weightto 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 oh such of the articles as he may desire and the highest carload rate as above on the other articles in car Provided That in no case shall the total charge for any mixed carload of freight exceed the charge that would be arrived at by applying the less carload rate for each article at the actual weight thereof RULE 31 Upon the request of a consignee or consignees of carload shipments for reweighing a car or cars providing such request is made within the free time prescribed by the Storage Rules of this Commission it shall be the duty oi the delivering line within fortyeight hours after the receipt of such request provided such line has track scales at that point to have the same reweighed in the presence of consignee or his agent if it be so desired by a sworn weigher who shall furnish to the consignee a certificate showing the gross tare and net weights thereof If the net weight thus ascertained shall differ from the billed weight by more than one per cent of the latter subject to a minimum of five hundred pounds the billing shall be corrected to the reweight Provided however that no railroad company shall be required to reweigh cars as herein provided for unless the consignee shall at the time of requesting reweight deposit with the agent of the delivering line the sum of two dollars which amount when the billed weight is corrected as hereinbefore provided for shall be refunded to consignee within twentyfour hours after corrected weights are ascertained Free time for unloading cars which are reweighed as herein specified provided the billed weights thereof are corrected as set out in paragraph one shall begin at 700 oclock a m oh 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 Reweighing C It shipments Overloading cars by shippers Routing shipments Penalty for failure to observe routing instructions Allowance for dunnage 66 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 he assessed on basis of ten per cent above the current tariff rate RULE 33 Whenever a shipper tenders to any railroad express or other transportation company a shipment for transportation between points within this State and gives such company routing instructions it shall be the duty of said company to receive such shipment and forward according to instructions given And if it be necessary in complying with such routing instructions for the shipment to pass over the lines of two or more companies it shall be the duty of the initial company to so deliver to its connection and each succeeding company shall do likewise as will cause compliance with routing instructions and the lowest rate applicable via such specified route shall be applied Where shipments are tendered without routing instructions the company receiving same in the first instance shall forward said shipments with due regard to the interests of the shippers and by that reasonable and practicable route over which the lowest charge for transportation applies and any damage resulting to a shipper from a disregard of this obligation by any company shall be repaired by the company responsible for the misrouting making reparation to shipper to the extent of the difference between the necessary expense incurred in making delivery of shipment over the route by which same improperly moved and the necessary expense which would have been incurred had shipment been properly routed provided that any reparation made upon this account shall in no wise affect the right of shipper to any claim for actual damages sustained in excess of the difference in expense incurred in making delivery as herein provided RULE 34 Railroad companies are required to make an allowance equal to the actual weight thereof subject to a maximum allowance of 1000 pounds for linings floorings strippings staking or dunnage placed in or on cars by shippers used for the protection of property in transit requiring their use provided that in no case shall less than the specified minimum carload weight be charged for on the property contained in or on the car subject to the provisions of Freight Rule No 19 provided further that shippers shall indicate on their shipping instructions the actual weight of the dunnage used and any weight in excess of one thousand pounds shall be charged for at the rate applicable to the shipment to protect which the linings floorings strippings staking or dunnage is used 67 STORAGE RULES RULE 1 The following rules shall govern the collection of all storage and demurrage charges in this State and for failure of either shipper or consignee or railroad company to comply with the terms of said rules the party at fault shall incur the penalties prescribed by the rule or rules violated Provided however that if compliance with the terms of any of said rules by a railroad company be made impracticable by some cause over which said company has no control the time during which compliance therewith is thus suspended shall be counted as free time As to any dispute growing out of this provision however the Commission shall be the sole judge RULE 1A Upon the arrival at destination of any and all freights the delivering line shall within twentyfour hours thereafter give to consignees thereof legal notice of such arrival and the giving of such legal notice as hereinafter defined shall be a condition precedent to the collection by railroad companies of any storage charges upon any shipment notice of arrival of which has not been thus served upon the consignee and no storage charges shall be assessed nor collected other than as authorized by these rules For failure to give such legal notice of arrival the railroad company at fault shall within thirty days after demand in writing is made therefor pay to the consignee so offended the sum of one dollar per car per day on carload shipments and one cent per hundred pounds per day on less than carload shipments for each day during which the terms of this rule are not complied with RULE 2 Legal notice as herein understood and intended may be either served by mail orpersonally and the leaving of notice at the consignees residence or usual place of doing business shall also be considered personal notice In case of carload shipments such notice must show the contents point of origin the initials and number or numbers of the car or cars containing the same and if the shipment has been transferred en route the initials and number or numbers of the car or cars in which originally shipped and from which transferred In case of less than carload shipments such notice must show the point of origin the character of the freight in question the weight and the amount of charges due thereon If such notice be served personally upon the consignee the period of free time within which to receive such freight and to remove the same from the custody of the delivering railroad company shall begin at seven oclock a m on the day after such notice is served and shall continue during fortyeight hours exclusive of Sundays legal holidays and such hours on other days during the free period between seven oclock a m and seven oclock p m as the inclemency of the weather may render the removal of the freight in question from the custody of the carrier reasonably impracticable of which in ease of dispute the Commission shall judge Notice of arrival of goods to be given Notice how served and in formation given Free time 68 Notice by mail 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 high and which do not contain more than two dumps sixty hours free time shall be allowed as above Over four cars in one day 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 Order notify shipments 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 Substantial compliance 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 Amounts that may be charged 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 Arrival definition of 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 69 RULE 5 A car taking track delivery must be and remain accessible to the consignee cars must for the purpose of unloading the same during the prescribed free time be aceessl If during free time a car be removed or its unloading be otherwise ob loading11 structed or prevented by the delivering railroad company the consignee shall not be charged with the consequent delay If the delivering railroad company removes a car after storage begins thereon such car shall upon demand of the consignee be promptly made accessible for the unloading thereof RULE 6 Where a consignee shall give to the delivering carrier notice of his refusal Re ct d to accept a shipment of freight properly tendered in pursuance of the bill of shipments 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 feceive the same except upon the payment of all charges for storage which would otherwise have accrued RULE 7 A consignee whose place of business is located five miles or over from the Distant depot to which his freight is billed shall not be subject to any storage charge conthereon until a sufficient time shall elapse after legal notice of the arrival slgnees of such freight for such consignee to have removed the same from the custody of the delivering carrier by the exercise of reasonable diligence of which In case of dispute the Commission shall judge RULE 8 Where loaded cars are detained at the point of consignment for want of Detention proper shipping instructions or by reasons of improper or excessive loading of cars by 6 shippers 70 Railroads required to furnish cars when ordered Railroads must receive and promptly transport freight Loading cars thereof by the shipper the railroad company may collect from such shipper one dollar per car for each day or fraction of a day that such car or cars may be so delayed RULE 9 Railroad companies are required to furnish cars promptly upon request therefor When a shipper files with a railroad company written application for a car or cars stating therein the character of freight to be shipped and its destination such railroad company shall furnish same within four days Sundays and legal holidays excepted from seven oclock a m of the day following the receipt of such application For a violation of this rule the railroad company at fault shall within thirty days after demand in writing is made therefor pay to the shipper so offended the sum of one dollar per car per day or fraction of a day after expiration of free time during which such violation continues RULE 10 Whenever freight of any character proper for transportation whether in carload quantities or less is tendered to a railroad company at its customary place for receiving shipments and correct shipping instructions given such railroad company shall immediately receive the same and issue bills of lading therefor And when a shipment is thus received the same must he carried forward at a rate of not less than fifty miles per day of twentyfour hours computed from seven oclock a m of the day following the receipt of shipment For failure to so receive or transport shipments as hereinbefore provided for the railroad company at fault shall within thirty days after demand in writing is made therefor pay to the shipper so offended or other party whose interest is affected thereby the sum of one dollar per car on carload shipments and one cent per hundred pounds subject to a minimum of five cents on less than carload shipments for each day or fraction thereof ihat 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 aoiual 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 71 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 Xf 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 caps 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 Railroads must promptly deliver freights at destination Railroads required to deliver cars to connections for placing 72 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 RULeTi4 Railroads required to accept cars from connecting lines for placing 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 by order of the shipper or consignee at interest provided however that no railroad company shall be required to place on its general delivery tracks any car that reached destination or is intended to be forwarded over the line of another railroad For a violation of any provision of this Rule the railroad company at fault shall 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 73 RULES GOVERNING THE ERECTION AND LOCATION OP RAILROAD EXPRESS AND TELEGRAPH DEPOTS STATIONS AGENCIES AND OFFICES RULE 1 It shall be the duty of all railroad express and telegraph companies in this State to establish conduct ana 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 volumeof 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 Depots etc to be established No discontinuance of agencies without consent of Commission Application for depots what they should show Separate waitingrooms for white and colored Tariff of rates Limits of free delivery Time of filing messages to bp shown when desired 74 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 it originated for comparison RULE 2 Telegraph companies doing business in this State shall in each incorporated town or city in which they maintain offices make delivery to all points within the corporate limits of such town or city of all telegraphic messages to the addressee or to some one authorized to accept the same at his her or their place of business or residence or leave a written notice thereof in case there is no one at such place of business or residence to receipt for the same and such deliveries shall he 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 75 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 dr 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 Montgomery S G McLendon Secretary Chairman Office of the RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Atlanta September 3 1909 Pile 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 76 and free or reduced service shall be reported monthly as contemplated in the original order The Commission will call for such special reports from time to time as it deems proper By order of the Board Campbell Wallace H W Hill Secretary Chairman Office of the RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Atlanta October 211909 File No 7065 Obdebed That the resolution passed by the Commission dated September 3rd 1909 amending General Order No 1 relating to reports of passes etc monthly by railroads be amended by striking the words trip passes in line three and inserting in lieu thereof the word transportation so that said resolution when amended will read as follows Resolved That General Order No 1 relating to reports of passes etc monthly by railroads be amended so as not to require reporting of transportation issued to dependent members of families of railroad officers and employees where such officers or employees hold no public office etc By order of the Board Campbell Wallace H W Hill Secretary Chairman Office of the RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Atlanta October 25 1907 GENERAL ORDER No 2 The Railroad Commission of Georgia hereby adopts as its own regulations all passenger train service now being maintained in this State and as well all schedules of passenger trains of all railroad companies operating in Georgia and it is Obdebed 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 77 Okdered Fuethee That all railroad companies in this State in addition to posting at each of their respective depot or station agencies a printed copy of their schedules of all of their passenger trains to and from said station shall also continuously advertise in some newspaper of general circulation in the communities through which its trains operate time table or tables showing the schedules of its trains which serve each particular community provided said advertisements shall be paid for by said companies at a rate not to exceed the rate heretofore voluntarily paid for such advertisements by the railroads not on the transportation basis By order of the Board Geo F Montgomeby 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 F Montgomeby S G McLendon Secretary Chairman Office of the RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Atlanta October 29 1907 GENERAL ORDER No 4 After the 31st day of December 1907 it shall be unlawful for any railroad company express company or any other carrier of freight subject to the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Georgia to transport from one point to another point in this State any article or articles or merchandise or freight of any kind free of charge except such articles or commodities as may be necessary and intended for its own use in the conduct of its business as a common carrier and except ore coal stone timber and the manufactured products thereof manufactured mined or produced by it on or from its own property Provided however that for purely charitable purposes free transportation y 78 may be granted but when such is granted it must be promptly reported to this Commission Provided further that reduced or free transportation of the goods or effects of its bona fide employees may be given by a common carrier Provided further that the Commission will upon application and proper showing made authorize free or reduced transportation to fairs exhibitions or for other public purposes By order of the Board Geo F Montgomery S G McLendon Secretary Chairman GENERAL ORDER No 5 Office of the RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Atlanta October 29 1907 Ordered That within ten days from this date all terminal companies corporations or persons owning leasing or operating terminals under the jurisdiction of this Commission shall furnish this Commission with copies of their charters rates and rules and that on the 13th day of November 1907 a public hearing be had at which said companies and their patrons as well as the local authorities may be heard with a view to improving the service and if in any case a monopoly or exclusive right is claimed the grounds of such claim are directed to be presented and will be open to discussion by all concerned Ordered Further That a copy hereof be mailed to each of said companies without delay By order of the Board Geo F Montgomery S G McLendon Secretary Chairman Office of the RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Atlanta November 4 1907 GENERAL ORDER No 6 The Railroad Commission of Georgia hereby adopts as its own regulations all rates rules and other regulations of each and every corporation company or person subject to the jurisdiction of this Commission owning leasing or operating any dock or docks wharf or wharves terminal or terminals or terminal station or stations and no such rates rules or other regulations shall be changed without the consent of the Railroad Commission of Georgia By order of the Board Geo F Montgomery S G McLendon Secretary Chairman 79 Office of the RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Atlanta November 6 1907 GENERAL ORDER No 7 Okdebed 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 owning leasing or operating the same under the jurisdiction of this Commission all cotton compress corporations or associations and persons or companies owning leasing or operating the same under the jurisdiction of this Commission and all gas and electric light and power companies corporations or persons owning leasing or operating public gas plants or electric light and power plants furnishing service to the public under the jurisdiction of this Commission shall furnish this Commission with copies of their charters rates and rules and that considering the same together with such other information as may then be at the disposal of the Commission the necessity of ordering a public hearing with a view to improving the service with the terms and conditions of such hearing will be considered and determined and due notice given to the companies concerned and their patrons and the local authorities By order of the Board Geo F Montgomery S G McLendon Secretary Chairman 80 Office of the RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Atlanta January 3 1908 GENERAL ORDER NO 9 It is hereby 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 G McLendon Secretary Chairman Office of the RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Atlanta January 8 1908 GENERAL ORDER No 10 Whereas it appears to this Commission that General Order No 3 forbidding free passes and free service as therein expressed bas been from its date October 29 1907 generally construed and accepted as including telegraph and telephone companies but doubts having been expressed touching the same and Whereas all such doubts should be removed and the policy and operation of said order extended therefore it is now Obdered and declared that said General Order No 3 was intended to include and the same is now expressly so amended as to include and apply to telegraph and telephone companies and further that no electric light or gas company or power company no terminal company baggage or cab company no cotton compress company or other public service corporation company or person subject to the jurisdiction of this Commission shall be allowed to furnish their respective services or service free in this State Provided that the Commission will upon application and proper showing made authorize free or reduced service for charitable and public purposes according to the facts and lawfulness of the same in each particular instance By order of the Board Geo F Montgomery S G McLendon Secretary Chairman 81 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 and those that may hereafter be fixed And that whenever the Railroad Commission of Georgia finds that a through rate charged into or out of Georgia is in their opinion excessive or unreasonable or discriminating in its nature it shall be the duty of the Railroad Commission to call the attention of the railroad officials in Georgia to the fact and to urge upon them the propriety of changing such rate or rates That whenever such rates are not changed according to the suggestion of the Railroad Commission it shall be the duty of the Commission to present the facts whenever it can legally be done to the Interstate Commerce Commission and appeal to it for relief Now Therefore it is ordered That before this Commission at 10 a m on the 16th instant all railroad officials carriers and companies concerned show cause why said rates should not be adjudged excessive and unreasonable and at the same time not only the said railway companies by their appropriate representatives but also all shippers and persons concerned may be heard as touching their respective rights and interest in the subject And thereupon the Commission will determine as to whether the case is a proper one for appeal to the Interstate Commerce Commission or what other or further action should be taken by this Commission in the premises It is Further Ordered That a copy of this action be furnished to all parties concerned and published through the proper channels By order of the Board Geo F Montgomery S G McLendon Secretary Chairman 82 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 ts this Commission that some of the railway companies in Georgia are refusing to accept less than carload shipments of brick sewer pipe and other such shipments unless the same are boxed or crated or unless each article composing the shipment is marked with name of consignee and destination it is Ordered That so far as relates to shipments between points in Georgia skid action of the railway companies is unreasonable and not authorized by any rule of this Commission Ordered Further That all railway companies in Georgia shall accept for transportation between points in this State all shipments of brick sewer pipe and other articles not specifically required to be packed by the classification of the Commissionthe transportation of which can reasonably be performed without same being boxed or cratedwhich may be offered for shipment without requiring the boxing or crating of same or that each article composing shipment be marked provided that some of the articles shall be properly marked or such other shipping instructions be given the carrier as will afford necessary information for the transportation and delivery thereof By order of the Commission Campbell Wallace Geo Hillyer Secretary ViceChairman Office of the RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Atlanta August 12 1909 GENERAL ORDER No 13 IN RE Capitalization Reports and Rules of All Companies Subject to the Jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission Whereas on August 26 1907 the Commission adopted a resolution calling upon all corporations subject to its jurisdiction for reports as to stocks and bonds of said corporations outstanding and Whereas on November 6 1907 the Commission adopted General Order No 8 requiring all companies subject to its jurisdiction to file in this office copies of their rules and Whereas it is desirable that a compilation of said capitalization reports and rules be made 83 Obdered 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 service shall be given granted extended or allowed without hindrance the same as other requirements of this Commission provided that nothing herein contained shall operate as repealing in any way the provisions of Passenger Rule No 7 By order of the Board Campbell Wallace H W Hill Secretary Chairman 84 Office of the RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Atlanta December 23 1909 File No 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 H W Hill Secretary Chairman Office of the RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Atlanta February 1 1910 File No 9220 GENERAL ORDER No 16 Ordered Thaton 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 if ascertained 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 85 accidenta in which any person is injured occurring on their lines respectively during the preceding month on forms to be prescribed by the Commission By order of the Board Campbell Wallace H W Hill Secretary Chairman Office of the RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Atlanta January 26 1910 File No 9221 GENERAL ORDER No 17 Obdebed That beginning February 3rd next each Railroad in this State be required to report in writing to the Commission not later than Thursday of each week the arrival and departures whenever not on regular schedule time of all passenger trains at their respective termini or division termini or junction points where connections with other roads or branches are scheduled or made and if late how many minutes or hours and the cause thereof for and during the week ending Saturday Night 1200 oclock preceding By order of the Board Campbell Wallace H W Hill Secretary Chairman Office of the RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Atlanta March 24 1910 File No 9220 GENERAL ORDER No 18 General Order No 16 is hereby repealed and the following substituted in lieu thereof Obdebed That beginning April 1 1910 each railroad and street railroad company in this State be required to notify this Commission as early as practicable after the happening thereof of each derailment or collision of any character occurring on its lines or in its yards within this State in which any person whether passenger employee or other person is injured or killed stating the time place and character of such accident and shall within fortyeight hours thereafter file a written report thereof on forms to be prescribed by this Commission Obdebed Fubtheb That on or before the 15th day of each month each of aid 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 I 86 Office of the RAILROAD CMMISSION OF GEORGIA Atlanta August 11 1910 File 9221 GENERAL ORDER No 19 General Order No 17 dated January 26th 1910 is hereby amended so that the reports required to be made to the Commission under the terms of the said General Order shall beginning with the first report week in September 1910 he 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 Ry Gulf Line Ry L N R R Co M B Ry Co M D S R R Co Seaboard Air Line Ry Co Southern Ry Co Tallulah Falls Ry Co V M W R R Co Wadley Southern Ry Co Western Atlantic R R W T R R Co 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 Cojnmission on April 28 1915 until further notice 87 Office of the RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Atlanta October 7 1910 File 7333 GENERAL ORDER No 20 Whereas 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 88 On carload shipments placed on delivery tracks 5 per day in addition to the regular demurrage charges Section BOn shipments of the less dangerous and relatively safe explosives i e Ammunition for Cannon with empty Projectiles Ammunition for Cannon with Sand Loaded Projectiles Ammunition for Cannon without Projectiles Smokeless Powder for Cannon Common Fireworks Special Fireworks SmallArms Ammunition Cannon Primers SmallArms Primers Percussion Fuzes and Time or Combination Fuzes or less than carload shipments of Dangerous Articles other than Explosives requiring Red Yellow Green or White I C C labels unloaded in or on railroad premises ten 10 cents per 100 pounds with a minimum charge of ten 10 cents On carload shipments placed on delivery tracks 2 per day in addition to the regular demurrage charges By order of the Commission Campbell Wallace C M Candleb Secretary Chairman Office of the RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Atlanta July 12 1912 File 10663 GENERAL ORDER No 22 On and after October 11912 each railroad company operating in Georgia shall keep conspicuously posted at each of its stations offices and agencies in Georgia the following notice 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 9 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 89 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 4i 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 tariffssuch 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 be allowed to enjoy the benefits of the Commissions 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 Candler Secretary Chairman 90 RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA J P Bbown Chairman v H Wabneb Hill l Commissioners Jos M Bbown j Geo F Montgomebt Secretary Atlanta Ga July 19 1905 CIRCULAR 309 Rates on Stoves Stove plates Stove Furniture and Hollowware Including the Necessary Pipe Effective with this Circular rates on Stoves Stove Plates Stove Furniture and Hollowware including the Necessary Pipe between the points named below shall he 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 Empire Pidcock Adrian Everett Pitts Albany Fitzgerald Quitman Americas Fort Gaines Rockmart Arlington Fort Valley Rome Athens Griffin Sanders ville Atlanta Harris Savannah Augusta Hawkinsville Sparks Bainbridge Haylow Statesboro Bremen Helena Stillmore Brunswick Jesup Swainsboro Cartersville LaGrange Tennille Cedartown Macon Thomaston Collins Madison Thomas ville Columbus Marietta Tifton Cordele Meldrim Valdosta Covington Milledgeville Vidalia Culloden Millen Vienna Cuyler Montezuma Washington Dalton Moultrie Waycross Dawson Newnan Woodbury Dublin Elberton Offerman Worth To and rom all local stations not named abdve 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 Montgomebt J P Bbown Secretary Chairman 91 RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA H Warner Hill Chairman Jos M Brown L Commissioners O B Stevens Geo F Montgomery Secretary Atlanta Ga January 20 1906 CIRCULAR No 315 Whereas on the eleventh day of May 1905 the Railroad Commission ap proved 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 Ordered That in so far as the Southern Classification is applicable to these rates said Southern Classification is hereby formally adopted as the classification of the Railroad Commission in so far as the same is to be applied to the rates above referred to and no change in said classification which will affect the rates of freight as per the schedule of rates herein first referred to shall be allowed without the consent of this Commission first being obtained The Southern Classification herein referred to is Southern Classification No 34 without amendments said Classification No 34 being issued to take effect January 10 1906 This order shall become effective at once By order of the Board Geo F Montgomery jj yTTT Secretary Chairman CIRCULAR NO 376 Atlanta Ga October 15 1913 Circular No 376 is hereby amended to read as follows Table of Commodity Ratjes 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 92 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 95 340 170 130 100 350 175 140 100 360 180 150 100 370 185 160 105 380 190 170 105 390 195 400 200 This Circular shall he in effect on and after November 15 1913 and repeals everything in conflict By order of the Commission Campbell Wallace C M Candler Secretary Chairman 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 93 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 iu 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 94 CIRCULARS The following circulars contain the amendments of the rates rules and other regulations published in the 42nd Report of the Commission which amendments are carried forward in their proper places in this Report RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Chas Mubphey Candler Chairman Geo Hillyer ViceChairman Joseph F Gray Paul B Trammell J A Perry Campbell Wallace Secretary J P Webster Rate Expert Commissioners CIRCULAR NO 392 Freight Tariff of the Macon Birmingham Railway Company The Macon Birmingham Railway Company is hereby temporarily removed from Freight Tariff Class D On and after June 1st 19i5r and for a period of two years thereafter the said Macon Birmingham Railway Company will be allowed to charge as maximum rates for the transportation of freight the Standard Tariff of the Railroad Commission of Georgia subject to the following conditions On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R for 50 miles and under the Standard Tariff with 60 added Over 50 miles the Standard Tariff with 50 added On Classes C D F J and P The Standard Tariff with 10 added On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with 10 added By order of the Commission Campbell Wallace C M Candler Secretary Chairman CIRCULAR NO 393 Freight Tariff of the Midland Railway The Midland Railway is hereby placed in Class D of the Commissioners Freight Tariff Classification of Railroads and said railway is allowed to charge for the transportation of freights no more than the rates prescribed by said Class D Effective June 1 1915 95 Revision of Percentage Allowance to Freight Tariff Class D Railroads Freght Tariff Classes Freight Tariff Class D is hereby revised to read as follows Class D On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R For 50 miles and under the Standard Tariff with 50 added over 50 miles the Standard Tariff with 40 added On Classes C D F and Jall distancesthe Standard Tariff without percentage On Class Pall distancesthe Standard Tariff with 10 added On Lime and Iceall distancesthe Standard Tariff with 10 added NOTE Carriers in class D in constructing local rates are hereby authorized to charge for the greater distance with the decreased percentage rates equal to the charge authorized for the lesser distance with the greater percentage Illustrating 50 miles class G plus 5010V2c 55 miles class G plus 40 10c Carriers authorized to charge for 55 miles class G10c This Circular shall be in effect on and after July 1 1915 except wherein otherwise provided and repeals everything in conflict By order of the Commission The following changes in and additions to the Commissioners Classification of Freights are hereby adopted Change item now reading Change estimated weight on lumber etc items in Freight Rule No 7 now Campbell Wallace C M Candles Chairman Secretary CIRCULAR NO 394 Classification C R Barrels loose such as lime sugar cement or flour estimated weight 25 lbs 6 To read Barrels loose such as lime sugar cement or flour estimated weight 25 lbs each L C L Same C L min wt 10000 lbs not subject to Freight Rule No 19 P 6 Freight Rules Rule No 7 White Pine and Poplar thoroughly seasoned per 1000 ft White Pine and Poplar green per 1000 ft 3000 lbs 4000 lbs 96 Yellow Pine Black Walnut Ash seasoned per 1000 ft4000 lbs Yellow Pine Black Walnut Ash green per 1000 ft4500 lbs Yellow Pine Boards 2 in and less seasoned and undressed per 1000 ft3500 lbs Yellow Pine Boards 2 in and less dressed and seasoned per 1000 ft 3000 lbs Oak Hickory Elm seasoned per 1000 ft 4000 lbs Oak Hickory Elm green per 1000 ft 6000 lbs Flooring and Ceiling matched and dressed 1 in per 1000 ft2500 lbs Beveled Weather Boards dressed per 1000 ft1500 lbs Hooppoles Staves and Heading dry car loaded to depth of 50 in24000 lbs Hooppoles Staves and Heading green car loaded to depth of 43 in 24000 lbs Shingles dry per 1000 450 lbs Shingles green per 1000 500 lbs Laths dry per 1000 475 lbs Laths green per 1000 700 lbs To Read LUMBER Ash black Basswood and Butternut Chestnut and Cypress Elm soft Elm rock Gum Hickory Oak Poplar White Pine Yellow Pine seasoned dressed Flooring Per 1000 feet GREEN SEASONED 5000 3500 4000 2750 5000 3000 5000 3500 6000 4000 5000 3500 6000 5000 6000 4400 4500 2800 4000 2700 Per 1000 feet 1316x2 face flat back 2300 lbs 1316x3 face flat back 2200 lbs 1316x3 face hollow back2050 lbs 1316x3 face flat back 2400 lbs 1316x5 face flat back 2400 lbs 1216x5 face flat back 2300 lbs all heart face 150 lbs per M heavier N O S2300 lbs Ceilings Per 1000 feet 516x3 716x3 916x3 1116x3 1216x3 N O S I 900 lbs 1200 lbs 1600 lbs 1950 lbs 2000 lbs 1500 lbs 97 Partitions 1316x34 B C E 2S 2100 lbs N O E I2000 lbs Drop Siding Patterns 105 and 106 2000 lbs Pattern 116 2200 lbs Patterns 115 117 and 118 1600 lbs N O S 2000 lbs Bevel Siding From 1in stock i 1100 lbs From 1in stock 1500 lbs Weatherboarding Square edge from 1in stock 1400 lbs Moulded Base 8in 10in and 12in 2200 lbs Roofers D M or shiplap in 2300 lbs D M or shiplap 1316in 2500 lbs Boards S 2 S 1316in from 1in stock2800 lbs S 2 s 116 from 1in stock 2900 lbs S 2 S 1in from 1in stock 3000 lbs S 4 S 3 and 5in 2400 lbs S 4 S 7in 2600 lbs S 4 S and 11in2700 lbs N O S 2800 lbs Framing 2x4 to 4x8 S 4 S in 3000 lbs N O S 3000 lbs Yellow Pine Green dressed Framing 2x4 to 4x8 S 4 S in3800 lbs Timbers 6x6 and up S 4 S in 4000 lbs Yellow Pine Green Rough Boards Under 2in 5500 lbs Framing 2x4 to 4x8 5000 lbs Timbers 6x6 and up 4500 lbs 98 Staves Weight Per 1000 Straight Sawn Green 4000 lbs Cylinder Sawn Green 3500 lbs Shirgles Green 500 lbs Dry 450 lbs Laths Green 800 lbs Dry 500 lbs This circular shall be in effect on and after July 1st 1915 and repeals everything in conflict By order of the Commission Campbell Wallace C M Candler Secretary Chairman CIRCULAR NO 395 Freight Rules Freight Rule No 8 Add following paragraph to Freight Rule No 8 In publishing rates on commodities which take a per ton or per carload basis and for the sake of convenience it is desired to show such rates reduced to a per hundred pound basis fractions resulting in the decimal shall be disposed of in the same manner as above outlined Example Standard Rate 3833 Rate to apply 38 Standard Rate 3451 Rate to apply 35 Classification The following changes in and additions to the Commissioners Classification of Freights are hereby adopted CR OR CR Add item In barrels boxes or Blasting Caps with or crates L C L 5 without wire attach In packages or loose ments in boxes D1 straight or mixed C Add items L min wt 30000 lbs Manhole Covers Street see Special Iron Catch Basin Covers or SPECIAL IRON C L Sewer Inlets iron or minimum weight 30 steel 000 lbs Weighing each less than Manhole Covers Street 50 pounds loose or in Catch Basin Covers bundles weighing each or Sewer Inlets C L of 6 less than 50 pounds Change Item now reading L C L 2 Pyrites C L min wt Weighing each 50 lbs or 30000 lbs P over loose or in bun To read dies weighing each 50 Pyrites C L min wt lbs or over L C L 5 24000 lbs P 99 This circular shall he in effect on and after August 15 1915 and repeals everything in conflict By order of the Commission Campbell Wallace C M Canoler Secretary Chairman CIRCULAR NO 396 Freight Tariff and Passenger Tariff of the Midland Railway The Midland Railway is hereby placed in Class D of the Railroad Commissioners Freight Tariff Classification and Class D of Passenger Tariff Classification of Railroads and said railway is allowed to charge for the transportation of freights and passengers no more than the rates prescribed by the Commission for said classes Passenger Rules Passenger Rule No 3 Insert in Passenger Rule No 3 under Excess Baggage Tariff the following For 150 miles and over 140 mileSj 65c Classification The following changes in and additions to the Commissioners Classification of Freights are hereby adopted CR OR CR OR Add item Clay N O S pail Ashes or Coal Cinders shaped 4k In bags barrels or Packed L C L 4 boxes L C L 6 Loose or packed C Same C L min wt 36 L 6 000 lbs P Change items now reading Coal Cinders See Ashes Beams See Spools or Coal Cinders Bobbins spools shuttles Change item reading and Skewers in boxes 1 L C L 5 To read Same C L 6 Bluing Laundry Card Clothing See Cloth Liquid ing In glass or earthen Clothing card 1 ware packed in bar Machinery rels or boxes 2 Cotton and woolen ex In bulk in barrels 4 cept looms S U D1 I Dry Cotton and woolen ex In barrels or boxes 1 cept looms crated i y2 1 Add item Cotton and woolen ex Furnaces 1 cept looms KD and Charcoal cast iron 3 boxed i 2 Charcoal soldering Cotton Mill Rolls iron sheet iron 1 or steel 2 Clay encased in sheet Same returned to be re iron pail shaped L paired or recovered C L 4 rating to apply in both Same C L 6 directions 4 100 CR OR To read Machinery and Machines Textile Machinery Beams packed L C L 4 Bobbins Shuttles Spools and Skewers packed or in bags L C L 4 Card Clothing packed L C L 1 Card Flats packed L C L 3 Cards hand packed L C L 1 Cones paper nested packed or in bags L C L 3 Cones paper not nested packed or in bags L C L D1 Cylinders parts of Cotton or Woolen Mill chinery shipped separately therefrom S U packed L C L 1 Loom Harness or Reeds in boxes L C L 1 Loom Harness Shafts or Sticks in boxes or ctates L C L 4 Looms Hand S U loose or on skids 1 K D in boxes or crates 2 Looms other than hand L C L 1 y2 Looms other than hand S U C L min wt 16000 lbs 5 Looms other than hand K D C L min wt 20000 lbs 6 Lug straps in boxes L C L 4 CR I OR Picker sticks in boxes or crates L C L Pickers Leather Loomin boxes or crates L C L Rollers iron or steel L C L Spindles in boxes L c l z Tongue Clamps L C L V Tubes Paper Parallel or Taperedf not nested packed or in bags L C L N O S S U loose or on skids L C L S U in boxes or crates L C L K D in boxes bundles or crates L C L Textile Machinery except Looms straight or mixed C L or in mixed C L with Looms minimum weight 20000 lbs Change item now reading Pipe and Tile drain or roofipg C L min wt 25000 lbs To read Pipe Sewer Earthen or Concrete and Fittings not metal Flues Flue Linings Flue Tops Chimney Caps and Drain Tile earthen or concrete Wall Coping vitrified in straight or mixed carloads min wt 25000 lbs This circular shall be in effect on and after October 15 1915 and repeals everything in conflict By order of the Commission Campbell Wallace C M Candler Secretary Chairman 101 CIRCULAR NO 397 Freight Tariff of the Ocmulgee Valley Railway Company The Ocmulgee Valley Railway Company is hereby placed in Class D of the Commissioners Freight Tariff Classification of Railroads and said railway company is allowed to charge for the transportation of freights no more than the rates prescribed by said Class D This circular shall be in effect on and after this date October 12 1915 and repeals everything in conflict By order of the Commission Campbell Wallace C M Candler Secretary Chairman CIRCULAR NO 398 Freight Rule No 7 Change paragraphs 3 and 4 of Freight Rule No 7 now reading The maximum rates prescribed by the Commission for the transportation of live stock are based upon the following maximum valuation Each Horses and mules not over 12000 Horned Cattle not over 5000 Stallions Jacks and Bulls not over 15000 Fat Hogs and Fat Calves not over 1500 Lambs Stock Hogs Stock Calves not over 500 Where consignors offer their animals for shipment at valuations in excess of the valuation above giyen carriers may charge the following percentage 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 100000 subject to special rate by contraact between the shipper and the carrier To Read Rates on live stock will apply when the actual value does not exceed the following actual value to be stated by shipper in writing in shipping order Jacks or Stallions each 15000 Horses or mules each 10000 Mare and Colt together a 10000 Yearling Colt 5000 Cow and Calf together 3500 Domestic Horned Animals each 3000 Yearling Cattle each 1500 Calves Hogs Sheep or Goats 1000 For every increase of 100 per cent or fraction thereof in the actual value there shall be an increase of 5 per cent in the rate except that any animal the value of which exceeds 15000 will be accepted only under special contract 102 When the value is not stated by the shipper in writing in the shipping order carriers will not he required to accept shipments PassengerRule No 3 Amend Passenger Rule No 3 by adding following paragraph Where baggage is transported on a passenger ticket which for any reason is not used by the holder for personal transportation and application for refund is made the carrier shall if such ticket shows baggage checked charge for the transportation of such baggage only on the total weight thereof not exceeding double the excess baggage rates per 100 pounds above shown and the difference between this sum and the original price paid for the passenger ticket plus any excess baggage charge made shall be refunded Classification The following changes in and additions to the Commissioners Classification of Freights are hereby adopted Add following specific item to Classification CR OR CR 1 OR CANS elude only such ar Milk Shipping tides with paper Loose or in packages wrappers L C L 1 CIGARETTES N O S Loose or in packages in boxes 3 11 C L min wt 16000 Change item now read lbs 4 ing Milk Shipping re ELECTRIC APPLI turned loose 4 ANCES viz Trans Eliminate from Classifi formers weighing each cation following ratings 150 lbs or less 1 and descriptions on Cigar Same weighing over 150 ettes lbs each 3 CIGARETTES in wooden To yead boxes See Notes 1 MACHINERY NOTE Boxes weigh Electrical Machinery ing each less than 15 Transformers L C L 3 pounds will not be Same C L min wt accepted 24000 lbs 6 NOTE Boxes must Change item now read be strapped with ing metal straps and MACHINERY sealed with metal Shaftings Hangers seals except when Pulleys etc 4 5 constructed as fol To read lows Ends rabbet MACHINERY ted tops and bot Shafts Shaft Collars toms flush with sides Shaft Couplings Shaft and ends secured Hangers Pillow Blocks with not less than or Shaft Pulleys two nails at each without Clutch At side and end corners tachments L C L 5 locked and glued Same straight or mixed NOTE The term C L min wt 20000 Cigarettes will in lbs 6 This circular shall be in effect on and after February 15 1916 and repeals everything in conflict Campbell Wallace C M Candler Secretary Chairman 103 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 Atlanta West Point R R Co Class C Alabama Great Southern R R Co Atlantic Coast Line R R Co Central of Georgia Ry Co Charleston Western Carolina Co 2 Cents per mile Western Atlantic R R 2 y2 Cents per mile Georgia Railroad Georgia Southern Florida Ry Seaboard Air Line Railway Ry Southern Railway Co Co Class D 3 Atlanta Birmingham Atlantic R R Co Augusta 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 Macon Dublin Savannah R R Co Class E Bowdon Railway Company Elberton Eastern Railway Company Georgia Coast Piedmont R R Co Greene County Railroad Co Hartwell Railway Co Macon Birmingham Ry Co Milltown Air Line Railway Minimum passenger fare 25c Cents per mile Midland Railway Register Glennville Ry Co Rome Northern Railroad Co Savannah Northwestern R R Co Savannah Statesboro Ry Co Savannah Augusta Northern Rail way Co South Georgia Ry Co Tennessee Ala Ga R R Co Union Point White Plains R R Co Valdosta Moultrie Western Railroad Co Wadley Southern Ry Co Wrightsville Tennille R R Co 4 Cents per mile 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 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 4y2 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 Talbotton IR 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 charg 25 cents 104 FREIGHT TARIFF CLASSIFICATION OF RAILROADS For Freight Tariffs See Corresponding Numbers on Opposite Page Alabama Great Southern Railroad Atlanta and West Point Railroad Atlanta Northern Railway Co Georgia Railroad Lexington Terminal Railroad Co Class A Co Monroe Railroad Co Co Union Point White Plains Railroad Co Western and Atlantic Railroad Co Atlanta Birmingham Atlantic Co Central of Georgia Railway Co Georgia Southern and Florida Ry Hartwell Ry Co Class B Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co Class C R R Lawrenceville Branch Railroad Louisville Nashville Railroad Seaboard Air Line Railway Co 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 Elberton Eastern Railway Companj Fitzgerald Ocilla and Broxton Railroad Co Flemingon 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 Midland Railway Milltown Air Line Railway Millstead Railroad Co Ocilla Pinebloom Valdosta Railway Co Ocilla Southern Railroad Co Ocmulgee Valley Railway 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 South Georgia Railway Co Statenville Railway Company Sylvania and Girard Railroad Co Talbotton Railroad Co Tallulah Falls Railway Co Tennessee Ala Ga R R Co Valdosta Moultrie Western Rail road Co Wadley Southern Railway Co Waycross Southern Railroad Co Waycross Western R R Co 0 Stone Granite and Marble viz Blocks and slabs Including furniture marble iaos tor interior finish and grave and monumental work rough dresspd or finished unle tered valuation limited to 20 cents per cubic foot C L Class P plus 25 per cent On same L C L 23 of 8 tM B Ry now allowed to charge special scale as per circular No 392 105 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 Tariff Class below in which such company is placed CLASS A The Standard Tariff without percentage CLASS B On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E G H L N O the Standard Tariff with twenty per cent added On Classes B K M R the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added CLASS C On classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E G H L N O the Standard Tariff with twenty five per cent added On classes B K M R the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added CLASS D On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R For 50 miles and under the Standard Tariff with 50 added over 50 miles the Standard Tariff with 40 added On Classes C D F and J all distancesthe Standard Tariff without percentage On Class Pall distancesthe Standard Tariff with 10 added On Lime and Iceall distancesthe Standard Tariff with10 added NOTE Carriers in lass D in constructing local rates are hereby authorized to charge for the greater distance with the decreased percentage rates equal to the charge authorized for the lesser distance with the greater percentage Illustrating 50 miles class G plus 5010c 55 miles class G plus 4010c Carriers authorized to charge for 55 miles class G10c 106 STANDARD TARIFF PER 100 POUNDS Per Bbl Per 100 Lbs Per 100 Lbs Dis tance 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B c D E F 6 H Miles Gts Gts Gts Gts Gts Gts Cts Gts Gts Gts Cts Cts Cts Ots fi 12 11 10 8 7 6 6 6 H H 7 9 n 8 IO 16 14 13 10 9 8 8 8 i 6 9 10 15 18 16 15 12 11 9 9 9 6 H 11 m 8 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 6 13 15 i 16 30 24 21 19 17 14 11 11 11 n 14 16 6 17 85 26 23 21 19 15 12 12 12 8 1 15 164 61 19 40 27 24 22 20 16 12 12 12 8 n 16 16i 6i 20 45 29 26 24 21 17 13 13 13 81 8 17 in 6f 21 50 30 27 25 22 18 13 13 13 8 8 18 174 7 22 56 32 29 26 23 19 14 14 14 9 8i 19 18 7 28 60 33 30 27 24 19 14 14 14 9 J 19 18 n 24 65 35 32 28 25 20 15 15 15 n 9 20 19 7J 25 70 36 33 29 26 20 15 15 15 9jj 9 20 19 n 26 75 38 35 80 27 SI 16 16 16 10 H 21 20 n 27 80 39 36 31 28 21 16 16 16 10 n 21 20 28 85 41 37 32 29 22 17 17 17 10 22 21J p 29 90 42 38 33 29 22 17 17 17 11 10 22 m 8 29 95 44 89 34 30 28 18 18 18 Hi 11 23 28 8 30 100 45 40 35 30 23 18 18 18 Hi 11 23 23 8 30 no 48 42 37 31 24 19 19 19 IS 11 24 23 i 81 120 51 44 89 32 25 20 20 20 13 12 25 24 81 32 130 54 46 41 83 26 21 21 21 13 12 26 25 4 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 86 170 64 54 47 87 30 25 25 25 15 14 30 31 n 37 180 66 56 48 38 31 26 26 26 15 14 l 31 i 38 190 63 58 49 39 32 27 27 27 16 15 32 33 ri 39 200 70 60 50 40 32 27 27 27 16 15i 32 33 91 40 210 71 62 51 41 33 28 28 28 17 16 33 34 9f 41 220 72 64 52 42 33 28 28 28 17 16 33 34 10 42 230 73 66 53 43 84 29 29 29 18 17 34 36 10J 43 240 74 68 54 44 34 29 29 29 18 17 34 36 10i 44 250 75 70 55 45 35 30 30 30 19 18 35 38 loi 45 260 76 71 56 46 85 80 80 30 19 18 85 36 38 16i 46 270 77 71 56 46 36 31 31 31 20 19 40 m 46 280 78 72 57 47 36 32 32 32 20 19 36 40 li 47 290 79 72 57 4 7 37 32 32 32 21 19 37 42 10i 47 300 80 73 58 48 38 33 33 33 21 19 30 42 11 48 310 81 73 58 48 38 33 33 34 21 19 38 42 11 48 320 82 74 59 49 39 34 34 34 21 20 39 42 11 49 830 83 74 59 49 39 84 34 34 22 20 39 44 11 49 340 84 74 59 49 39 34 34 34 22 20 9 44 11 49 350 85 75 60 50 40 35 35 35 23 1 40 46 11 50 360 85 75 60 50 40 35 85 35 23 21 40 46 fci 50 370 85 75 60 50 40 35 35 35 23 21 40 46 Hi 50 380 88 76 61 51 41 36 36 86 25 23 41 50 Hi 52 890 88 76 61 51 41 36 36 86 25 23 41 50 Ili 52 400 88 76 61 51 41 36 36 36 25 23 41 50 Ili 52 410 91 77 62 52 42 37 37 37 26 24 42 52 Ili 54 420 91 77 62 52 42 37 37 87 26 24 42 52 Hi 54 430 91 77 62 52 42 37 37 v37 26 24 43 52 Hi 54 440 94 78 63 53 43 38 v 38 38 27 25 43 54 Hi 53 450 94 78 63 53 43 38 38 38 27 25 43 54 Ili 56 460 94 78 63 53 43 38 1 28 38 27 25 43 64 12 56 107 STANDARD TARIFF Per 100 Pounds Per Ton Per Car Load Per 100 Lbs Dis tance J K L M N 0 P R Miles Cts Cts Cts Cts Cts Cts Cts Cts 5 8 4 35 55 5 00 5 50 5 00 4 10 10 5 50 80 6 50 8 00 6 00 5 15 12 5 i 55 85 7 50 9 00 7 00 5 20 13 6 60 90 8 00 10 00 7 50 6 25 14 6i 65 95 9 00 11 00 8 00 6 30 15 7 70 1 00 10 00 11 00 8 50 7 35 16 T 75 1 C5 12 00 12 00 9 00 7 40 17 8 80 1 10 13 00 12 00 9 50 8 45 18 8 85 1 15 14 00 13 00 10 00 8h 50 19 8 90 1 20 14 00 13 00 10 00 9 55 20 8 95 1 25 14 00 14 00 10 50 9 60 21 9 95 1 30 14 50 14 CO 11 00 10 65 22 9 1 00 1 35 15 50 15 00 11 50 10 70 22 9 1 00 1 40 16 00 15 00 12 00 11 75 23 I 1 05 1 45 16 50 16 00 12 50 11 80 23 4 1 10 1 0 17 00 16 00 13 00 12 85 24 1 15 1 55 17 50 17 00 13 50 12 90 24 4 1 15 1 60 18 00 17 00 14 00 13 95 25 10 1 20 1 65 19 00 17 00 14 50 14 too 25 10 1 20 1 70 20 00 17 00 15 00 14 110 26 10 1 25 1 80 21 00 18 00 15 50 15 120 27 m 1 30 1 90 23 00 18 00 16 00 16 130 28 m 1 35 2 00 24 00 19 00 16 50 17 140 29 il 1 40 2 10 25 00 19 00 17 00 18 150 30 h 1 50 2 20 26 00 20 00 17 50 18 160 31 12 1 GO 2 25 17 00 20 00 18 00 19 170 32 12 1 70 2 30 28 00 21 00 18 50 19 180 33 12 1 80 2 35 29 00 21 00 19 00 20 190 31 13 1 90 2 40 29 50 22 00 19 50 20 200 35 13 2 00 2 45 30 00 22 00 20 00 20 210 36 13 2 10 2 50 31 00 23 00 20 33 21 220 37 14 2 20 2 55 31 50 23 00 20 66 21 230 38 14 230 2 65 32 00 23 00 21 00 21 240 39 14 2 40 2 65 33 00 24 00 21 33 22 250 40 15 2 50 2 75 33 50 24 00 21 66 22 260 41 15 2 60 2 75 34 00 24 00 22 00 22 270 42 15 2 70 2 85 34 50 25 00 22 33 22 280 43 16 2 80 2 85 35 00 25 00 22 66 23 290 44 16 2 90 2 95 36 00 25 00 23 00 23 300 45 16 2 95 3 00 36 50 26 GO 23 33 23 310 46 17 3 05 3 10 37 00 26 00 23 66 23 320 47 17 8 05 3 20 38 00 26 00 24 00 24 330 48 17 3 15 3 30 38 50 27 00 24 25 24 840 49 17 3 15 3 40 39 00 27 00 24 50 24 350 50 17 3 28 3 50 40 00 27 00 24 75 24 360 51 17 3 28 3 50 40 00 27 00 25 00 24 370 52 17 3 28 3 50 40 00 27 00 25 25 24 380 53 18 3 41 3 0 41 00 29 00 25 50 26 390 54 18 3 41 3 60 42 00 29 00 25 75 26 400 55 18 3 41 3 60 42 00 29 00 26 00 26 410 56 19 3 54 3 70 44 00 31 00 26 25 28 420 57 19 8 54 3 70 44 00 31 00 26 50 28 430 58 19 3 54 3 70 44 0 31 00 26 75 28 440 59 20 3 67 3 80 46 00 33 00 27 00 30 450 59 20 3 67 3 80 46 00 33 00 27 25 30 460 60 20 3 67 3 80 46 00 33 00 27 50 1 30 108 DIRECTIONS FOR COMPUTING RATES For the benefit of those who may not he familiar with the subject fhe following directions are given for the computation of rates from the Classification and Tariff of the Commission contained in this volume This can best be done by an actual exampleTake for instance a shipment of dry goods weighing 500 pounds from Savannah to Tenuille Ga Tennille being on the line of the Central of Georgia Railway we turn to the distance tables of that company page 161 where the distance from Savannah to Tennille is shown to be 135 miles Turning to page 101 a classified list of railroads in Georgia is found the Central being in Class C and on the opposite page 105 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 110 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 106 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 change 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 local rate allowed to be charged by each road handling the freight To illustrate on a shipment of freight taking first class the rate from Fairbum on the A W P R R to Covington on the Georgia R R will be arrived at as follows viz Take the A W P rate for first class Fairburn to Atlanta which is 20 cents from this deduct 10 per cent or 2 cents leaving 18 cents as proportion of A W P for transporting joint shipment Fairbum to Covington 109 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 104 and on page 105 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 c 110 CLASSIFICATION OF THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Supersedes Classification Contained in 42nd Report And all Amendments Thereto Revised to April 1 1916 EXPLANATION OF CHARACTERS 1 represents First Class 2 represents Second Class 8 represents Third Class 4 represents Fourth Class 5 represents Fifth Class 6 represents Sixth Class 1 represents 1 times First Class 1 represents Double First Class 4 T1 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 1 CR OR Same K D Elevators for Cotton 3 manufactured of wood 4 6 and iron S U D 1 Same K D 3 Evaporators Fruit Evaporators Sugar iron 1 set up 1 2 Same with legs or rockers detached 2 3 Fans Grain See Mills l 1 Fanning 3T1 D 1 Feeders and Condensers Cotton Gin 2 3 1 2 Forks Hay and Manure 3 3 4 Furnaces Evaporator 1 4 Gins Cotton 2 3 3T1 D 1 Guano Horns tin N O S Guano Horns tin crated D 1 3 1 Harrows and Harrow Frames 3 4 Harrow Teeth packed 6 3 Hay Caps 3 Hoes in bundles 3 11 1 Hoes without handles in barrels or casks 4 2 Horse Powers K D 2 3 4 Horse Powers Railroad 3 4 or Endless Chain l 3T1 D 1 Hullers Cotton Seed and Clover viz 2 S U loose or on D1 skids L C L i 11 Agricultural Implements N O S O D 20000 lbs owners to load and unload Agricultural Implements L C L as follows Brooders including necessary Lamp boxed or crated L C L Same C L min wt 15000 lbs Cleaners Cotton Seed Cradles Grain set up Cradles Grain K D in bundles or boxed Crushers Corn or Cob Cultivators K D Cultivators set up Cutters Ensilage Straw and Hay set up Cutters Ensilage Straw and Hay K D and packed Distributors Guano set up Distributors Guano K D Drills Grain set up Drills Grain K D packed Dusters Bran set up Dusters Bran K D packed Elevators Hay S U Ill S U in boxes or crates L C L 1 K D in boxes bundles or crates L C L 3 In packages named loose or on skids C L 20000 lbs 6 Incubators K D and packed or crated L C L 1 Same G L min wt 15000 lbs 3 Kettles pans and pots cast iron over 27 inches in diameter L C L 4 Same C L min wt 20000 lbs 6 Knives Hay packed 2 Machines Hemp 1 Machines Smut 3 Machines N O S See Machines Machines Mowing and Reaping Binders and Harvesters whether combined or separate K D L C L 2 Same partly boxed C L min wt 20000 lbs 4 Machines Mowing and Reaping Binders and Harvesters whether combined or separated set up i JJ Purifiers Middlings 3T 1 Mills Burr stone Portable 1 3 Mills Cider 4 Mills Corn and Hominy 3 Mills Cotton Seed 2 Mills Cane and Sorghum 5 Mills Panning set up 3T 1 Mills Fanning K D 11 Mills with Trains Sugar 3T 1 Mills N O S 2 Mowers Lawn hand power not packed l Same K D packed handles in bundles 2 Pans Sugar Same as Evaporators Sugar Planters Corn and Cotton K D in bundles or boxes 2 Planters Corn and Cot ton set up ll CR Plow Handles and other Wood in shape for Implements boxed crated or bundled 4 Plow Singletrees and Doubletrees 5 Plow Irons and Mold Boards over 20 pounds each 4 Plow Plates Points Wings Castings and Steel Same as Bar Iron Plows Gang and Sulky 3T 1 Plows set up N O S 1 Plows N O S K D 4 Presses Cider 4 Presses Cotton set up 1 Presses Cotton K D 4 Presses Hay set up 1 Same small and detachable parts removed and packed 4 Iron castings for hay presses boxed of 6 Presses N O S 2 Pruners Tree In bundles 1 Rakes Hand in bundles 3 Rakes Horse set up 11 Same K D and well packed Rollers Field and Road Rollers Sugar Scrapers Road and Pond Scythes in bundles Scythes in boxes Snaths Scythe Separators Same as Threshers Shellers Corn Shovels and Spades in bundles Spreaders Manure set up 11 Spreaders Manure K D boxed 2 Threshers l Trains Sugar 3T1 Wheelbarrows Iron 3 Wheelbarrows Railroad 1 Wheelbarrows Wood set up l Wheelbarrows Wood K D and packed or bundled Oit D 1 010100 CR I A Accoutrements Military 1 Acids N O S D 1 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 3 Acid Sulphuric in tank 6 Agate Granite or Enameled Ware iron or steel L C L 2 Same C L 4 Same C L Same in mixed C L with tinware same as Tinware Alcohol Same as Liquor Ale See Beer Ale Empties See Note under Waiters aerated Almanacs and Trade Circulars Same as Printed Matter Alum in barrels or casks 6 Alum N O S 4 Ammonia Sulphate of t 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 6 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 Y 112 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 or Coal Cinders In bags barrels or boxes L C L Same C L min wt 36 000 lbs 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 CR L 4 L 4 L 3 6 4 L 6 P 6 A 5 O B Babbitt Metal 4 Bacon See Meats Baggage Army 1 Baggage Personal Effects in Trunks 1 Bagging in rolls or bales N O SM B Bagging Oil Press Bags Burlap Bags Cotton Bags Gunny Bags Paper Bags Traveling 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 2 1 MOI 113 Bark Tan in sacks Bark Tan C L min wt 24000 lbs 1 Barley See Grain Barley Pearl Barrel and Box Material C L min wt 24000 lbs Barrel and Box Material L C L Barrels tight half Barrels Kegs and kits empty except Ale and Beer empties and loose barrels L C L Class 11 plus 20 per cent CR OR 5 P 3 P G Same C L 10000 lbs P Barrels half Barrels and Kegs empty Ale and Beer estimated weights barrel 100 lbs half barrel 50 lbs keg 30 lbs E Barrels loose such as lime sugar cement or flour estimated weight 25 lbs each L C L v 6 Same C L min wt 10000 lbs not subject to Freight Rule No 19 P 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 bas ket frames cotton patent combination of cloth and wood S U nested center space filled with bags Same without bags Same with or without bags C L I Baskets Grate See Iron Bath Boilers See Boilers Bath Tubs See Tubs Batting Cotton in lots of 100 bales of 50 lbs eaeh Batting N O S See Cotton Beans dried in boxes Same in barrels or sacks Bearings Brass See Brass Beauxite Ore Same as Clay Bed Cord See Rope Bed Springs See Springs Bedsteads See Furniture Bedsteads Brass See Furniture Beef canned packed See Canned Goods Beef See Meats Beer Empties returned See Note under Waters aerated Beer and Ale in wood estimated weights bbls 350 lbs h bbl 180 lbs quarter bbl 100 lbs 8th bbl 50 lbs L C L Beer and Ale in wood estimated weights as above C L Beer Ale and Mineral water barrels half barrels or kegs empty See Barrels Beer Ale and Porter in glass packed L C L securely wired and sealed or locked Beer Ale and Porter in glass packed C L securely wired and sealed or locked Beer Ale and Ginger Ale in glass packed securely wired and sealed or looked L C Li Beer Ale and Ginger Ale in glass packed securely wired and sealed or locked C L Bees in Hives Bee Smokers boxed Beeswax CK 3 6 6 2 D 2 4 2 4 2 OR 4 E 4 E 4 E 1 114 Beet pulp dried in kegs barrels or in sacks Beets in barrels Bellows Bells Bell Metal or Brass Bells and Fixtures viz Sheet or cast Iron loose or packed 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 O 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 Bluing Laundry Liquid In glass or earthenware packed in barrels or boxes In bulk in barrels Dry In barrels or boxes Blue Stone see Vitriol Blue Boards binders see Binders Boards Boats Common wooden L C L CB OR CR 6 Boats Common wooden when flat cars are required C L Boats Racing Boats row when loaded in box cars L C L 4 T 1 Boats Row when flat car is required min wt 10000 lbs Boats row when two flat cars are required min wt 10000 lbs to each car Boats Row C L min wt 20000 lbs i Boats Steam Yachts min weight 10000 lbs 2 Boilers Bath and Range 1 Boilers see Machinery Bolts see Iron Boneblack 3 Bones and Bone Dust see Fertilizers Bonnets same as Dry Goods Books 1 Boots and Shoes L C L 1 Same C L 2 Borax packed 4 Bottle Covers see Covers Bottles empty packed 1 Bows and Shafts see Vehicle Material Box and Barrel Stuff see Barrel and Box Material Boxes Hat and Band packed D 1 Boxes Fruit and Baskets O L not less than 20000 lbs to be charged for R Baskets fruit berry and vegetable nested and packed solid either in cases or securely fastened L C L 2 Boxes Fruit L C L 1 Boxes Cigar empty packed D 1 Boxes Cracker empty returned 5 Boxes empty including Egg crates L C L 1 Boxes empty including Egg Crates C L min wt 15000 lbs A Boxes empty N O S 1 D 1 Boxes Journal see Iron OK 5 4 T 1 115 CR CR I OR Boxes paper empty packed C L min wt 10000 lbs 3 Boxes Match wooden 2 Boxes paper in nests of two packed li Boxes Paper in nests of more than two packed 1 Boxes Paper not nested 3 T 1 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 See Liquors Bran L C L D Bran C L min wt 25000 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 D 1 4 6 3 Brick Machines see Machinery Brimstone same as Sulphur Bristles Britannia Ware Brooders see Agricultural Implements Broom Corn pressed in Baless L C L Broom Corn pressed in Bales C L min wt 14 000 pounds Broom Corn and Broom Handles mixed C L min wt 14000 lbs Brooms any quantify Brushes Buckets N O S Same as Wooden Ware Buckets Coal Buckets Well Bucks saw see Sawbucks Buckles Turn packed L C L Same C 1 Buckwheat Flour Buggies see Vehicles Building Material consisting of baseboards ceiling casing and moulding without ornamentation same as lumber Building Material Wooden consisting of rough or dressed Lumber Laths Shingles Window and Door Frames Sash Doors and Blinds Mouldings Ballusters Baseboards Casings Newel Posts Stair work and Wainscoting mixed L C L Same C L Bungs Burial Cases see Coffins Burial Vaults cement L C L Same C L min wt 15000 lbs Burlaps Burning Fluid Burr Blocks finished Burr Blocks rough 1 1 B D 1 4 3 5 6 4 6 3 4 6 6 li 4 5 M O 116 Butter Butterine and Oleomargarine in cans Butter Butterine and Oleomargarine in kegs firkins buckets pails boxes and tubs Butter Apple and other Fruits in wood Butter Trays paper nested same as Bags paper C Cabbages packed Cabbages loose C L Cabinet Ware see Furniture Cages Bird boxed Gages Bird K D nested and packed Cake nitre see Nitre Cake oil see cotton seed Cake salt see Salt Calcicake Calks Toe in kegs Calicoes same as Domestics Camphene Camphor Candles boxed Candy see Confectionery Cane seed see Seed Cane sugar see Sugar Cane Canned Beef packed Canned Goods N O S Canned Vegetables see Fruit Cannon Cans empty N O S Cans galvanized iron for manufacture of ice L C L Same C L min wt 15000 lbs Cans Glass see Glass Cans Milk Shipping Loose or in packages L C L Loose or in packages C L min wt 16000 lbs Milk Shipping returned loose Cans Paper crated Cans tin empty N O S racked or boxed or in jackets L C L 1 5 4 3 3 3 T 1 D 1 5 5 11 1 4 4 4 1 3 T 1 1 4 1 4 4 11 1 OK 3 6 6 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 Caps Blasting with or without wire attachments in boxes Caps and Hats Gaps Percussion Caps Hay see Agricultural Implements Capstans Carbons Electric Light packed L C L Carbons Electric Light packed C L Carboys see Glass Cards Ootton and Woolen Hand packed Cards Cotton and Woolen Cards Playing I Cards show boxed see Signs 2 Carpeting well covered Carpets Hemp and Rag Carpet Lining see Lining Carriages see Vehicles Car mileage freight 1 of a cent per mile Car mileage passenger 3 cents per mile Carrara Same as white Lead Oars and Locomotives viz Cars Logging K D or set up C L min wt 24000 lbs Cars Logging smaller parts boxed Cars Logging set up L C L 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 CR 1 D1 1 1 3 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 D1 OK 4 5 5 3 3 6 5 4 117 CR OR CR OR more on a car minimum weight 20000 lbs Cars hand lever or crank for railway use viz S U L C L S TL 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 Cars and Locomotives viz Cars standard gauge on their own wheels viz Basis for calculation of freight Mileage rates between points governed by this Classification will be computed upon the basis of the shortest allrail standard gauge mileage via available routes of transportation subject to a minimum distance of 75 miles for each line handling and governed by mileage shown in this report Parlor Sleeping and Dining cars 12c per mile Coaches Baggage Mail and Express cars 10c per mile Box Cab Refrigerator Tank and Track Scale Test Cars6c per mile Stock cars slatted6c per mile Same N O S 10c per mile Coal Gondola and Dump cars 5c per mile Flat Cars 4c per mile Flat cars when one or more flat cars are loaded on a flat car the rate will be 3c per mile for those loaded on the flat car and 4c per mile for the car on wheels carrying the others Locomotives and Tenders including tram engines moved by their own power owner to furnish fuel and crew owner also to furnish pilot for movement over each road earning ten dollars or less on movement pilot to be furnished by each road whose revenue exceeds ten dollars on the movement 20 cents per mile Not subject to Rule 27 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 ineluding tram engs loaded wholly on flat cars owner to load and unload otherwise subject to Rule 14 30c per mile Not subject to Rule 27 Subject to a minimum charge of 600 and maximum charge 6000 for entire movement Cartridges metallic or paper not high explosives boxed L C L Same C L Carts Hand see Vehicles 118 CR I OR 11 Cases and Crates Egg see Boxes Cases CocaCola and Soda Water empty L C L 3 Cases show see Show Cases Cash Registers see Registers Casing window see Woodwork Casks Iron see Drums under Iron Cassia 3 Castings iron see Iron Castings Plaster D1 Castor Pomace same as Fertilizers Catsup in wood 4 Catsup in glass boxed 2 Cattle see Live Stock Caustic Soda see Soda 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 l 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 CR I OR Chests ice see Refrigerators Chicory Chimogene same as Oil coal Chinaware Chloride of Lime see Lime Chocolate Chromos same as Paintings Chufas C L see Nuts Chums Cider in barrels or kegs Cider in glass packed Cider Mills and Presses see Agricultural Implements CIGARS See Note In wooden boxes strapped corded and sealed with metal seal bearing identification mark cording to pass through each and every hoard 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 4 1 1 B 2 N 119 CR 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 Note Each metal strap or wire must be of one piece N 0 S in boxes Not boxed not taken Cigar Lighters J Cigar Boxes see Boxes Citron Clay in boxes barrels or casks L C L Clay C L See Rule 12 min wt 40000 lbs Clay Burnishing packed Clay German Cleaners cotton seed see Agricultural Implements Clocks boxed Clock Weights see Weights Clothes Lines see Rope Clothes Fins Clothing Clothing Rubber and Rub her Goods N O S Clover Seed see Seed Coal and Coke L C L in boxes barrels or bags Coal and Coke C L min wt 30000 lbs 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 anfc Coke In carload quantities as follows For fifty miles and under Class L 1 3 T 1 1 2 B P 5 5 1 2 1 1 L L ott CR OR For one hundred miles and over fiftv miles Class L less 5 oer cent Over one hundred miles mv h less 10 Per cent Fit Western and Atlantic and the Georgia Railroad Companies are allowed to charge itt transportation of Coal as follows11 carload quantities p r flfty miles and under class Li less 10 per cent For distances over flftv miles Class L less 15 per cent Coal Cinders See Ashes or Coal Cinders Coal Oil see Oil Coal Tar see Tar Cocoa Cocoa Matting see Matting Cocoanuts see Nuts CocaCola Aerated See Waters Aerated CocaCola Syrup in barrels or kegs same as juices fruit etc Codfish see Fish Coffee Extract or Essence of Coffee Green single sacks Coffee Green double sacks Coffee Ground or Roasted in single sacks Coffee Ground on Roasted in double sacks boxes or barrels Coffee Substitutes Cereal Same as Food Preparations cereal Coffee Mills see Mills Coffins plain or stained not painted nor varnished wrapped Coffins N O S boxed or crated Coffins K D Coffins Metallic Coke see Coal Collars Horse see Saddlery Collars paper packed same as Dry Goods Cologne see Perfumery Columns wooden solid same as Lumber to CO IS 120 Columns fluted and ornamental same as Woodwork Combs Curry see Currycombs Commissary Chests and Stores Compounds see Soap Powders Compounds Polishing Conductors or Down Spouts or Leaders galvanized iron or tin see Gutters and Guttering Conduits viz Brick L C L Same C L Electrical insulating tarred Pelt paper Indurated Fibre or Porcelain in bundles crates or boxes L C L Same C L min wt 20000 lbs Flexible Iron for electric wires L C L Same C L Underground for electric wires earthen cement concrete terra cotta or clay L C L Same C L Wooden creosoted L C L Same C L C R O R 6 i of 6 2 4 4 6 6 of 6 4 6 Confectionery candy value limited to 6 cents per lb and so specified on Bill of Lading 4 5 Confectionery candy value limited to 20 cts per lb and so specified on Bill of Lading 3 4 Confectionery N O S 1 Cooking Oil see Lard Coolers and Filters Water boxed 1 Copal see Gum Copperas in barrels or casks 5 Copperas N O S a 4 Copper in boxes barrels or casks 3 Copper Scrap packed 5 Copper Scrap loose 4 Copper Vessels in boxes barrels or casks 2 C R O R 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 L C L D1 Same nested L C L 1 Loose L C L 3T1 Same boxed crated or loose C L min wt 10000 lbs 2 Cornice Mouldings galvanized iron not cornices nested and crated any quantity 5 Cornices wooden for windows doors or inside finish see Woodwork Cornices Wooden for outside finish Same as Mouldings for building purposes Corsets 1 Corundum L C L in sacks barrels or casks value limited to 4 cents per pound 3 Corundum C L in sacks barrels or casks value limited to 4 cents per lb 6 Cotton Rates for Compression 6 Band Cotton 7 cts per 100 lbs 8 Band Cotton 8 cents per 100 lbs Cotton in bales J 3 121 CR Cotton Samples 1 Cotton Burnt shipments of burnt cotton are accepted at original weight and cotton rates applied 500 lbs to be the average weight per bale when original weight can not be obtained Cotton Dyed in bales 4 Cotton Gin Lint Flues See Machinery Cotton unginned packed in bags less than 2000 lbs L C L 2 Cotton unginned packed in bags 2000 lbs and over L C L 5 Cotton unginned packed in bags C L min wt 20000 lbs 6 Cotton Sea Island in the seed For special rates see Circular No 383 Cotton Batting see Batting Cotton Batting N O S 5 Cotton Factory Products see Domestics Cotton Oil Mill Rolls see Oil Mill Rolls Cotton Seed valuable for planting L C L 6 Same 1C h g Cotton Seed common any quantity g Not L C L Shipments m Cotton Seed to he sacked Otherwise 20000 pounds to be charged for Cotton Seed Hulls C L min wt 25000 lbs P Same without percentage L C L G Cotton Seed Meal Ashes and Oil Cake same as Fertilizers Cotton Seed Mills see Agricultural Implements Cotton Seed Oil see oil Cotton Stalks pressed in bales same as Hay Fodder and Straw Cotton Waste same as Paper Stock Covers and Safes Cheese Same as Safes and Covers Cheese CR Covers Bottle Paper Straw or Wooden packed or pressed in bales 3 Covers Wooden l Cracklings 4 Crackers 5 Cradles Grain see Agricultural Implements Cranberries 3 Crates and Cases egg see Boxes Crates for peaches and apples include wooden or splint inside carriers without tops or handles nested Crates for peaches and apples L C L set up l Crates for peaches and apples set up C L min wtv 20000 lbs R Crates for peaches and apples L C L K D B Crates for peaches and apples K D C L min wt 24000 lbs P Crayons Chalk 4 Creameries packed or wrapped 2 Cream Tartar in boxes or kegsi 2 Or earn Tartar in barrels or hogsheads 3 Crockery same as Earthenriware 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 meets Crystals Washing 5 Cultivators see Agricultural Implements Curbing Well 2 Currants see Fruit Currycombs same as Hardware N O S 122 CB j OB CR j OB 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 3 T 1 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 percentage 6 Doors Iron see Iron Doors and Frames see Sash etc Drawers and Shirts Unlaundered entirely of Cotton see Garments Cotton Drills grain see Agricultural Implements Dross Bosin same as Rosin Drugs and Medicines N O S 1 Drums See Musical Instruments Drums iron See Iron and Steel Articles Dry Goods N O S 1 Dry Goods in boxes or bales 1 Dry Goods in trunks crated or strapped 1 Dry Goods in trunks corded or wrapped 1 Dry Goods in trunks not corded or wrapped D1 Dust Collectors S U not crated or boxed 3 T1 Same crated or boxed D1 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 mini wt 16000 lbs 2 Dynamos same as Machinery N O S Meters boxed 1 Meters N O S D1 Hoods Electric Light iron nested in packages 2 2 2 1 3 123 Electrical Instruments Fittings and Fixtures N O S boxed Elevator Cars passenger or freight S U Same K D Elevators for Cotton and Elevators Hay see Ag ricultural Implements Elevators N O S same as Machinery N O S Emery value 4 cts per lb Emery N O S Empties dairy returned by the line over which shipment has been made not over 100 pounds 5 cents each for any distance Enameled Ware see Agate Engines see Machinery Equipage see Accoutrements Essences see Extract Evaporators Fruit see Agricultural Implements Evaporators Sugar see Agricultural Implements Excelsior made from Georgia pine pressed in bales L C L Excelsior made from Georgia pine C L min wt 10000 lbs Exhibitors boxed or crated Exhibitors woven or crated Explosives same as Powder Extinguishers Fire hand glass or grenade pqpked Extinguishers Fire on wheels same as Engines Fire Extract Bark for tanning in wood Extract Bark for tanning in glass packed Extract of Indigo see Indigo Extract of Logwood see Logwood Extract of Malt in glass packed same as Ale Extract and Essences N O S CR 1 D 1 3 3 2 5 D 3 T 1 D1 n 5 2 OR I P Facings foundry Soapstone rates Apply D1 1 1 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 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 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 CR I OR 1 3 2 1 2 2 D 1 2 5 5 0 bo a a bo See rating on followin 124 CH OK CH Firearms 1 Firecrackers and Fireworks packed so marked 1 Fire Extinguishers see Extinguishers Fireplaces portable including the necessary pipe 2 Fish Canned including Shell Fish In glass or earthenware packed in barrels or boxes L C L 3 In metal cans in crates 3 In metal cans in barrels or boxes L C L 4 In packages named C L min wt 30000 lbs 5 Dry salted in bundles 2 Dry salted packed or in barrels with cloth tops 4 Fresh see meats Pickled in boxes 3 Pickled in barrels kits pails or tubs L C L Same C L Smoked in boxes Fishing Rods D Pishing Tackle boxed Fittings Iron Pipe see Iron Fixtures Bank Store etc see Flirniture 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 otler 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 I 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 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 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 Flies and Rasps packed Filters see Coolers Finding shoe O CQ 4 a M a os g 3 I Jj go PS 03 g 3Dag on O O tK o o 0 CO MMtO mkmWw 125 FluorSpar L C L FluorSpar C L Fly Fans see Fans Fodder see Hay Foil Tin in boxes 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 Same C L Animal and Poultry Feed N O S bulk in sacks Food Preparations Cereal viz Grits Corn in boxes 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 Food Preparation N O S in sacks Food Prepared N 6 S Food Preservatives packed Foots pitch or tank bottoms Cottonseed See Soap Stock Forges Portable CR OR 6 M 2 4 6 D 6 6 5 1 3 3 Forks Hay and Manure see Agricultural Implements Fountains and Fixtures Soda including marble stone and onyx parts packed Fowls dressed Fowls live in coops C L Same L C L Frames Bed wrapped or crated Frames Door and Window see Sash etc Frames Picture Mirror or Looking Glass loose or in bundles Same wrapped Same crated or boxed Frames Mounted with Mirrors or Looking Glasses when shipped separately 11 1 1 2 from other Furniture 3 T 1 D 1 ii i Frames quilting see Quilting Attachments Freezers Ice Cream 2 Fruit and Vegetables in cans without percentage L C L 5 Same C L without percentage 6 Fruit in Glass packed 1 Fruit Berries dried 4 Fruit Berries green prepaid Fruit Boxes and Baskets see Boxes Fruit Dates 2 Fruit Dried Currants 2 Fruit Dried N O S 3 Fruit Dried Apples and Peaches L C L 4 Fruit Dried Apples and Peaches C L 6 Fruit Green N O S prepaid or guaranteed Fruit Apples Peaches Pears not dried and other green fruit in barrels or boxes L C L Fruit Apples in barrels boxes or crates or in bulk C L Fruit Peaches Pears not dried and other green fruit in barrels boxes or crates carloads prepaid Fruit Juices See Juices Fruit Bananas in crates boxes cylindrical carriers or cloth sacks prepaid or guaranteed L C L 4 Same unpacked owners risk prepaid or guaranteed subject to a minimum charge on 5000 lbs actual weight if in excess of that amount L C L Same loose or packed C L 6 Fruit Oranges Lemons and Pineapples in boxes L C L 4 Same C L 6 Fullers Earth same as Clay Furnaces Charcoal cast iron 3 OR 3 1 3 6 C 3 B 0 0 4 126 CB Charcoal soldering sheet iron IY2 Clay encased in sheet iron pail shaped L C L 4 Same C L 6 Clay N O S pail shaped Packed L C L 4 Loose or packed C L 6 Furnaces Evaporator see Agricultural Implements Furs see Hides Fuse D1 Furniture C L viz Bed Slats in bundles crates or loose min wt 24000 lbs 5 Bedsteads metal min wt 12000 lbs 4 Chairs Wooden with Cane Splint Rattan Reed Bamboo or Wooden Seats not upholstered min wt 8000 lbs 3 Chairs N O S 8000 lbs 2 Chair and other Furniniture Stuff or Stock Wooden N O S K D in the rough or in the white and Chairs K D in the white min wt 24000 lbs 4 Chair Seats in bundles or packed min wt 20000 lbs 3 Fixtures of either hard or soft wood not including showcases for fitting Banks Barber Shops Offices Saloons Stores etc with or without mirrors glass to be properly boxed min wt 12000 lbs 2 Mattresses Wovenwire or Spring Beds min wt 12000 lb 4 Mattresses Straw Cotton Shuck Hay and Excelsior min wt 12 000 lbs 4 Poles Curtain rough or in the white min wt 24000 lbs 4 R II Vault or Office Iron or Steel consisting of Filing Cabinets or Cases Shelving Counters Roller Book Shelves and Tables crated or boxed min wt 24000 lbs 6 4 3 N O S all kinds finished or in the white straight C L min wt 12000 lbs 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 Note Same rate applies to folding beds In combination with wardrobes desks etc Bedsteads Iron or Brass K Bed Slats Wooden In bundles or crates Bed Slats Metal in 5 bundles or crates Bookcases Iron Bookcases wrapped or 4 crated S TJ including Sectional o r Elastic Bookcases in set up sections Same K D Bookcases and Desks combination wrapped or crated Buffets see Sideboards Bureau of Hardwood g 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 wrap 5 ped or crated CR 3 2 2 1 2 3 1 1 h D1 11 n 1 2 ii 1 OR 4 3 3 2 3 4 2 1 H 1 1 2 3 1 2 D 1 127 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 Chairs Porch or Lawn iron or iron and wood combined S U Same K D Chair and Stepladder combination Chairs Rocking Hardwood or Metal Frames with Cane Splint Rattan Reed Willow Bamboo Leather or Wboden Seats not upholstered set up unwrapped or wrapped with paper L C L Same without rockers Same without rockers tied in pairs seat to seat Same without rockers of common wood completely K D wrapped or not wrapped packed in bundles Chair Stock same as Chairs K D packed Chairs N O S S U Chairs N O S completely K D Chair Seat Material viz Cane Rattan Reed Willow Bamboo or Leather packed or in bales Chair Seat MaterialFiber Leather Board or Veneer Chair Seats in bundles orpacked Chair Splints Wooden packed or in bundles or bales Chiffoniers same as Bureaus CB OB II CB OB China Closets wrapped or crated Church Furniture N 0 D1 li D 1 S wrapped or crated U D 1 11 1 Same K D Cots Woven Wire S 1 2 13 1 U D 1 2 u 3 Same K D or folded Cots N 0 S of hard U 1 wood S U D 1 H Same of common wood 1 2 1 2 Cots N O S of hard 9 3 wood K D 1 2 Same of soft wood 2 3 D 1 n Couches metal folding K D or folded V Cradles or Cribs wrap li 1 ped or crated S U D 1 Same K D or folded 1 2 Cushions Furniture in bales or oases Desks and Seats School li 1 D 1 i i S U Desks and Seats School 1 2 K D 2 3 li Desks N 0 S wrapped or crated 1 2 Display or Wall Oases 1 or Cabinets unglazed in boxes or crates Dressing Cases or Dressers same as Bureaus Easels 1 D 1 u 2 3 Filing Cabinets Cases or Boxes crated or boxed Fixtures not including ii 1 D 1 li show cases for fitting banks barber shops offi ii 1 ces saloons stores etc with or without mirrors glass to be properly boxed wrapped or crated 1 2 ii 1 Footstools See Hassocks Frames Lounge or Sofa S U D 1 li Same backs taken off 1 2 1 2 Hall Stands see Hat Racks 1 2 Hassocks or Footstools li 1 Hat Racks folding packed Hat Racks or Hall li 1 1 2 Stands N 0 S wrapped or crated S U D 1 li jgfi gp 1 128 CR 1 OR 1 CR OK Same K D or with Same K D flat 2 3 tops detached and Settees same as Chairs secured inside of Sideboards or Buffets package crated or wrapped or crated 1 2 boxed li 1 Sofas and Teteatetes Lounges with backs wrapped or crated D 1 li wrapped or crated Springs Bed see S U D 1 li Springs Same with backs taken Spring Beds see Mat off li 1 tresses wire Lounges without backs Stances or Racks Music wrapped or crated S U D 1 li i S U li 1 Same K D flat Marble for Furniture wrapped or packed ii A see Stone Stools Piano wrapped or Mattresses viz packed li 1 Hair Wool or Feather D 1 li Tables Bamboo Rattan Spiral Spring not com Reed or Willow wrap n 1 ped or packed 3T 1 Spiral Spring in pack Tables Billiard and Bil ages containing two or liard Table Beds boxed more compressed not or crated 1 to exceed three Tables of hardwood N inches per mattress 0 S wrapped or in thickness 1 2 crated S U D 1 li Straw Cotton Shuck Same of common 3 wood lj 1 Wire entirely taken Tables of hardwood K apart and K D D flat or folded flat 2 boxed 1 2 Same of common li i wood 2 3 Spring N 0 S D 1 li Table Legs Slides Leaves N 0 S 1 2 Tops and Supports Poles Curtain wooden wrapped or crated 2 3 and Fixtures boxed or Vault or Office iron or crated 1 2 steel consisting of fil Same without Fix ing cabinets or cases tures boxed or shelving counters roll crated 2 3 er book shelves and Poles Curtain N 0 S tables crated or boxed 1 2 and Fixtures boxed or Wardrobes wrapped or crated li 1 crated S U li X o Racks or Stands Dis Same K D flat 1 play S U D 1 li Washstands of hardwood Same K D wrapped wrapped or crated 1 2 or packed li 1 Same of common Refrigerators and Ice wood 2 3 Chests wrapped or N 0 S of hardwood packed 2 3 S U wrapped or Refrigerator Material packed D 1 li thoroughly K D 2 3 Same of common Safes or Cabinets Meat wood li 1 or Kitchen tin wood N 0 S of hardwood or wood and tin com K D wrapped or bined S U D 1 li packed 1 2 Same with legs de Same of common tached packed 1 2 wood 2 3 129 CR I OR CR I OR G Gambier 4 Game see Poultry Garments Cotton such as jackets or jumpers pants overalls unlaundried shirts and drawers and knitting factory products shipped in original packages contents to be legibly marked on v 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 y 3 Gins Cotton see Agricultural Implements Ginseng 1 Girders Iron see Iron Glass Carboys empty D 1 Glass Chimneys 2 Giass Demijohns empty not packed 4 T1 Glass Demijohns filled not packed or boxed not taken 3 4 Glass Demijohns filled boxed 3 Glass Demijohns empty packed D1 1 Glass Floor Lights rough and heavy 5 Glass Fruit Jars see Jars Glass Insulators see Insulators Glass Lanterns see Lanterns Glass Oil Cans with metal jackets packed 1 Glass Plate 7ixl5 feet or under outside measurement D1 Glass Plate ovdr 7Jxl5 feet outside measurement subject to min wt of 1500 lbs 3 T 1 Glass Roofing and Skylight not Window Glass 2 Glass colored stained decorated enameled ground figured or etched L C L 11 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 colore d esn ame 1 ed or ground L C L 3 Same C L 5 Glucose in half bbls bbls or hhds R Glue 3 Glue Scrap 5 Glycerine in cans boxed or in barrels 1 Glycerine in iron tanks or casks 3 Glycerine Nitro plainly labeled L C L 4 T 1 Glycerine Nitro plainly labeled C L 3 T 1 Graders Outfits see Outfits Grain 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 2 D1 3 1 2 1 3 4 Otd 130 CB j OR Grate Baskets see iron Grates see Iron Grave Stones see Stone Gravel apply Sand Rates Grease Axle 6 Grease Car in barrels 6 Grease N O S in buckets tubs kits or kegs L C L 3 Grease N O Sr in boxes barrels or casks 6 Grenades packed 11 1 Grindstones 6 Grindstone Fixturespacked or in bundles 3 Grits Corn same as Meal Corn Groceries N O S 2 Guano see Fertilizers Guano Horns see Agricultural Implements Gum Camphor see Cam phor Gum Copal itowrie and Shellac 2 Gums N O S 2 Gun Cotton D1 Gunny Bags See Bags Gunpowder See Powder Guns Rifles 1 Gutters and Guttering galvanized iron or tin viz Not nested L C L 1 In nests of two or more crated L C L 2 Same C L 4 Gypsine in cases same as Paint dry in cases Gypsum Land Plaster Fer tilizer Same as Fertilizers Gums Chewing 1 H Hair in sacks 1 Hair Cattle for plastering pressed in bales 6 Hair Curled pressed in bales and Hair Rope 2 Hair Goods manufactured packed in boxes D1 Hames in bundles or packed 3 Hammers other than Sledge same as Tools N O S Hammocks and Fixtures 1J Hams same as Meat salted Hand Carts see Vehicles CR OB Handles N O S boxed or crated 5 Handles Broom boxed or crated L C L B Handles Broom G L min wt 24000 lbs K Handles Broom and Broom Corn C L mixed see Broom Corn Handles Hoe L C L 5 Same C L min wt 24000 lbs K Handles Plow and other wood in shape for implements see Agricultural Implements Handles Beams and other woods for manufacturing purposes rough or dressed but unfinished C L min wt 24000 lbs Rules 12 and 13 to apply without percentage K Hangers Rails and Tracks door packed or in bundles 4 Hardware packed N O S 2 Hardwood see Wood Harness see Saddlery Harness Hardware same as Hardware N O S Harrows and Harrow Teeth see Agricultural Implements Hasps see Hooks Hatchets same as Axes Hats and Caps see Caps Hat Boxes see Boxes Haversacks same as Accoutrements Hay Fodder and Straw pressed in bales C L min wt 20000 lbs D Hay Fodder and Straw perssed in bales L C L R Heading see barrel and Box Material Hay Caps see Agricultural Implements Hay Presses see Agricul tural Implements Head Lights boxed D 1 Hearses see Vehicles Heaters Steam see Machinery Heel Plates packed 4 Hemp in bales 3 Herbs see Roots 131 CR j OR CR r OR Hessians in original bales 6 Hides furs peltries and Skins viz Furs in bags 3 T 1 Furs in boxes bundles or trunks strapped D1 Furs N O S see Skins N O S Hides dry loose 1 Hides dry tied in bundles or bales any quantity 4 Hides green 5 Hides green salted 6 Peltries see Skins N O S Skins Deer pressed in bales 2 Skins N O S furs and peltries value limited to 25 cents per lb in bags D1 Same pressed in bales 1 Same N O S D 1 Skins Sheep dry in bales J 1 Same green in bundles 2 Same salted in bundles 3 Hinges and Butts packed L C L 4 Same C L 6 Hives Bee empty set up 1 Hives Bee K D crated 6 Hobby Horses see Toys Hoes see Agricultural Implements Hods Coal 1 Hogssee Live Stock Hogsheads empty double barrel rate Hollow Ware loose LCL 1 Hollow Ware loose shipp e d separately from Stoves C L min wt 15000 lbs 3 Hollow Ware packed 3 Hominy see Food Preparations Honey in glass or tin boxed 1 Honey in comb boxed 1 Honey in barrels or kegs 1 Honey Extractors crated 1 Honey Section boxes and Frames in crates or boxes 3 3 3 3 5 4 Hoofs and Horns Hooks Hasps and Staples N O S packed Hooks and rods Meat N O S packed or loose Hooks Backhand packed Hoop Iron see Iron Hoop Poles Hoop Skirts Hoops Barrel Wooden Same as Barrel Material Hoops Truss Coopers Hops baled Hops in boxes Horse and Mule Shoes See Special Iron List Horse Powers see Agricultural Implements Horses see Live Stock Hose Carriages see Vehicles Hose Leather Hose Reels Fire see Vehicles Hose Reels Garden see Reels Hose Rubber Hosiery same as Knitting Factory Products Hospital Stores Household Goods less than carload shipments of H H G must be prepaid or freight guaranteed f Household Goods and old fej Furniture packed value o over 5 per 100 pounds 04 and full value expressfj edin bill of lading said IT valuation only to apply g in cases of total loss Household Goods and old 2 Furniture packed value p limited to 5 per 100 L lbs and so expressed in bill of lading said E valuation only to apply in case of total loss L C L Household Goods and old Furniture well packed value not expressed in bill of lading L C L Household Goods and old Furniture well packed C L min wt 20000 lbs value limited to 4 4 4 1 2 1 2 3 1 D 1 1 1 K 1 132 CR 5 per 100 pounds said valuation only to apply in case of total loss Household Goods and old Furniture with Live Stock one attendant to have passage free on same train as car C L value limited to 5 per 100 pounds said valuation only to apply H in case of total loss D1 Explanations 1All Bundles of BedT ding Trunks of Cloths ing Household Goods a or similar articles not g Furniture will not be cr received for transpor tation unless packed g chests of similar artig cles must be strapped or securely nailed This g does not apply to C L p of Household Goods g2Bills of Lading and pj WayBills must desig 0 nate character and 9 number of packages as 3These instructions UpS ply to old and secondp hand Furniture Cloth 1 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 t 5 I Ice L C L in casks barrels boxes or bags packed in sawdust chaff shavings or straw pre paid B Ice C L L Oft 6 5 Images and Figures Bronze or Metal packed not Iron Statuary 3 T 1 Incubators See Agricultural Implements Indigo 1 Indigo Extract in barrels 3 Infusorial Earth 3 Ink in wood Ink Printing in wood Ink writing Fluid in glass or stone boxed Insecticides viz In Glass packed L C L In Tin Cans packed or in bulk in barrels N O S L C L Same C L Lime and Sulphur Solution in barrels Insulators see Telegraph and Telephone Material Iron and Steel Articles viz Barrels or Drums empty Blow Pipe Material viz Sheet Iron plain or galvanized not nested L C L Same side seams closed nested see note packed or wired in bundles L C L Noth Shipments will be 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 of 6 Box Straps or Fasteners packed or in bundles 6 4 4 3 1 4 6 6 6 D 1 2 OR D 1 4 133 CB I OB C1L Cages including convict cages doors and grating 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 Castings not machinery or sewing machines in kegs or casks 4 Crow Bars 6 Cylinders empty 5 Forgings 6 Grate Baskets Fronts Fenders and Frames packed 2 Same unpacked 1 Grates packed 2 Same loose lj Journal Boxes gof6 Manhole Covers Street Catch Basin Covers or Sewer Inlets iron or steel Weighing each less than 50 pounds loose or in bundles weighing each less than 50 pounds L C L 2 Weighing over 50 lbs or over loose or in bundles weighing each 50 lbs or over L C L 5 In barrels boxes or crates L C L 5 In packages or loose straight or mixed C L min wt 30000 lbs of 6 Mantels packed 2 Same unpacked 1 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 without fittings packed mixed C L 4 Sinks loose or in crates or barrels L C L 3 Same C L 4 5 6 5 3 3 3 1 3 3 Washstands or Lavato ries packed L C L 3 Same C L 4 Water Closet Hoppers Cisterns or Tanks L C L Same C L Water Closet loose Same boxed or crated Railing and Fencing Retorts Roofing packed or in bun dles 6 Sad Irons packed L C L 5 Same C L 6 Sash Weights wired any quantity K Scrap L C L see note of 6 Same C L 2240 lbs to ton see note M NoteArticles taking scrap iron rates must be scrapped in such a way that the articles moving cannot again be used for the purposes for which they were originally intended for use when new Scrap Sheet in rolls or bundles wired or crated of 6 Sheet plain galvanized corrugated or stamped in imitation of brick packed or in bundles 6 Sheet Metal Pipes Tubes or Cylinders parts of machinery or otherwise N O S l Shutters and Doors 4 Sponge purifying material 3 Stand Pipe Material K D g of 6 Statuary Chairs and Lawn Ornaments boxed or crated V l Tanks and Tank Material K D flat or nested g 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 l Iron Work Galvanized 2 Ott 0 00 os h1 rfs co 134 Iron and Steel Articles as per Special Iron List L C L Same in straight or mixed carloads minimum 30000 pounds Special Iron List viz Architectural consisting of columns pedestals capitals saddles door and window jams plates sills studding lintels rolled beams channel bars girders angles tees and zees 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 Distribu tor Cotton Planters and Cultivators Chains loose or packed Fencing Woven Wire Grate Bars Jail Plate Muck and Puddle Bar Iron Nails and pikes 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 CR OR of 6 M I I CK I OK Posts fence field or farm with or without equipment or fittings Railway Track Material viz Angle Bars Chairs CrossTie Clamps Fish Plates Frog I Filling Frogs Spikes Splice Bars Switches Switch Chairs Switch Stands Ties Tie Plates Track Braces Rails and Throws Shoes Horse and Mule packed Staples Fence in kegs Tires Vehicle Vehicle Material viz Boxes Skeins and Springs Wheels Car and Locomotive Wire Common Barbed or otherwise oh 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 Earthenware any quantity 3 5 Jeans Cotton same as Domestics Jeans Cotton and Wool mixed 5 Jellies in glass packed 1 Jellies in cans boxed 4 Jellies in wood N O S 3 Jugs see Earthenware Juices Fruit and Fountain Syrups and Syrups N O S not medicated in glass or earthenware packed in barrels or boxes or in tin cans crated L C L 1 3 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 135 boxed or crated or in bulk in barrels C L 5 Junk and Jute 6 Jute 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 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 I Ladders not over 30ft long 1 Ladders over 30 feet long D 1 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 B Lard Substitutes or Compounds viz Solids 4 b Oils Cooking or Edible products of cottonseed oil or cocoanut oil viz CR O R In glass or earthenware packed In tin cans packed or in bulk in iron or steel barrels or drums or in wood b Lasts packed 3 Laths C L min wt 24 000 lbs Laths L C L Lathing Iron in crates or bundles L C L Same C L Lead bar or sheet in boxes Lead in casks or pigs Lead Black in kegs or bbls Lead Pipe see Pipe Lead White same as Paints Leather loose N O S Leather in rolls or boxes Leather Scraps in bales Leaves powdered in boxes or barrels Lemon or Lime Juice see Juices Fruit Lemons Oranges see Fruit 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 bar rels or casks 6 Lime Chloride of N O S 4 Lime Liquid prepared for whitewashing canned and packed 5 Limestone for Furnaces C L min wt 40000 lbs P 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 td f bo to 03 rf CO 03 11 t GO II Ol 05 0 05 td tp V 136 Limestone N O S C L min wt 40000 lbs Lining Carpet Linseed Linters see Paper Stock Lint Flues Cotton Gin see Machinery Liquors Whiskey or Domestic Wine in glass packed in boxes or basket 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 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 G 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 CR OR P 2 4 2 1 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 2 dry Looking Glasses same as Mirrors Looms see Machinery Lumber Dressed or rough 2 H 3 L C L Same C L min wt 24000 lbs See rule 12 Lye Concentrated M 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 N 4 Machinery and Machines viz Belting Chain or Sprocket Chain loose or packed same as machinery N O S Boilers Sectional same as Boilers but not to be taken as castings Boilers Steam 30 feet and over including necessary stacK L C L Boilers under 30 feet including necessary stack L C L See Rule 14 Boilers N O S Same as Machinery N O S Brick Machines Conveyors Spiral L C L Cotton Gin Lint Flues C L Same L C L packed Cotton Presses set up see Agricultural Implements Electrical Machinery Transformers L C L Same C L min wt 24 000 lbs CR I P 2 4 B P 5 3 1 3 4 4 6 3 3 6 O 137 CR OR cR Engines Caloric Fire Portable and stationary L Cr L 2 Same C L 4 Hoisting K D 4 Machinists Tools Planers Lathes Drill Presses etc 2 N O S all kinds C L 6 N O S all kinds L C L 3 Printing Presses K D boxed or crated 3 same not boxed 1 Printing Presses set up D1 Pulley and Tackle Blocks 5 Pulley Wheels and Blocks 5 Saw Mills L C L detachable parts unboxed 2 Same detachable parts boxed 4 Saw Mills C L same as Machinery N O S Shafts Shalt Collars Shaft Couplings Shaft Hangers Pillow Blocks or Shaft Pulleys without Clutch Attachments L C L 5 Same straight or mixed C L min wt 20000 lbs 6 Shingle Machines 2 Stamp Mill Machinery boxed L C L 5 Same CL 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 Textile Machinery Beams packed L C L 4 Bobbins Shuttles Spools and Skewers packed or in bags L C L 4 Card Clothing packed L C L 1 Card Flats packed L C L 3 Cards hand packed L C L l Cones paper nested packed or in bags L C L 3 Cones paper not nested packed or in bags L C L D1 Cylinders parts of Cotton or Woolen Mill Machinery shipped separately therefrom S U packed L C L l Loom Harness or Reeds inboxes L C L l LoomHarness Shafts or Sticks in boxes or crates L C L 4 Looms Hand S U loose or on skids 1 y2 K D in boxes or crates 2 Looms other than hand L C L 1 y2 Looms other than hand S U C L min wt 16 000 lbs 5 Looms other than hand K D C L min wt 20000 lbs 6 Lug straps in boxes L C L 4 Picker sticks in boxes or crates L C L 4 Pickers Leather Loom in boxes or crates L C L 3 Rollers iron or steel L C L 3 Spindles in boxes L C L 2 Tongue Clamps L C L 4 Tubes Paper Parallel or Tapered not nested packed or in bags L C L 3 Textile Machinery N O S S U loose or on skids L C L 1 S U in boxes or era tbs L C L 2 K D in boxes bundles or crates L C L 3 Textile Machinery except Looms straight or mixed C L or in mixed C L with Looms minimum wt 20000 lbs 6 3 6 3 2 1 3 OR 138 CR I OR 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 3 T1 Same boxed or crated ineluding parts thereof S U Machines Sewing boxed or crated partly K D with head and box taken off and placed underneath between the legs or with the head folded into the body of the case 3 Machines see Machinery Machines Smut see Agricultural Implements Machines Washing 2 Macaroni 1 Mackerel see Fish Madder Malt D Malt in boxes 1 Malt Extract same as Ale Manganese crude C L min wt 30000 lbs P Manganese Ground packed 5 Manilla 3 Mantels Iron see Iron Mantels Slate packed 2 Mantels Wood crated or boxed L C L 2 Same C L min wt 12000 lbs 3 Manure Stable C L min wt 30000 lbs P Maps boxed 1 Marble and Granite same as stone 11 CR f Marl same as Lime Marble Dust C L in barrels 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 stepl 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 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 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 pack 3 ed 1 Shipments of articles enumerated under head of Meats In quantities less than 10000 pounds must be In bags hales boxes or crates Meat Cutters see Machinery Meats Desiccated see Desiccated OR 2 W oj i f q Hco o 139 CR OR Medicated Brick see Brick Medicines and Drugs N O S ki Medicines Patent L C L Same C L Melodeons see Musical Instruments Melons freight guaranteed C L min wt 24000 lbs Melons L C L MerryGoRounds L C L Merry Go Rounds C L without percentage Meters Gas boxed Meters Gas not boxed not taken Meters Watei boxed Meters Water not boxed not taken Mica 3 T1 Mileage Car see Car Mileage Milk Condensed boxed 4 Milk minimum charge allowed 15 cts B Millet D Millet Seedsee Seed Millinery including Hats and the like already made up plumes birds and other material of like character for millinery purposes l Milo Maize in bags or sacks 6 Mills Barilla Bark and Cob 4 Mills Cane see Agricultural Implements Mills Cider see Agricultural Implements Mills Coffee and Paint set up 2 Mills Corn see Agricultural Implements Mills Cotton Seed see Agricultural Implements Mills Flour roller 2 Mills N O S 2 Mill Stones finished 4 Mill Stones rough 5 Mill Stuff Rule 12 B C L C Mill Stuff C L min wt 25000 lbs P Note The term Mlllstuff as here used is intended to coyer only that part of the wheat product which is neither CR OR flour nor bran bulembraces 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 7xl2 outside measurement packed 3T1 Mirrors bver 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 purposes 4 Mouldings N O S D1 Mouldings Iron see Cornices Mouse Traps see Traps 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 2 140 CR I Mustard prepared in kegs or barrels u 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 Fertilizers Notions 1 Nutmegs 2 Nuts Chestnuts prepaid 3 Nut Pecans in barrels L C L 3 Nuts Pecans in barrels C L Nuts Cocoa packed or sacked L C L 5 pluts 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 s Same C L 6 Nuts Hickory and Black Walnuts L C L 4 Same C L min wt 24000 lbs 6 O Oakum Oats See Grain Oatmeal See Food preparations Ochre in sacks barrels or casks L C L 5 Same C L 6 Ochre to be used in manufacture of Fertilizers same as Fertilizers Oil Cake same as Fertiliizers OR Oil Cloth 16 feet long or over boxed Oil Cloth less than 16 feet long boxed Oil Cloth baled Oil Cloth not boxed or baled not in shipping or der Oil Castor in glass packed Oil Castor in bbls Oil in cans encased in wood 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 Same in straight or 5 mixed C L min wt 24000 lbs or in tank cars C Li minimum capacity of tank but 5 not less than 24000 lbs Coal Oil Crude Oil Distillates 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 Wcol Oil viz In metal cans without jackets unpacked L C L In metal cans jacketed unpacked L C L In metal cans boxed L C L In metal cans C L In barrels or half barrels L C L Same C L In tank cars C L Minimum capacity of tank but not less than 24000 lbs In iron drums or iron barrels actual weight L C L 1 2 3 4 4 6 6 4 141 cr 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 oyer 52 gallons 410 pounds each the weight of each gallon in excess of 52 gallons to be computed on basis of 7J pounds per gallon In wooden halfbarrels containing not oyer 30 gallons 240 pounds each In square cans completely cased each case containing 10 gallons 80 pounds each Note 3 Shipments of petroleum grease paraffine wax and petrolatum shall be charged for on basis of actual weight Notes 1 and 2 will not apply Paraffine wax may be shiDped 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 anipments of Cottonseed Oil In tank cars will be billed at a minimum weight based on shell capacity of tank computed at 7 pounds per gallon When the shell capacity of tank is 6250 gallons or more settlement will be made on basis of actual weight subject to a minimum weight of 6250 gallons computed at 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 caoacity 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 OR CR 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 in 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 Coal Oil and Sassafras Oil 1 Oils in jars not packed not taken Oils 1 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 Onions in barrels or crates 6 Onions in barrels crates 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 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 OR 4 D 1 2 4 2 6 2 6 5 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 L C L 3 Same C hi 5 N 0 S S U not pack D1 N O S S tL 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 D 1 Paintings and Pictures over 200 in value 3 T 1 Paints Red and White Lead and Linseed Oil viz In glass or earthenware boxed 1 Bulk dry in boxes or cases 5 Bulk earth metallic or dry in barrels casks sacks or kits L Cu 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 5 K 2 1 D 1 In tin cans boxed crated or packed in barrels Paneling see Woodwork Pants Jeans Cotton and Wool Mixed in bales or in cases Paper Bags see Bags Paper Barrels nested packed Paper Barrels not nested 4 Paper Binders Board see Binders Board Paper Bottle Covers packed or pressed in bales Paper Boxes see Boxes paper Paper Cans see Cans Paper Paper Card Paper Collars see Collars Paper Hangings in bundles Paper Hangings boxed Paper Pads or Tablets and Blank Books with flexible paper backs in bundles crates or boxes L C L Same C L Paper Pasteboard Paper Printing or Wrapping Paper same as above in boxes Paper in rolls for manufacture of bags Paper Pulp see Pulp Paper Roofing see Roofing Paper Sand and Flint Paper Shirtboards see Shirtboards Paper Stock Waste viz Cotton Sweepings Motes Regins and Linters Cotton Seed Hull Shavings or Fibre in bales with privilege to carrier of compressing value limited to 2 cents per pound and so specified on bill of lading Paper Stock wasteCotton Sweepings and Motes N O S 4 3 2 T 1 3 1 1 2 B 2 B 3 R 6 eft cn co 143 CB Paper Stock wasteCotton N O S 5 Paper Stock waste Woolen Jute or tailings in bags 6 Paper Stock waste Woolen jute or tailings pressed in bales R Paper Stock wastePaper in sacks bbls or hhds 6 Paper Stock wastePaper pressed in bales or crates r Paper Stock wasteRags in sacks bbls bales hhds or crates R Paper Straw Boards 5 raper Toilet packed or in rolls or bundles 5 Paper wall any quantity in bundles 1 Paper wall any quantity in boxes 2 Paper Ware N O S 1 Paper Writing Book or Blotting in boxes 2 Parers Fruit boxed 2 Paris White same as paint Paste in barrels 6 Peaches dried see Fruit Dried Peaches green see Fruit Peach stones packed 6 Peanuts see Nuts Pearl Ash 5 Peas Cow in bags barrels or bcxes see note D NoteBags must be made of burlap not less than 10 ounces per yard or clotht and be sufficiently strong and so closely woven and stitched as to carry contents safely and prevent sifting Bags which have been used for fertilizers or other articles containing acids must not be used Peas N O S in bags bar rels or boxes 5 Pea Hullers see Hullers Pecans see Nuts Pegs Shoe in bags l Pegs Shoe in barrels or boxes 2 Peltries see Skins Pencils Slate 3 OR Pepper and Spices in bags Pepper and Spices N O S ground in boxes Pepper Sauce see Sauce Pepper Perfumery Petroleum see Oil Phosphate Rock C L min wt 30000 lbs Phosphate fruit beverage ready for use and not fountain juices extracts etc in barrels or kegs Photographic Material Pianos see Musical Instruments Pickers Cotton Raw Hide Pickles in glasspacked Pickles in barrels or casks Pickles in cans boxed 3 Picks and Mattocks see Special Iron List Picture Backing in packages Pictures see Paintings Pigs Feet see Meat Pineapples in cans boxed Pineapples in glassi packed Pineapples C L and L C L see Oranges etc under Fruit Pine Straw loose C L min wt 25000 lbs Pins in cases Pins Clothes see Clothes Pins Pins Insulators see Telegraph Brackets Pipe Copper Brass or Metal N O S Pipe Copper Brass or Metal N O S boxed Pipe and Tile Drain or Roofing L C L Pipe Sewer Earthen or Concrete and Fittings not metal Flues Flue Linings Flue Tops Chimney Caps and Drain Tile earthen or concrete Wall Coping vitrified in straight or mixed carloads min wt 25000 lbs CR j OK 3 2 1 P B 1 2 1 4 4 4 4 1 P 1 1 3 5 P 144 CK j OK j CR I UK Pipe Earthen not Drain L C L 1 Pipe Earthen not Drain C L 3 Pipe Fittings see Iron Pipe heating furnace galvanized iron or tin viz Crated or boxed not nested D I Crated or boxed nested 2 Same side seams not closed nested wired in bundles or crated L C L 4 Same C L 5 Pipe Iron see Iron Bar Band etc Pipe iron in coils parts of ice machinery L C L Same C L Pipe Lead in rolls or reels 4 Pipe Lead in casks 5 Pipe Organs K D boxed same as Pianos Pipe Sheet Iron Spiral 1 Pipe stove side seams closed or elbows loose or wired in bundles L C L D1 Same in boxes or crates l c l iy2 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 CL 4 Pipes Tobacco in boxes 1 Pitch any quantity same as Rosin Planters see Agricultural Implements 5 6 3 6 3 5 5 5 5 Planes same as Tools N O S Plaster Board wall plaster rates plus 20 per cent Plaster 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 Plates Paper and Wood C Li min wt 24000 lbs Plates Heel see Heel Plates Plows see Agricultural Implements Plow Materials see Agricultural Implements Plumbago Plumbers Material N O S packed Plumbing Fixtures see Iron and Steel articles Poles Tent see Tents Poles N O S not over 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 live C L Same L C L 6 6 1 Ox cn tf M W 0 CT OJWM tr4 W 145 Powder Baking 3 Powder Bleaching 4 Powder Gun and other Explosives LG 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 Implements Presses Copying 2 Presses Printing see Machinery Presses N O S 2 Printed Matter in sheets boxed prepaid 2 Prints same as Domestics Pruners see Agricultural Implements Prunes in boxes or kegs 2 Prunes in casks 4 Pulleys see Machinery Pulp Paper or Wood R Pumice Stone 3 Pumps hand or windmill iron or steel cast SU Loose wired in bundles barrels boxes or crates L C L 3 Wooden and pump material wooden L C L v 3 Pumps power other than windmill SU 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 Iron or steel lined with brass or enamel or not lined in barrels boxes or crates L C L Putty L C L Pyrites L C L prepaid in boxes or barrels Pyrites C L Min wt 24 000 lbs Q Quartermasters Stores Quicksilver in iron flasks Quilting attachments K D in bundles R Radiators and Heaters steam or water L C L 3 Same C L Rags see Paper Stock Rasps see Files Railing see Woodwork Raisins not strapped Raisins strapped Rakes see Agricultural Implements Rattan Rat Traps see Traps Reapers see Agricultural Implements Red Lead same as Paints Reeds Reels viz Cable empty L C L Same C L min wt 12000 lbs Hose Garden and Lawn viz Set up L C L Knocked down packed L C L K D or S U C L Hose Iron K D packed Reflectors packed Refrigerators see Furniture Regins see Paper Stock Registers Cash boxed Retorts Clay Retorts Copper Retorts Iron see Iron Retorts Soda Water Rice Clean in sacks barrels casks or in cartons in boxes Broken carloads in bags used for brewing purposes CR o r 3 5 6 B P 1 1 2 3 5 1 2 3 5 D1 1 4 2 D 1 D1 1 1 2 4 C 1 146 CR O R Rough 11 N O S 5 Rice Flour see Flour Rivets Iron see Iron Robes Buffalo D 1 Rods Nail see Iron Rods Meat see Hooks Rollers Field Road and Sugar see Agricultural Implements Rollers Printers 1 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 wt 25000 lbs consisting of 71 per cent gravel 18 per cent tar and 11 per cent paper of the gross weight L Note Necessary tools for applying roofing may be shipped in same car at the published rate on such tools Roofing Slate L C L 6 Roofing Slate C L min wt 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 C L 4 Same C L 6 Roots and Herbs value over 10c per pound 3 Rope N O S 3 Rope Bed Cord 3 Rope Clothes Line 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 Ki less 20 per cent with out percentage Rosin Dross same as Rosin Rubber Belting see Belting Rubber Car Springs see Springs Rubber Clothing and Rubber Goods N O S see Clothing Rubber Hose see Hose Rubber Packing see Pack1 ing 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 t 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 Safes Iron each weighing over 10400 lbs Special Contract CR 3 6 3 T 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 4 3 2 147 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 20000 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 v Salts Epsom L C L N 0 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 Swbucks Wooden in bundles Sawdust L C L in barrels 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 Q S boxed Sawplates packed CR OR 3 T 1 3 1 6 C O 6 CR I Scales and Scale Beams set up wrapped 1 Scales and Scale Beams K D wrapped 3 Same boxed 4 Scrapers Road and Pond see Agricultural Implements Screens Door or Window wire in bundles boxes or crates L C L 2 Screens Door or Window wire C L min wt 15 000 lbs 5 Screws Wood packed 2 Screws N O S packed 4 Scythes see Agricultural Implements Sea Grass pressed in bales 4 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 s 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 6 Sheathing Metallic boxed or crated or in bundles wired 3 Sheetings same as Domestic Sheep see Live Stock Sheep Skins see Skins Shellac see Gum Shellers see Agricultural Implements OR q eqcq eo pq w n 148 CB OK jj 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 Shingles C 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 L 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 CU j in bags 2 In boxes strapped 3 In double sacks cooperage or drums 5 Shovels see Agricultural Implements Show Cards see Signs Show Cases Display or Wall Cases and Cabinets Show Cases glazed or unglazed Display 1 or Wall Cases and Cabinets glazed in boxes or crates S U L C L D1 Same K D L C L If Same S U or K D C L min wt 10000 lbs 1 Bases or Stands unglazed same as Fixtures 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 Man tels Slate Pencils see Pencils Slate Roofing see Roofing Slates School boxed 3 Sledges see Iron Smoke Stacks Flues or Hoods N Q S L C L 1 D1 5 B P 4 6 5 6 6 1 6 4 5 D OK Same C L min wt 20 Spelter in slabs or casks 5 000 lbs 6 Spices see Pepper Smoke Stacks Flues or Spikes Iron see Iron Hoods cut in sections Spokes and Shafts See iside seams not closed Vehicle Material nested L C L 4 Sponge D1 Same C L min wt 20 Spools and Beams Yarn 000 lbs 6 empty without percent Smokers Bee see Bee age 6 Smokers Spreaders see Agricul Snaths see Agricultural tural Implements Implements Springs Bed Furniture in Snuff in casks bbls or bundles wired together 1J boxes 2 Same in barrels or casks 3 Snuff in jars packed 2 Same in boxes 2 Same not packed D1 Springs Car N O S 6 Soap Castile and Fancy 2 Springs Car Rubber loose 4 Soap flnmmnn fl R Same boxed 5 Soap Powders and other Springs Vehicle see Spe Washing Compounds cial Iron List same as Soap common Stairwork see Woodwork Soap Stock including cot Stamp Mill Machinery see tonseed oil foots pitch or Machinery tankbottoms residuum Staples Fence see Spe of cottonseed oil refin cial Iron List ings Class Rf with Starch L C L 4 out percentage Starch C L min wt 30 Soapstone Crude C L 000 lbs C min wt 30000 lbs See Stationery 2 Rule 12 P Statuary Iron Lawn Or Soapstone in kegs barrels naments etc See Iron casks or sacks L C L 6 Statues 3 T1 Same C L A Staves see Barrel and Soda in kegs boxes and Box Material drums 5 Steam Gauges see Machin Soda Ash same as Fer ery tilizers Steam Heaters See Ma Soda Caustic in iron casks chinery or drums 6 Steel not packed 3 of 6 Soda Fountains see Foun Steel packed 2 tains Soda Steel wired or strapped 5 Soda Fountain Retorts see Steel Bars each 200 lbs Retorts and over 5 Soda Nitrate of in boxes 1 Steelyards K D packed 4 Soda Nitrate of L L Steelyards unboxed 1 same as Fertilizer L C Stereotype Plates boxed L for newspapers from Soda Nitrate of C L manufacturer 2 same as Fertilizer C L Stereotype Plates old Soda Sal 6 boxed returned to man Soda Silicate of 6 ufacturer 5 Softener Cotton and Wool Stereotype Plates N O S 2 N O S 5 Stills Worm crated 1 Same in barrels B Stone Granite and Marble Solder ft When shipper desires Sorghum see Syrup to assume risk of loss Spades see Agricultural or damage in order to Implements secure lower rate he is 150 CR OR J required on demand of carrier to sign bill of lading releasing said carrier of liability Stone Granite and Marble L C L valuation limit ed to 500 per cubic foot 4 Same valuation not restricted 1 Stone Granite and Marble Vlfi 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 F Same L C L of 6 Building Stone and Cement Building Blocks including Tile but not other interior finish nor ornamental work cut or sawed into shape rough dressed or carved but not polished protected otherwise at owners risk valuation limited to 20 cents per cubic foot C L min wt 30000 Same L C L of 6 Blocks Paving rough rubble and Crushed Stone C L min wt 36000 lbs p Same L C L S of 6 Curbing C L min wt 30000 lbs p Same L C L of 6 Monuments and Grav stones lettered valuation limited to 20 cents per cubic foot packed charges prepaid or guaranteed C L min wt 25000 lbs p Same L C L of 6 Stoneware same as Earthenware Stools Piano see furniture Stove Boards boxed or crated 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 Stovo Plates Furniture and Hollow Ware including the necessary pipe L C L Same C L For special rates between Juncx tlon 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 apd 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 I Sulphur in bags barrels casks or kegs L C L Sulphur for spraying purposes or for manufacture of Fertilizers C L Same as Fertilizers Sumac viz Ground in bags or bbls L C 1 Same C L min wt 20000 lbs Leaf C L min wt 16000 lbs CD Q CO CD 151 Sumac Extract in bbls or casks Sweeping Factory see Paper Stock Swings wooden or wood and iron combined including roller swings L C L g Same C L min wt 20 000 lbs Syrup and Molasses viz In barrels halfbarrels kegs or hogsheads In tank cars minimum weight 50000 lbs See Note Note Syrup and Molasses in tank cars will be handled ati 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 Syrup cane in glass packed Syrups Fountain see Juices Fruit T Tables Billiard see Billiard Tables Tackle Fishing see Fishing Tackle Tacks packed Tailings see Paper Stock Talc apply Soapstone rates Tallow in barrels Tallow N O S Tamarinds same as Oranges Tanbark see Bark Tanks Iron or Steel N O S S U L C L Same C L min wt 20 000 lbs Tin Sheet Iron or Sheet Steel plain or galvanized viz With pump hood and measure inside of tank boxed or crated L C L CR OK 4 5 3 6 R R 1 5 6 B 3 6 D1 CR N O S S U L C L D1 N O S K D L C Li 2 N O S C L min wt 15000 lbs 4 Tanks Wood set up D1 Tanks Wood JK Bi 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 I 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 I C L Insulator Brackets or Pins without percentage C L Same L C L Braces Cross arm Iron g of 6 Cross arms with Insu lator Pins or Brackets affixed 6 Same without Insulator Pins or Brackets L c l 6 Same without Insulator Pins or iBrackeits 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 OR Oh Ui Ph 152 Fuse Blocks Trminal Heads for Cables Anchor Rods Parafine Rubber Tubing Cable Aerial Submarine and Underground and other analogous materials Telephones boxed Outfits for construction or repair of telephone or telegraph line Same as Outfits Graders or Contractors Wire Copper and Insulated L C It Same C L Wire Telegraph other than above same as wire common Tents Tent Poles and Pins TerraCotta in packages TerraCotta Architectural C L TerraCotta Architectural packed in casks tierces etc L C L Terra Japonica Thread Spool Cotton and Silk Thread Cotton Factory products in balls bales or skeins packed in burlaps or cases same as Domestics Threshers see Agricultural Implements Tickings same as Domestics Ties Cotton and Hay Tile viz Drain and Roofing see Pipe Fire for Lining etc Hollow fireproof L C L Same C L min wt 25 000 lbs Marble etc see Stone Paving Cement C L same as Stone Building and Cement Building Blocks Paving Cement L C L Packed Timber N O S rough hewed round split or sawed other than fuel same as Lumber CR OB 1 1 R 4 6 P li 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 l Tobacco Cut In boxes bbls or bales 1 Tobacco Leaf in cases l Tobacco Plug in boxes or kegs 1 Tobacco Screws and Fixtures See Machinery Tobacco Smoking 1 Tobacco Stems prized 6 Same not prized 1 Tobacco Unmanufactured not prized Same prized 2 Toe Calks see Calks Tongues Pickled in barrels or kegs 4 Tongues Smoked 3 Tonqua Beans in boxes or bbls Tools Edge Tools Mechanic boxed Toothpicks Tow in bales Same compressed Toys viz Drums boxed 3 T1 Furniture childrens L C L D 1 Same C L minwt 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 OB 5 9 3 1 HNNWNM 153 OK CR Sleds or Sleighs childrens Li C Li in bdis 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 Treps 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 SV Tubs Bath all kinds L G 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 D1 1 n D1 D1 1 1 1 D 1 l D 1 D1 D1 1 1 4 Tumblers packed Turbine4and 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 Note On shipments in tank caw when the shell capacity of tank Is less than 6250 galweights will be assessed HUKCaaSlty of tank multiplied by 72 pounds to the fo When capacity of tank is 6250 gallons or more settlement will be made on actual weight suS flfpiin0 a minimum weight of PUlTo S 1e Turpentine Cups viz Earthen Same as Earthenware Fibre or Fibreoid L C L Same C L minimum weight 15000 lbs Iron steel or tin with or without hangers not nested in barrels boxes bundles or crates L C L Nested in barrels boxes bundles or crates U C LiI Nested or not nested in packages or loose C Li minimum weight 30000 pounds Twine Type boxed Type Old in boxes barrels or kegs Typewriters boxed U Umbrellas boxed Urns see Iron V Vaults Burial see Burial Vaults Vehicles and material for Vehicles as follows R 3 D1 to to 05 154 jr CR j 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 am 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 selfpropelled Vehicles See notes viz S U L C L D1 K D boxed or well crated L C L SU or K D CV 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 Same K D Hose Reels N O S and Hook and Ladder Trucks L C L min wt 4000 lbs each Same C L min wt 20000 lbs Hose Reels or Hose Carts twowheeled K D boxed or crated L C L Same C L min wt 20000 lbs Hose Wagons with Chemical Engine attachments min wt 4000 lbs each Carriages Buggies Gigs Sulkies and Trotting Wagons boxed or well crated C L min wt 8000 lbs Carriages Buggies Gigs Sulkies and Trotting cR t OR Wagons loose C L min wt 24000 lbs 3 Carriages Buggies Gigs Sulkies and Trotting Wagons set up L C L actual weight4T1 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 HI Carriage and Buggy Shafts and Poles fully wrapped shipped separate from vehicles D1 Carriages Childrens K D in boxes bndls or crates f Carriages Childrens set up boxed D 1 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 li Hearses set up see Stage Coaches under Vehicles Oil Tank Wagons S TJ L C L min wt 4000 lbs HI 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 actual wt 4 T 1 HI n Bl 5 Hi 5 HI 3 4 155 CR OR 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 O S viz Finished L C L 2 Same C L 5 In the white B 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 orVelocipedes viz Crated or boxed not taken otherwise L C L i 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 Dumber set up actual weight D1 Wagons and Carts Farm or Lumber taken apart and thoroughly knocked down in any quan tily actual weight 6 Wagons 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 U 1 CR Veneering boxed 1 Same not boxed D 1 Ventilators sheet metal L C L pi Same C L min wt 10000 lbs 1 Vermicelli Vinegar in barrels or kegs B Vinegar in glass same as Beer Ale and Porter in glass Vinegar Shavings or Chips in bags 5 Vises packed or unpacked 4 Vitriol Blue in barrels 5 W Wadding D1 Wagon Jacks see Jackscrews etc Wainscoting 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 inwood 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 Note Ale Beer and Water Packages empty returned consisting of barrels halfbarrels and kegs and bottles 156 in wooden wire or sheet metal cases barrels or casks in less car loads 6th class carloads minimum weight lu000 lbs onehalf of the rate applying on same when tilled and moving in reverse direction Watermelons see Melons Wax N O S 4 Wax Comb Foundation boxed 2 Wax Extractors crated 1 Wedges see Iron Weights Sash see Iron Weights Clock packed 5 Well Curbing See Curbing Well Buckets See Buckets Whalebone 1 Wheat see Grain Wheat Cracked see Food Preparations Wheelbarrows see Agricultural Implements Wheels and Axles Car see Special Iron List Wheels and Vehicles see Vehicles Wheels Water 3 4 Wheels Well same as Pulleys Whetstones boxed 3 Whips d Whiskey see Liquors Whiting N O S 5 Whiting in boxes 3 Whiting in barrels casks or sacks dry C L L Willow Reeds in bales 2 Willow Ware D1 Willow Ware Baskets nested 1 Window Casings see Woodwork Window Shades 1 Window Shade Cloth 1 Window Frames see Sash etc Wind Mills K D in bndls 3 Wine see Liquors Wines High same as Liquors Wire Common Barbed or otherwise see Special Iron List Wire Binding 3 5 Wire copper and insulated L C Li 2 Same C L 4 Wire Cloth 1 cR I OR Wire Fence See Fencing Wire Goods boxed N O S 3 Wire Grass see Grass Wire Mattresses see Furniture Wire Rope 4 Wire Selves see Sieves Wire Screens 1 Wire Telegraph see Telegraph Wire N O S 3 Wire Work Racks Stands Vases Signs and Figures boxed or crated3 T 1 Wire Work Woven Table Toilet and Household Articles boxed or crated D1 Wire Fencing see Fencing Wire Wire Netting see Netting Wire Wood Green or Dry C L of 10 cords to be billed y cord See Rule 12 P Wood Ashes see Ashes Wooden Butter Dishes packed L C L 3 Wooden Butter Dishes C L min wt 24000 lbs 6 Wooden Covers see Covers Wooden Ware N O S 1 Wooden Ware does not include Willow Ware which is D1 Wood Liquor in barrels 3 Wood Plates L C L 3 Wood Plates C L min wt 24000 lbs 6 Wood Hard in the rough shaped for manufacturing L C L 6 Same C L see Handles Woodwork viz Railing Balusters Wainscoting Stairwork Paneling Win dow Casings all of oak or other hardwoods for inside finish of houses in bundles crates or boxes L C L 4 Same C L 6 Woolen and Cotton Goods mixed without percentage 5 D 1 1 3 157 C R O R Wool washed in bags not pressed 2 Wool unwashed in bags not pressed 4 Wool washed in bags pressed in bales 3 Wool unwashed pressed in bags or bales not to exceed in size 2i ft x 3 ft x 6 ft nor weighing 1 less than 200 lbs 6 Woolen Goods without percentage 4 Wool Mineral in bags 1 Wringers Clothes packed 2 Same not packed D1 C R O R 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 4 Zinc in blocks or pigs L C Li 5 Same C L 6 Zinc Cornices see Cornices Zinc Oxide 5 Zinc Paints see Paints HUC4UO 158 DISTANCE TABLES Indicates NonAgency Stations ALABAMA GREAT SOUTHERN RAILROAD GeorgiaTennessee Morganville 457 Tatum 1275 Line 000 New England 723 Rising Fawn 1822 Wildwood 184 Trenton 1043 Sulphur Springs 2352 ATLANTA WEST POINT RAILROAD Atlanta 000 Union City 1707 St Charles 4651 Fairburn 1881 Grantville 5094 4 OR WrightR 2144 Trimble 5526 Oakland City 720 Palmetto 2519 Hogansville 5769 McCollum 3028 Louise 6424 East Point 656 Madras 3316 LaGrange 7088 College Park 857 McBride 3723 Cannonville 7780 Red Oak 1233 Newnan 3881 Gabbettville 8010 Stonewall 1573 Moreland 4518 West Point 8619 ATLANTA BIRMINGHAM ATLANTIC RAILROAD BRUNSWICK TO BIRMINGHAM Brunswick 00 Upton 1001 Charing 2181 Southern Junction 90 Bushnell 1049 Mauk 2224 Brobston 123 Ambrose 1089 Norwich 2254 Akron 137 Wray 1120 Junction City 2304 Anguilla 159 Osierfield 1169 Paschal 2310 Leicht 171 Ashton 1208 Talbotton 2382 Blounts 194 Fitzgerald 1260 Beall 2431 Thallman 211 Abba 1334 Woodland 2483 Veneer 225 Arp 1354 Chalybeate Springs 2543 Lott 240 Rebecca 1416 Manchester 2560 Browntown 275 Double Run 1471 Bullochville 2614 Fendig 312 Hatley 1516 Warm Springs 2620 Needmore 347 Musselwhite 1580 Durand 2676 Hortense 380 Cordele 1629 Stovall 2732 Zirkle 435 Ross 1670 Big Springs 2777 Merman 487 Vienna 1725 Knott 2802 Bristol 555 Lilly 1786 LaGrange 2868 Coffee 628 Byromville 1834 Pyne 2931 Mill City 680 Pooling 1859 Abbottsford 2970 Rockingham 702 Fields 1909 GeorgiaAlabama 2998 Alma 734 Montezuma 1941 Line Guysie 772 Oglethorpe 1957 Standing Rock 3018 Sessoms 809 Bartlett 2009 Ala Nicolls 842 Ideal 2057 Roanoke Ala 3111 Chatterton Douglas 900 973 Southland Rupert 2088 2131 Birmingham Ala 4538 159 ATLANTA BIRMINGHAM ATLANTIC RAILROADContinued MANCHESTER TO ATLANTA Manchester 00 Haralson 289 Union City 561 Persico 48 Senoia 344 Dungannon 596 Woodbury 103 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 THOMASVLLE Fitzgerald 00 Kell 296 Corbetts 551 Fletpher 58 Iniss 322 Sunset 579 Mystic 92 Omega 352 Murphy 604 Pinetta 115 Crosland 389 Coolidge 660 Hansen 154 Norman Park 425 Merrillville 703 Harding 181 Barbers 466 Touraine 719 Brighton 202 Kingwood 501 Dillon 740 Tifton 256 Moultrie 524 Thomasville 808 ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY SAVANNAH TO SOUTH CAROLINA STATE LINE Savannah 000 Monteith 1313 0 Leary s 1542 SAVANNAH TO FLORIDA STATE LINE Savannah 000 Aimar 4180 Baybon 8149 Millers 1026 Ludowici 4628 Nahunta 8560 Burroughs 1175 Doctortown 5268 Hickox 8929 Ways 1593 Jesup 5730 Bachelott 9327 Fleming 2420 Broadhurst 6660 Winokur 9745 McIntosh 3133 Fairfield 6999 Newell 10395 Allenhurst 3674 McKinnon 7155 Folkston 11159 W althourville 3864 Hortense 7629 9 JESUP TO ALABAMA STATE LINE Jesup 000 Waycross 3953 Naylor 8685 Slo ver 481 BuSkin 4555 Delmar 9079 Screven 1134 Glenmore 5102 Indianola 9387 Oiferman 1912 Manor 5402 Valdosta 9988 Patterson 2122 Argyle 5896 Paine Smith 10377 Owen 2561 Homerville 6518 Kinderlou 10560 Blackshear 2968 Cutting 6915 Ousley 10932 Homestead 3250 Dupont 7343 Durden 11150 Deans Still 3394 Stockton 8167 Quitman 11693 160 ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANYContinued JESUP TO ALABAMA STATE LINEContinued Emerson 12146 Dixie 12380 Pidcock 12658 Boston 13111 Monroe Siding 13471 Newark 13800 Neils Siding 14100 Thomasville 14316 Pine Park 15065 Cairo 15727 Whigham 16423 Climax 1707 Bainbridge 17919 Cyrene 18755 Brinson 19043 Iron City 19553 Lela 19861 Donalsonville 20011 Jakin 20621 Saffold 21064 Way cross Astoria Braganza WAYCROSS TO FOLKSTON 000 Fort Mudge 1479 Homeland 3236 617 Eacepond 2016 Folkston 3421 772 Uptonville 2798 THOMASVILLE TO ALBANY Thomasville 000 Hansel 1564 Flint 3819 Companys Siding 371 Meigs 1879 Baconton 4244 Pasco 610 Pelham 2403 DeWitt 4576 Williams 704 Leland 2803 Hardaway 4962 Ochlocknee 1154 Camilla 3220 Albany 5837 MONTICELLO BRANCH Thomasville 000 Metcalfe 1003 CLIMAX TO FLORIDA STATE LINE Climax 000 Stricklands Mill 490 Faceville 1539 Otisca 202 Eleanor 663 Recovery 2163 Fowltown 864 OTISKA TO AMSTERDAM Otisca 0 00 Mizes Siding 252 Amsterdam 1005 Wataga 724 WAYCROSS TO BRUNSWICK Way cross 000 Nahunta 2345 Anguilla 4604 Colgans Still 693 Lulaton 2826 Pyles Marsh 4900 Schlatterville 1045 Atkinson 3170 Southern June 5245 Hoboken 1463 Waynesville 3520 Dock Junction 5496 Coon Bottom 2014 Bladen 4066 Brunswick 5805 Jamacia 4359 WAYCROSS TO ALBANY Waycross 000 Leliaton 3953 Ty Ty 7998 Deenwood 245 Pinebloom 4122 Sumner 8605 Waresboro 800 Willacoochee 4239 Poulan 8934 Sappville 1179 Glory 4862 Sylvester 9240 Hasty 1324 Alapaha 5329 Willingham 9673 Fairfax 1635 Enigma 5991 Artesia 9939 Millwood 1925 Brookfield 6359 Aeree 10223 McDonald 2326 Yanceville 6666 Johnsons Siding 10641 Pearson 3074 Tifton 7117 Albany 11204 Kirkland 3415 Hillsdale 7842 161 ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANYContinued DUPONT TO FLORIDA STATE LINE Dupont 000 Haylow 1170 Tarver 2030 Withers 962Alexanderville 1740 Barnes Still 2398 ATLANTIC WAYCROSS NORTHERN RAILROAD Kingsland Scotchville 000 Wood ville 600 Arnow 800 St Marys 850 1100 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 Warthen 7084 Moores 1589 Rock Comfort 4839 Gilmore 7237 Elwood 1713 Gibson 5067 Sandersville 8026 Edie 1844 Kenmore 83 53 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 Central Junction 34 Pooler 82 Bloomingdale 123 Meldrim 170 Eden 193 Marlow 261 Pineora 275 Guyton 303 Tusculum 351 Egypt 404 Oliver 459 Halcyondale 500 Cameron 546 Dover 574 Ogeechee 635 Rocky Ford 664 Searboro 707 Paramore Hill 742 Millen 788 Cushingville 830 Rogers 868 Herndon 901 Midville 963 Gertrude 1004 Wadley 1069 Bartow 1113 Almira 1160 Davisboro 1222 Sun Hill 1301 Tennille 1352 Oconee 1464 Toomsboro 1549 McIntyre 1617 Gordon 1706 Lewiston 1749 Griswold 1815 Mogul 1867 Macon 1908 Macon Junction 1917 Rivoli 1986 Lorane 2031 Bolingbroke 2060 Smarrs 2122 Forsyth 2172 Colliers 2230 Goggins 2286 Bamesville 2333 Milner 2398 Orchard Hill 2452 Griffin 2513 Pomona 2565 Sunnyside 2583 Hampton 2617 Lovejoy 2666 Orrs 2708 Jonesboro 2731 Morrow 2776 Forrest Park 2813 Hapeville 2855 East Point 2881 Ft McPherson 2906 Atlanta 2945 162 CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAYContinued Millen 00 Lawton 50 Perkins 70 Munnerlyn 105 Dover 00 Clito 51 Statesboro 99 Jimps 154 Register 187 Pulaski 233 MILLEN TO AUGUSTA Idlewood 145 Waynesboro 205 Green s Cut 270 DOVER TO BREWTON Parish 252 Metter 294 Canoe 344 Stillmore 387 Lexsy 442 Wesley 464 McBean 328 Tahoma 408 Allen s 428 Augusta 535 Nunez 475 Covena 534 Norristown 566 Adrian 635 Scott 685 Brewton 769 Griffin Esmond Rio Vaughan Brooks Chestlehurst Senoia Turin Sharpsboro Raymond Newnan Sargents Whitesburg Banning Clem Carrollton Mandeville Bowdon Junction Bremen Chickamauga Harps Switch Cenchat Lyerly Macon Wise Rutland Walden Echeconnee Byron Powersville GRIFFIN TO CHATTANOOGA 00 Buchanan 805 Holland 1400 45 Felton 879 Taliaferro 1439 80 Dugdown 900 Lyerly 1458 85 Featherstone 920 Berryton 1495 128 Youngs 958 Summerville 1528 159 Cedartown 1012 Trion 1573 192 Lake 1061 Wilsons 1633 242 Boody 1089 Martindale 1642 259 Reeseburg 1110 Guild 1666 299 Chambers 1141 LaFayette 1708 360 Silver Creek 1148 Warrens 1755 417 Lindale 1159 Noble 1766 470 Rome 1203 Pigeon Mtn Jctn 1783 484 West Rome 1222 Rock Springs 1795 542 Morrisons 1255 Chickamauga 1845 598 Berry Hill 1270 Lytle 1878 671 Buckhalter 1298 Missionary Ridge 1899 681 Lavender 1310 Rossville 1933 728 Sprite 1357 Chattanooga 1979 CHICKAMAUGA TO DURHAM Od 63 Hinkles 126 32 Lula Lake 104 Vulcan 144 56 Durham 172 LYERLY TO DEWEY 00 Alabama State Line 70 MACON TO COLUMBIA oo Ohio 230 Montezuma 484 37 Bliss 251 Oglethorpe 502 64 Ft Valley 283 Greens Mill 543 91 Masseys Lane 335 Andersonville 595 117 Marshallville 359 Arles 660 167 Winchester 386 Americus 700 208 Barron s Lane 431 Maddox 755 i6a CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAYContinued MACON TO COLUMBIAContinued Sumter 792 Dowell 1080 Commissary Hill 1374 Smithville 824 Lockett 1121 Arlington 1410 Adams 883 Walker 1163 Bancroft 1478 Leesburg 950 Dueker 1190 Peru 1502 Century 990 Holt 1243 Blakely 1541 Forrester 1008 Leary 1281 Hilton 1644 Newsom 1021 Williamsburg 1334 State Line near Albany 1055 Columbia Ala 1664 MACON TO COLUMBUS Macon 00 Ft Valley 283 Faschal 645 Wise 37 Nakomis 357 Geneva 700 Rutland 64 Beechwood 393 Juniper 736 Walden 91 Reynolds i 416 Box Springs 771 Echeconnee 117 Bonita 451 Upatoi 821 Byron 167 Pebble 469 Ordway 867 Powersville 208 Butler 500 Schatulga 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 Peagan 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 Ochillee 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 da Vesper 419 Columbus 638 Christopher 439 CUTHBERT TO FRT GAINES Cuthbert 00 Shanty No 28 77 Pecan 166 Cuthbert Junction 19 Coleman 100 Killen 200 Coles 39 Jones 155 Ft Gaines 215 SMITHVILLE TO GEORGETOWN Smithville 00 Shellman 244 Hatcher 501 Edwards 30 Pachitla 282 Wire Bridge 544 Bronwood 82 Cuthbert 348 Georgetown 579 Dawson 142 Cuthbert Junction 37 State Line near Graves 182 Springvale Morris 420 454 Eufaula Ala 591 164 CENTRAL OP GEORGIA RAILWAYContinued Macon 00 Mogul 45 Sand Pit 67 Van Buren 72 Morton 156 Gray 177 Bradleys 209 Wayside i 245 MACON TO ATHENS Bound Oak 280 Hillsboro 338 Adgateville 376 Minneta 425 Montieello 453 Machen 532 Shady Dale 540 Godfrey 610 Waring 662 Madison 726 Apalachee 819 Farmington 889 Bishop 920 Wtkinsville 957 Sidney 978 Whitehall 1008 Athens 1052 Gordon Ivey Stevens Pottery Carling Milledgeville Meriwether Dennis GORDON TO PORTERDALE 00 Meda 343 Broughton 38 Eatonton 379 Newborn 81 Willard 468 Mansfield 153 App olio 511 Hayston 169 Aikenton 526 Starrsville 247 Machen 558 Covington 293 Kelly 598 Porter dale Farrar 613 COLUMBUS TO RAYMOND Columbus 00 Hamilton 241 Harris Nankipooh 74 Tip Top 276 Greenville Fortson 110 Chipley 328 Allie Hines Crossing 130 Meriwether W S Primrose Mobley 150 Springs 370 Luthersville Cataula Kingsboro 162 202 Durand 400 Bexton Raymond BARNESVILLE TO THOMASTON Bamesville 00 Middlebrooks 50 The Bock Wilkinsons 30 Topeka Junction 65 Thomaston 645 670 695 715 752 807 863 451 495 549 585 632 671 729 85 165 SAVANNAH TO TYBEE PASSENGERClass E Four Cents per Mile FREIGHTSee table below BETWEEN SAVANNAH AND ANY STATION Pee 100 Lbs Per Bbl Per 100 Lbs Per Ton Pee Cae Load Per 100 Lbs Per Ton 2000 Lbs 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C D E F G H J K LM N O P R Coal Coke Ice Lime 50 45 40 30 25 20 20 20 15 12 20 25 10 2000 2000 O O O tH 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 163 165 CHARLESTON WESTERN CAROLINA RAILWAY Augusta 000 Martinez 808 Bon Air 677 Evans 1190 Sneadi 1429 ELBERTON Elberton 000 Bell Cauthan 600 Rivers Fortsonia 900 Norman EASTERN RAILWAY 1100 Malloryville 1300 Tignali 1600 1900 2200 Osierfield Thurman FITZGERALD OCILLA BROXTON RAILROAD 000 Winfield 480 Jowers 120 Hokesboro 710 Broxton 960 1410 FLEMINGTON HINESVILLE WESTERN RAILROAD Hmesville 000 Flemington 200 McIntosh 5 25 Martins 300 FLINT RIVER NORTHEASTERN Ticknor oOO Sale City J 810 Smiths Siding 200 Akridge 10 42 Terrace 433 Laneys n61 Hays Siding 596 Hinsonton 1370 RAILROAD Cotton Rogersville Spence Pelham 1635 1912 2100 2333 FLOVILLA INDIAN SPRINGS RAILWAY Hovilla oO Indian Springs 262 Gainesville Candler Klondike Belmont Talmo GAINESVILLE MIDLAND RAILWAY 000 Pendergrass 681 Holders 814 Jefferson 933 Arcade 1221 Red Stone 1507 Clarksboro 1807 Attica 2234 Oconee Heights 2564 Athens 2932 3085 3307 3704 4132 Belmont 000 Thurmack 350 Braseltons 700 Hoschton 839 MONROE BRANCH Sells 1200 Mulberry 1315 Winder 1728 Beddingfield 2192 Bethlehem 2192 Campton 2639 Walker Park 2919 Monroe 3200 GAINESVILLE NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD Gainesville 000 Brookton 1400 Yonah Clark 700 Clermont 1600 Nacooehee Autry 900 Meldean 2200 Helen Dewberry 1100 Cleveland f Asbestos 2600 3000 North Helen 3200 3400 3600 3700 166 Augusta Wheless Belair Grovetown Forrest Berzelia Campania Harlem Saw Dust Dearing Bonesville Thomson Mesena Camak Norwood GEORGIA RAILROAD AUGUSTA TO ATLANTA 12462 000 474 979 Wallace Barnett Ciawfordville 5794 6443 Hazlebrand Covington 12705 12994 13360 1504 1588 2064 2322 Robinson Union Point Greensboro 7609 8320 8552 Conyers Lithonia Redan 14040 14682 15034 15532 16037 16246 16476 16605 16673 16730 8932 Stone Mountain ZDO 2568 2886 3249 3733 4299 Swords Buekhead Madison Dorsey Rutledge 9163 9566 10330 10781 11221 Clarkston Seottdale 4 Decatur Oakhurst Sdng Kirkwood 4685 5055 Social Circle Atlanta 17076 Camak Warrenton Norris Mayfield Coleman Culverton Granite Hill Union Point Woodville Bairdstown Maxeys CAMAK TO MACON 2384 State Farm 358 Glenford 2812 3176 Browns Haddocks 1271 1734 1896 2170 3577 James Oconee Siding Milledgeville 4330 4529 Roberts Mogul i Macon 1 ATHENS BRANCH Arnoldsville 472 679 1248 XT 1 r 1888 Dunlap Hutcnings Crawford 2207 Winterville Athens 4788 5397 5825 6396 6860 7393 7898 2635 3030 3207 3906 Barnett Sharon WASHINGTON BRANCH 000 Hillman 707 413 Ficklin 971 Little River Washington 1151 1744 MONROE BRANCH Social Circle 000 Gresham 505 Monroe 1010 GEORGIA FLORIDA RAILWAY Augusta Keysville Brushy Creek St Clair Gough Yidette Rosier MeGruder Lawsons Crossing Midville AUGUSTA GA TO MADISON 00 Stevens Crossing 593 FLA Billvan 960 1008 259 Summertown Blu 649 Petross 1067 1093 1118 1154 1174 1216 1220 325 367 Modoc Swainsboro 681 724 803 Sharps Spur Alston Uvalda 449 Lombard 843 895 Charlotteville Brick Yard Pendeton Normantown 512 563 934 Halls Spur 1233 167 GEORGIA FLORIDA RAILWAY Continued AUGUSTA GA TO MADISON FLA Continued Hazlehurst 1290 Mora 1694 Ray City 2039 Roper 1340 0 Berry 1720 Barrett 2089 Goldsmith i 1365 May 1747 Seaford 2123 Brooker 1388 Towanda 1752 Bemiss 2146 Denton 1411 x Willacoochee 1770 Chapman 2176 Ellis 1441 Bannockburn 1816 Valdosta 2224 Lehigh 1451 Crenshaw 1848 Wisenbaker 2241 West Green 1489 Weber 1874 Macville 2259 Carelock 1524 Whites 1900 Dees 2279 Huffer 1540 Delta 1929 Briggston 2303 Broxton Junction 1584 Nashville 1944 High 2312 Douglas 1597 Sneed 1966 Clyattville 2327 Vickers 165 Allenville 2001 Olympia 2358 Bear Creek 1656 Luckie 2030 Smith Fla 2377 St Ilia 1672 Madison Fla 2504 MILLEN BRANCH Pendleton 00 Stillmore 124 Thrift 337 Penhoopee 08 Wade 193 36 5 Oak Park 40 Graymont 227 Emmalane 395 Ohoopee 63 Summitt 237 Harmony Junction 407 Kenfield 82 Hooks Crossing 267 Millen 441 Garfield 294 BROXTON BRANCH Douglas 00 Broxton 85 Sapps Still 154 Blystone 32 Cliatts 121 McLeans 173 Lotts 54 Pridgen 138 Dickeys Farm 183 MOULTRI ESPARKS BRANCH Nashville 00 Sparks 122 Ellenton 220 Cottle 45 Whitehurst 145 Pineboro 270 Cheek 60 Noia 168 Normans 291 Masee 70 Burney Hill 180 Kingwood 320 Barnesdale 82 Bayboro 208 Moultrie 342 ADEL BRANCH Sparks 00 Adel 22 GEORGIA COAST PIEDMONT RAILROAD Brunswick 000 Eulonia 3410 Beard Creek 7140 Freedman 950 Warsaw 3980 Alton 7300 Broadfield 1320 Tibet 4780 Glennville 7590 Darien 1860 Goosepond 5140 Kicklighter 7770 Ridge 2160 Brewer 5390 Lynn 7910 Inwood 2270 Ludowici 5690 Purvis 8110 Meridian 2530 Gill 6020 Bradleys 8290 Hudson 2620 Wefanie 6210 Tootle 8550 Valona 2760 Roderick 6430 Hughland 8710 Oak Hill 2880 Donald 6680 Reidsville 9150 Crescent 2980 Collins 9840 168 GEORGIA FLORIDA ALABAMA RAILWAY Richland Dixons I Kimbrough Barges Troutman Gore Benevolence Wades White House Cuthbert Randolph Carnegie 000 Moye 477 Edison 667 Turman 1137 Arlington 1283 Rowena 1590 124 Mile Post 1768 122 Mile Post 2014 Damascus 2314 Warrens Mill 2749 Corea 3551 Colquitt 3742 Nicholasville Babcock 3956 101 Mile Spur 4384 Eldorendo 4830 Ausmac 5377 Lynn 5790 Whites Mill 5931 West Bainbridge 6151 Bainbridge 6366 Bower 6632 Attapulgus 6844 Laingkat 7249 Florida State Line 7607 Tallahassee 7767 8192 8234 8541 8714 8934 9224 9327 10115 10553 10766 10996 13363 GEORGIA NORTHERN RAILWAY Boston Spengler 4Ms Mile Post Oaklawn 7 Mile Post Barwick Hollis Pavo Shelly lone 000 Autreyville 272 22 Mile Post 450 Mauzy 541 Moultrie 700 Blasingame 843 Schley 1056 Sigsbee 1300 Doerun 1562 Ticknor 1700 Pritchett Bridgeboro 2040 McPhaul 2200 Gantt 2343 Underwood 2858 Nelms 3293 Ramsey 3363 Peean City 3700 Strom 4151 Darrow 4300 Shackelford 4566 Albany 4839 5000 5138 5400 5565 5700 5900 6122 6400 6550 6744 GEORGIA SOUTHERN FLORIDA RAILWAY Macon 00 Macon Yard 127 Sofkee 786 Avondale 1061 Elberta 1300 Wellston 1 1598 Bonaire 2129 Kathleen 2484 Tivola 2898 Grovania 3491 Elko 3839 Unadilla 4391 Pinehurst 4879 Findlay 5168 Vienna 5615 Richwood 5945 Cordele 6451 Wenona 6918 Arabi 7444 Sibley 7754 Dakota 7922 Macon 000 Valdosta 15163 Worth 8146 Ashbum 8477 Sycamore 8737 Inaha 9161 Cycloneta 9525 Chula 9813 Little Penn 10100 Tifton 10521 Eldorado 11191 Lenox 11806 Osgood 12038 LaConte 12300 Sparks 12554 Adel 12769 Cecil 13422 Hahira 13814 Mineola 14426 Valdosta 15163 Blanton 16118 Howell 16497 Mayday 16759 B DIVISION Dasher 15756 Lake Park 16343 Haylow 17373 Fruitland 17686 Thelma 17867 Headlight 18558 Colon 19234 Fargo 19842 Edith 19900 Council 20436 Ewing 20568 Eddy Fla21617 Baxter Fla 22263 Moniac Ga 22316 St George Ga 23480 Kent FlaI 23903 Crawford 24412 Keens 24700 Plummer 25039 Kingsgrove 25425 Hoyt 25663 Grand Crossing 25817 Jacksonville Fla 26178 Melrose 16720 Palatka Fla 28600 169 GEORGIA SOUTHWESTERN GULF RAILROAD Cordele 000 Warwick 1282 Chehaw Milldale 638 Oakfield 1753 BeW s 2437 27 53 Baines 761 Starr Farm 1928 Stocks 28 84 Marshall 976 Philema 2071 Albany 3573 GREENE COUNTY RAILROAD Apalachee 000 Embee 1000 Pannel 1685 Bostwick 615 Good Hope 1280 Monroe 1965 HARTWELL RAILWAY Bowersville 1010 HAWKINSVILLE FLORIDA SOUTHERN RAILWAY Hawkinsville 000 Felder 3354 Gorday 6791 Tippetts 336 Ambov 3639 Alfords 70 41 Wallace 698 Worth 72 41 Millerville 900 Ashbum 4563 Livingston 7390 Finleyson 1185 Josella 4878 Brid gehre 76 25 Pineview 530 Hobby 5101 Lester 81 27 Pope City 1788 Coverdale 5280 Eaean 33 53 MeCall 2288 Terrell 86 14 Pitts 2500 Shingler 5824 Duffee 8Q f0 Bush 2886 Sylvester 6327 Adelaide Q1 30 Double Run 3116 Camilla 9561 HAWKINSVILLE WESTERN RAILROAD Hawkinsville 000 Browndale 800 Duncan 1800 Coates 500 Garnett 1100 Perry 2300 Grovania 1400 LAWRENCEVILLE BRANCH RAILROAD Lawrenceville 000 Huff Suwanee 961 LEXINGTON TERMINAL RAILROAD Lexington 000 Crawford 376 LOUISVILLE NASHVILLE RAILROAD BETWEEN MARIETTA AND KNOXVILLE Marietta 000 Univeter 2005 Tate 4148 Elizabeth 195 Canton 2365 Jasper 4643 Oakhurst 373 Keithsburg 2905 Westbrook 4872 Blackwells 729 Gober 3253 Talking Eock 5279 Woodstock 1208 Bannister 3303 Carns Mill 5477 Toonigh 1587 Ball Ground 3524 Whitestone 5708 Holly Springs 1803 Nelson 3873 Talona 5994 170 BETWEEN LOUISVILLE NASHVILLE RAILROAD Continued MARIETTA AND KNOXVILLEContinued SLog Etowah Tenn14354 Knoxville Tenn 20364 Tioga Ellijay 6711 Northcutt 7099 White Path 7276 Blue Ridge 8245 Atlanta ATLANTA TO KNOXVILLE VIA CARTERSVILLE Eton 9632 Crandall 9941 Rydal Bolivar Blue Ridge Mineral Bluff 000 Fairmount 6807 7259 41 04k 7714 5678 6064 6371 Coniston Ramhurst Chatsworth 8249 8692 9228 murphy BRANCH 000 Sweet Gum 1158 469 Cisco 10539 Etowah Tenn13650 Knoxville Tenn 19660 2527 CRANDALL BRANCH Crandall I 000 Grassy Mountain 112 1 LOUISVILLE WADLEY RAILROAD Wadley 000 Aldreds i 670 Louiille Moxley 470 1000 Sofkee 000 Tinley 215 Skipperton 380 Hardy TO Lizella 1270 Montpelier 1744 Moran 2018 MACON BIRMINGHAM RAILVAY rvas 2454 Woodhury 6712 Cullo den 3092 Snelson 7217 Yatesville 3552 Upson 4165 Blacks 4353 Thomaston 4892 Crest 5748 Thunder 6175 Harris 7537 Odessadale 8272 Mountville 8692 Robertson 9149 LaGrange 9687 MACON DUBLIN SAVANNAH RAILROAD Macon 000 Danville 3121 Swift Creek 604 I II5S Winthrop I Montrose Peak 1244 Haskins 399U Dudley 4244 Pikes Fitzpatrick j 1550 wmake 4527 jeffersoiivm2285 Moores 4821 Kibbee 2756 Saxonia 000 Clifford 231 Union 394 Willham 644 Dublin 5350 midland railway Pineora 835 Sheffield H87 Wilkins 1708 Foy Island 1818 Catlin 5908 Minter 6306 Rockledge 6804 Orland 6976 Soperton 7620 Tarrytown 8079 Kibbee 8400 Vidalia 9226 River Road 2173 Eeeland 2494 Browns Spur 2664 Mill Creek 2876 171 Mikells Spur Statesboro Colfax Bland MIDLAND RAILWAYContinued 3260 Portal 4692 Garfield 5992 6492 3492 Aaron 5192 Canooehee 3992 Miley 5592 Matlee 6992 7392 4392 Stevens Crossing MILLTOWN AIR LINE RAILWAY Naylor 000 01dlot 500 Darsey 7 00 Carters 400 Milltown loioo MILSTEAD RAILWAY Conyers 00 Milstead 29 OCILLA PINEBLOOM VALDOSTA RAILWAY Pinebloom 000 G F Depot 113 Metts Siding 500 Willachoochee 100 Louthers Still 288 Gaskins Still 813 OCILLA 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 Van 5068 Alapaha 1280 Frank 3240 Salem 5270 Fletchers 1380 Barnes 3440 Talmadge 5472 Lucy Lake 1650 Dorminey 3540 Owensboro 5666 Barrineau 1820 Rochelle 6225 OCILLA TO IRWINVILLE Ocilla 000 Paulk 339 Irwinville 971 Mystic 599 Lumber City McRae Siding Fisher Siding Pays Siding OCMULGEE VALLEY RAILWAY 000 McLean Siding 860 Bland Station 1450 400 Spiveys Switch 1050 Hattenville 1570 560 Harrison 1350 Dopsons Mill 1760 720 Jacksonville 2100 PELHAM HAVANA RAILROAD Cairo 00 Cranford 63 Maxwell 125 Gradyville 32 Booth 82 Calvary 153 Reno 105 172 REGISTER GLENNVILLE RAILWAY Register New Hope Dink Adabelle Undine Brookland 000 215 350 600 1123 1350 Hagan Claxton Winburn Dean Jennie 1750 199 1868 2300 2625 Moody Easterling Coe Birdford Glenn ville 2700 2825 3025 322P 3550 ROME NORTHERN RAILROAD Rome 000 Armuchee 931 Storys Mill 1474 West Rome Yard 132 Thomas 1076 Shackelton 1702 Gammon 433 Crystal Springs 1334 Gore 1877 Brayton 675 SANDERSVILLE RAILROAD Sandersville 000 Tennille 390 SAVANNAH NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY Savannah 000 Ardmore 3580 Bascom 6480 Pipemaker 520 Kildare 3870 Hiltonia 6740 Newtonville 740 Leola 4120 Millhaven 7160 Godleys 890 Newington 4360 Murryhill 7540 Keller 1070 EurekaSprings 4560 Sardis 7740 Coldbrook 1460 Shepards 4760 Bill Davis 8200 Blandford 1770 Hunters 4890 Alexander 8540 Rahn 2120 White Hill 5090 Old Church 9000 Springfield 2460 Kitson 5360 Waynesboro 9600 Bethel 2860 Waters 5540 Elmore 10020 Lorenzo 3070 Sylvania 5740 Leroy 10430 Shawnee 3390 Lewis 6210 St Clair 10860 SAVANNAH SOUTHERN RAILWAY Lanier 00 Bula 43 Strambay 122 Norden 22 Hayman 68 Willie 148 Letf ord 93 LETFORD TO SPIERS Letford 00 Spiers 37 SAVANNAH STATESBORO RAILWAY Cuyler 000 Hubert 1238 Brooklet Blichton 418 Stilson 1615 Grimshaw Eldora 653 Arcola 1940 Pretoria Olney Ivanhoe 853 Truekers 1059 2100 Statesboro 2400 2640 2834 3260 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 O 14170 173 AIR LINE RAILWAYContinued COLUMBUS TO ALBANY SEABOARD Columbus 000 Esquiline 520 Masseys 800 Oehillee 1100 Hurley 1350 Durkins 1600 Cusseta v 1850 Manta 2250 Renfroe 2800 Brooklyn 3230 Alstons 3700 Richland 3900 Saville 4400 Kimbroughs 4500 Weston 4810 Leveretts 5180 Chambliss 5410 Parrott 5640 Yoemans 6150 Dawson 6550 Mercer 6770 Sasser 7250 Stevens 7500 Armena A 7700 Saline 7800 Palmyra 8250 Vasons 8400 Albany 8800 Abbeville 000 Cortez 4io Browning 570 ABBEVILLE TO OCILLA Forest Glen 930 Bowens Mill 1240 Queenland 1580 Lulaville 1760 Fitzgerald 2180 Whitley 2680 Ocilla 3080 Atlanta 000 Howells Transfer 300 Deerland 560 Armour 670 Mina 710 Wallace Mill 910 Belt Junction 1110 North Decatur 1120 Montreal 1530 Tucker 1800 Lilburn 2360 Luxomni 2520 ATLANTA TO CALHOUN Glouster Lawrenceville Dacula Auburn Carl Winder Russels New Timothy Statham Bogart Cleveland McElroy Athens FALLS S C 2860 Hull 7920 3450 Colbert 8410 4050 Comer 8960 4510 Berkeley 9520 4620 Deadwylers 9820 5160 Oglesby 9970 5290 Ethridge 10290 5620 Elberton 10730 5950 Middleton 11310 6350 Pearl 11620 6720 Heardmont v 11750 6880 Calhoun Falls S C 12410 7290 ATLANTA TO BiAmiNGHAM Howells 000 Edna 526 Rice 951 Floyd 1141 Powder Springs 1712 Hiram 2184 Dallas 2745 Alexander 3050 Hanlin 3353 Divide 3782 Rockmart 4364 Fish 4877 Grady 5052 Cedartown 5645 Akes 6119 Esom 6590 Birmingham Ala 18th St 16298 Rockmart Aragon Portland Deatons ROCKMART TO CARTERSV1LLE 000 Taylorsville 899 Browns 403 McGinnis 1127 Ladds 480 Stilesboro 1353 Cartersville 672Shelman 1587 1683 1944 2282 LOGANSV1LLE LAWRENCEVILLE BRANCH Lawrenceville 000 Grayson 530 Logansville 1033 t SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAYContinued SAVANNAH TO FLORIDA STATE LINE Savannah 000 9 10 Briekstone Warsaw Burroughs 1100 1520 Townsend Cox Belfast 2020 Altamaha Limeriek 2380 Everett Dorchester 2690 Ford Riceboro 3150 Thalman Jon es 3880 Bladen 399ffHayner 4193 Glencoe 4580 Waverly 5220 White Oak 5370 Woodbine 5850Colesburg 6370Seals 6590 Kingsland 6940 Jacksonville Fla 7470 7690 7980 8360 8810 9120 9490 9990 13720 Savannah Williams Watley Ottawa Meldrim Cuyler Arden Ellabelle Lanier Norden Pembroke r Reka Groveland Palaky Daisy Claxton Hagan Bellville Manassas Collins Danton Ohoopee Lyons Staeers GEORGIA AND ALABAMA 000 Vidalia 7984 Penia 16314 970 Higgston 8354 Cordele 16814 1200 McGreggor 8734 Coney 17424 1250 Ailey 8984 Daphne 17660 1730 Mt Vernon 9164 Flintside 17860 1983 Ochwalkee 9464 Cobb 18054 2178 Glenwood 9644 DeSoto 18524 2394 Stuckey 10074 Leslie 18654 2680 Alamo 10354 Parkers 18860 2894 Brick 10724 Huntington 19124 3200 McRae 11320 Gatewood 19520 3527 Helena 11364 Americus 19864 3923 Aults 11860 New Point 20330 4140 Milan 12394 Salters 20760 4471 Calvin 12860 Plains 20894 4884 Rhine 13264 Wise 21430 5064 Copeland 13500 Preston 21894 5306 5578 6115 Abbeville 13904 14430 Richland Randalls 22704 23100 Rochelle 14824 Lumpkin 23584 6345 Pitts 15334 Louvale 24334 6830 Seville 15714 Union 24754 7464 7564 Listonia 16060 Omaha Montgomery 25454 Ala 33760 SHEARWOOD RAILWAY Leeland Moore s Brooklet Siding 000 Alderman 300 Watersville 500 Davis 800 Denmark 900 Harville 1100 Nevils 1300 1400 1500 SMITHONIA DUNLAP RAILROA Dunlap 000 Smithonia 615 SMITHONIA DANIELSVILLE CARNESVILLE RAILROAD Smithonia 000 Colbert 175 SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY ATLANTA TO CHATTANOOGA Atlanta 00 Peyton 71 Chattahoochee 79 Oakdale 93 Niekajaek 123 Mableton 151 Austell 183 Powder Springs 231 Hiram 282 Dallas 342 McPherson 398 Braswell 448 Beatty s Switch 472 Rockmart 512 Aragon 545 Long 551 Ravenel 563 Seney 591 Byrd I 608 Brice 623 Chambers 668 Silver Creek 676 Lindaje 690 Atlanta Junction 708 Rome 731 Forrestville 748 Berwin 779 Bauxite 793 Shannon 819 Pinson 834 Plainville 867 Reeves 909 Oostanaula 924 Sugar Valley 977 Hill City 1005 Carbondale 1039 Phelps 1079 Dalton 1129 Waring 1181 Varnell 1221 Cohutta 1263 Chattanooga 1530 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 Rica 381 West 603 N ickajack 123 Temple 443 Tallapoosa 636 Mableton 151 Morgan 481 Hooper s Tank 678 Austell 183 Birmingham 1673 ATLANTA TO FORT VALLEY Atlanta 00 Woolsey 307 Culloden 757 Roseland 28 Lowry 342 Mussella 823 Sawtell 38 Vaughn 366 Bonds Spur 873 Schoen 41 Zetella 398 Roberta 884 Cornell 53 Williamson 442 Hammett 931 Haasville 84 Zebulon 504 Gaillard 943 Thames 110 Meansville 549 Rollo 953 Riverdale 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 Sages Sand Pit 963 Kenwood 190 tower Spur 658 Zenith 980 Fayetteville 237 Rest 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 Gentian 59 Col Quarry Track 96 Flat Rock 103 Midland 137 Ellerslie 182 Ossahatchie 199 Byrds Spur 207 Waverly Hall 235 Oak Mountain 280 Shiloh 338 Pinedale 369 Nebula 376 Strannahan Spur 387 Warm Springs 420 Raleigh 462 Woodbury 510 Molena 564 Neal 591 Concord 635 Joily 671 Reidsboro 684 Williamson 718 Rover 742 Central Coal Spur 753 Griffin 794 Towalaga 874 Luella 910 Greenwood 944 McDonough 979 SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANYContinued ATLANTA TO SOUTH CAROLINA LINE Atlanta 00 Armour 59 Crosskeys 107 Chamblee 134 Draville 147 Norcross 194 Pittman 226 Duluth 258 Suwanee 307 Buford 371 Flowery Branch 438 Oakwood 475 Gainesville 532 New Holland 551 White Sulphur 591 Lula 666 Bellton 666 Yonah 699 Sanitorium 722 Alto 738 Baldwin 765 Cornelia 779 Mt Airy 798 Ayersville 866 Currahee 901 Toccoa 931 Deercourt 984 ATLANTA TO BRUNSWICK Atlanta 00 Boseland 28 Constitution 59 Henrico 77 Conley 94 Ellenwood 126 Bex 144 Stockbridge 185 Mahers Quarry 200 Tunis 223 Flippen 24x0 McDonough 280 Locust Grove 352 Jenkinsburg 401 Jackson 455 Central Ga Power Co Connection 472 Flovilla 505 Cork 538 Berner 595 Juliette 640 Polhill 673 Macon Stone Supply Co Track 682 Dames Ferry 716 Popes Ferry 740 Holton 789 Virgin 822 Macon 872 Reids 968 Phillips 983 Bullard 1035 Adams Park 1075 Ettrick 1095 Westlake 1136 Ainslie 1161 Newberry 1183 MeGriff 1202 Coley 1222 Cochran 1262 Empire 1319 Dubois 1349 Gresston 1365 Eastman 1448 Godwinsville 1499 Chauncey 1546 Suomi 1559 Achord 1602 Helena 1634 McRae 1648 Scotland 1698 Towns 1748 Wilcox 1795 Lowery 1803 Lumber City 1816 Ocmulgee 1829 Hazlehurst 1889 Johnsonville 1940 Graham 1952 Pine Grove 1985 Prentiss 2016 Baxley 2048 Wheaton 2087 Surrency 2143 Brentwood 2192 Odum 2252 Burnett 2263 Nesbit 2301 Drawdy 2322 Jesup 2348 Whaleys 2375 Odessa 2397 Gardi 2414 Bennetts Still 2424 Pendarvis 2446 Grangerville 2470 Mount Pleasant 2516 Everett 2553 Belle Vista 2578 Zuta 2613 Walbirg 2631 Sterling 2654 Gignlatt 2686 Brunswick 2745 Toccoa 00 Hays Crossing 47 Eastanollee 72 Avalon 111 Martin 121 Athens 00 Center 73 Nicholson 115 TOCCOAELBERTON Lavonia 185 Bowersville 240 Canon 264 Boyston 308 Vanna 352 Bowman met 383 ATHENS BRANCH Commerce 184 Wilsons Church 209 Harper 409 Hard Cash 421 Dewy Bose 439 Goss 464 Elberton 506 Mays ville 258 Gills ville 317 Lula i 390 177 SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANYContinued CLEVELAND AND COHUTTA BRANCH Cleveland Tenn 00 Marble Switch 87 Red Clay 127 Blue Springs 58 Weatherly 109 Cohutta 148 HAWKINSVILLE BRANCH Cochran 00 Mobley 53 Hawkinsville 103 ROSWELL BRANCH Chamblee 00 Dunwoody 53 Roswell 98 Morgan Junction 59 ATTALLA AND ROME 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 Riea x 00 V C C Cos Mines 29 SOUTH GEORGIA RAILWAY Adel 000 Morven 1570 Quitman 2760 Pine Valley 400 Kennedy 1780 Roundtree 2950 Greggs 630 Studstill 1990 Baden 3220 Barney 1080 Spain 2100 Empress 3540 Marchman 1380 Fodie 2250 Florida State Line 3740 STATENVILLE RAILWAY Statenville 000 Mercer 500 Christian 900 Bohannon 400 Touchton 700 Haylow 1400 SYLVANIA CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY Sylvania 00 Zeigler 55 Thomasboro 98 Waters 17 Woodcliff 78 Rocky Ford 145 TALBOTTON RAILROAD Talbotton 000 Paschal 663 178 TALLULAH FALLS RAILWAY Cornelia Demorest Habersham Clarksville Hills Annandale Hollywood 000 438 602 731 888 1074 1298 Turnerville Tallulah Park Tallulah Lodge Tallulah Falls Joy Mathis 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 Kensington 219 Menlo 462 Cravens 17 Archer 230 Chesterfield 500 Alton Park 35 Estelle 242 Jamestown 552 Woodburn Ga 63 Owl Hollow 248 Blanche 575 Rock Creek 78 Marsh 273 Taff 596 Flintstone 84 Hillsdale 281 Loop 612 Moonsboro 92 Bronco 315 Congo 632 Eagle Cliff 99 Sharpe 332 Little River 652 Cenchat 111 McConnellsville 350 Benjamin 675 Costello 127 Hawkins 357 Blue Pond 68 High Point 142 Harrisburg 372 Bristow 734 Kendrick 154 Teloga 396 Wilsonia 834 Cooper Heights 183 Chelsea 427 Citico 850 Cassandra 200 Gadsden Ala 917 UNION POINT WHITE PLAINS RAILROAD Union Point 1 000 Dolvins 446 Jerralls Crossing 1165 White Plains Jet 159 Siloam 649 White Plains 1356 VALDOSTA MOULTRIE WESTERN RAILROAD Valdosta 000 Masons 1500 Troy 3040 Troupville 620 Morven 1730 Weldon 3330 Cates 870 Scruggs 2200 Evelyn 3570 Golden 1100 Joyce 2350 Georgia Nor Jctn 4000 Tillman 1270 Simpson 2500 Moultrie 4180 Berlin 2850 WADLEY SOUTHERN RAILWAY WADLEY TO COLLINS Wadley 000 Dellwood 1417 Aline 3960 Creek Junction 080 Swainsboro 1970 Corsiea 4065 Greenway 455 Gary 2275 Cobbtown 4535 Blundale 832 McLeod 2622 Jarrells 4920 Dates 1261 Dewberry 2890 Collins 5266 Stillmore 3308 WADLEY TO ROCKLEDGE Wadley 000 Tom 1278 Odomville 2450 Creek Junction 080 Kite 1466 Adrian 2738 French 452 Hodo 1700 Rixville 2904 Pinetucky 607 Meeks 2053 Burts 3023 Maynard 750 Ethel 2216 Orianna 3300 Ennis 1036 Rockledge 3685 179 Hebardville Way cross Grundy Waycross Durango Pine Valley India Crews WAYCROSS AND SOUTHERN RAILROAD 000 Lavinia 800 Moneta 1000 Walker 1200 Hopkins 1500 200 Fredel 1 UU 500 Atwood Olive WAYCROSS WESTERN RAILROAD 000 Kineva 1600 Diekerson 1800 Duveton 2100 Sirmans 2300 New Grade 2500 Milltown 2700 on nn 600 Hinson 900 1000 1300 Cogdell Sandy Bottom Mexico 3100 3775 4120 Harley 4450 WESTERN ATLANTIC RAILROAD Atlanta 000 Simpson Street 095 Howells 299 Bolton 683 Gilmore 947 Vinings 1112 Smyrna i 1498 Marietta 2042 Elizabeth 2178 Noonday 2615 Kennesaw 2866 Lena 3202 Aeworth 3459 Hugo 3902 Allatoona 4006 Bartow 4228 Emerson 4300 Etowah 4586 Cartersville 4760 Junta 4811 Rogers 5090 Cass 5237 Bests 5549 Kingston 5868 Cement 6055 Halls 6364 Adairsville 6850 McDaniels 7472 Calhoun 7805 Resaca 8397 Tilton 9030 Dalton 9910 Rocky Face 10385 Tunnell Hill 10682 Catoosa 11300 Ringgold 11453 Graysville 12028 Chickamauga Tenn 12601 Boyce 13201 Chattanooga 13680 Kingston 000 Wooleys 303 ROME BRANCH Eves 719 Dykes 1126 Freeman 1245 Brick Yard 1550 Rome 1810 WRIGHTSVILLE TENNILLE RAILROAD Tennille Lindseys Peacocks Harrison Donovan Wrightsville Idylwild Meadows Lovett Dublin Southwestern Junction Cheeks Still Iingle 000 Manning 2551 382 Brewtou 2786 582 Condor 3233 945 Dublin 3627 1331 Southwestern June 1654 tion 38 40 1932 Harlow 4165 2149 Vincent 4363 2378 Springhaven 4620 SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION 000 Mayberry 850 Rentz 1055 1 000 Cadwell 1493 333 Batson 1751 517 Dexter Alcorns Chester Yonkers Roddy Empire Baileys Park Sparrows Spur Hawkinsville Petway Leon Plainfield Eastman 4826 5188 5457 5875 6110 6418 6775 6996 7506 1879 1975 2057 2334 2854 Rules and Orders of Commission RELATING TO TARIFFS and CLASSIFICATIONS GOVERNING EXPRESS COMPANIES 182 Rates of Commission are maximum rates Duty to accept and transport shipments Routing shipments Tariffs changes in posting etc Aggregating weights RULE NO 1 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 al matter received Shippers must be requested to state nature of the shipment and declare the value thereof which value when given must be inserted m 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 statiohg 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 183 local address must be charged for on the aggregate weight as if in one package provided hpwever that when such shipments average less than 10 pounds per package charges shall be 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 f 6aCh 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 Weeights RULE NO 7 The rates governed by this Classification are based upon a value of not ex ceedmg 5000 on each shipment of 1Q0 lbs or less and not exceeding 5 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 un ess a greater value is declared at time of shipment and the declared value m excess of the value above specified is paid for or agreed to be paid for under the schedule of charges for excess value en 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 uGciaroci These rates apply only to shipments of merchandise jewelry and valuable papers Valuation charges RULE NO 8 In the event of nondelivery of a shipment arising out of loss or destruction n t f of a shipment the express company shall immediately give written notice notify shipthereof to both consignee if known and the consignor if known In the event Signed of nondelivery of a shipment by reason of consignees refusal to accept it of 8Si written notice thereof must immediately be given to the consignor at desti delivery nation Prompt return of C 0 D collections At points where delivery service is not maintained agent must at once give consignee notice of arrival either personally or by mail 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 he 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 he 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 unless the publication 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 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 185 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 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 be given by filing a telegram to that effect with a telegraph company doing a commercial telegraph business between points of origin and destination prqvided 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 uhder 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 M 186 GEORGIA EXPRESS RATES The Railroad Commission of Georgia has within the past two years revised or remodeled 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 now effective 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 RAILROAD 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 187 than one railroad additional charges snail be allowed Bnder the proposed method the express company is the transportation unit and 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 File 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 188 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 be 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 189 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 that the delivery limits comprehend the corporate limits of the place naiped 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 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 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 190 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 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 ht 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 ubblocks 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 191 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 ratesand 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 yea such data as will enable the Commission to make such further changes as might be necessary at that time Prided 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 traffic 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 the tariffs 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 Candleb Secretary Chairman Express Rates on these commodities to be constructed on basis of sixty 60 Per cent of the FirstClass Express Rates 192 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 31 1914 the Railroad Commission of Georgia issued the following order Whereas under date of June 9 1914 the Railroad Commission oJ 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 be made without the express authorization and approval of the Railroad Commission of Georgia Ordered further That within thirty days from the date hereof ail 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 regulations 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 be 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 be 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 193 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 1 2 3 4 5 6 to 8 9 to 15 Subblock haul Scale Inc 0 or 5f0c per 100 lbs 0 50c per 100 lbs 1 55c per 100 lbs 2 60c per 100 lbs 5 75c per 100 lbs 7 85c per 100 lbs 11 105c per 10 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 Ordered further That the following points in Georgia shall be relocated in subblocks as follows Present Location Proposed Location Block Subblock Block Subblock Auburn Ga Carl Ga j 1542 N 1642 A Clito Ga 1744 K 1744 I Douglasville Ga Helen Ga 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 Candles Secretary Chairman 194 Office of the RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Atlanta January 11 1916 File 9462 In Re Revision in Georgia Express Rates Whereas under date of August 12 1914 the Railroad Commission of Georgia issued an order directing the Southern Express Co to make effective on Georgia intrastate express traffic the then interstate commission plan and schedule of first and second class rates together with certain modifications thereof and Whereas subsequent to said date July 14 1915 the Interstate Commerce Commission has issued a supplemental order granting the express companies authority to modify its graduate tables however making no change in the rates applicable per hundred pounds and Whereas practically all Southern States have adopted the modified graduate and Whereas uniformity is much to be desired if possible to obtain without putting an unjust burden upon the Georgia express shippers it is now Ordered That the Southern Express Company be authorized to make effective February 1st 1916 on Georgia intrastate traffic said Interstate Commerce Commission modified graduate scale of 1st and 2nd class rates respectively with modifications and exceptions to commodity lists as provided in the orders of the Railroad Commission of Georgia dated July 31st and August 12th 1914 Ordered further That the following list of commodities be added to the group taking sixty per cent of first class rate Asparagus Cauliflower Lettuce Okra Parsley Pepper Plums Spinach Bananas Carrots Celery Eggplant Grapefruit Kumquats Lemons Limes Melons NOS boxed or Oranges Parsnips crated Pineapples Radishes Squash Tangerines By order of the Commission Campbell Wallace Secretary C M Candler Chairman 195 RULES GOVERNING APPLICATIONS FOR APPROVAL OF STOCK AND BOND ISSUES RULE 11 All applications shall be by written petition verified by the president or 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 outsideof 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 company 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 giying 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 Application must be sworn to What applications must shown Applications by roads not built Financial statement 196 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 that the capitalization and proposed capitalization of said company is lawful and legitimate and dees 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 repeatedin 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 in issue and a tabulated statement of bonds or notes which the corporation desires to issue th 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 issu 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 frdm 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 thq 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 197 7el1 aS tatment 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 franchisesS have been issued or used in capitalizing any franchise or any right to own oper ate or enjoy any franchise or any contract for consolidation or lease or for serv SJSSffiyS beh TITor a bMms t0 or shall state the amount and character thereof and the fran chise 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 n conso i ation of two or more other corporations the petition shall contain a o merser mMt S th prPertles to 6 consolidated and a complete state rof the corp s I RULE 10 Attached to said petition must be a certified copy of the charter if granted by nubllsheZ r aCC1rate fatl0n3 t0 3 it to found in the wSTifar published laws or a copy of the petition filed with the Secretary of State or tered by gen courtTi and a Cfflcate of incorporation issued by the Secretaryof 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 p y 8 or RULE It Said petition shall set out in detail all acts done by said corporation in oho 0 seue rSho r ST PllCabl6 t Such desired a O increase ot cpeT mmrn nf hT S S sba11 fully and amatively show that all require wlth ments of the laws of Georgia have been fully complied with RULE 12 Said petition shall state fully the method and instrumentalities proposed for jcarrrtns tntq efleet with safety to the petitioners and the publie the purposes B adad for comPlying with all conditions imposed by law or by the Commis report sion 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 nif ing thereon and shall give to the applicant not less than ten days notice thereof f0 commis sion 198 Notice of Hearing Applicant to produce witnesses All proceeds must be used for purposes approved either personally or by mail the applicant shall publish a notice of the applies tTocand the time and place of tie Hearing in Buch newspapers and at BCcb times as the Commission shall direct The Commission may prescribe term and contents of such publication The Commission may at the request o the applicantTor on its own motion prescribe a shorter notice for modify its directions for publication accordingly At the hearing the aPPlica shall produce such witnesses and furnish such books papers documentsan contracts as the Commission shall at any time before final decision on the applh cation require and must establish to the satisfaction of the Commission that the proposed issn of stocks bonds notes or other evidence of indebtedness for the benefit of the public service and is otherwise lawful RULE 14 On the conclusibn of the hearing or so soon thereafter ascircumstances permit the Commission will make up its opinion and frame its orer up 1 facts appearing in each instance and the law applicable thereto Each applies tion will be kept open qnd 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 wh authorized by the Commission and the proceeds of the same must be used for the purpose or purposes authorized and for none other under pam of the pe alties in such case provided by law 199 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 Duties of to preserve strict order to procure at all times the correct meaning and sense chairmanof 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 intoN 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 viceihe Chairman Chairman Duties of Rate Expert Commissioners to resrve opinions until executive session Standing Committees 200 RULE 4 It shall be the duty of the Rate Expert to keep himself fully informed touching rate conditions and rate problems as existing and as new conditions arise or changes occur or are proposed from time to time and to keep or cause to be kept a file or files as complete and up to date as is practicable of all rates add rate sheets arranged in best and easiest form for correct and ready reference and to submit all needful views and recommendatipns on such conditions and problems or questions as may be referred to him from time to time or on bis own suggestion as may be in his judgment needful for the public interest or for the interest of parties concerned It shall be his duty to furnish to the Commission expert information and advice on all matters brought before it involving rates and to attend for that purpose all the hearings where any question of rates is or may be involved He shall perform such other duties touching general or special work of the Commission whether pertaining to his own or any other department as may be required by the Commission or by law The assistant in his department shall be under his direction for the due performance of his duties as such subject to the direction of the Commission RULE 5 Every member of the Board will in all cases reserve his opinion and in no way commit himself in advance touching the merits of any matter or question to be passed upon by the Board or that should be dealt with by it until the facts and evidence is all submitted and the Board considers the same m executive session In all matters which relate to the making of rates and whic 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 to 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 201 RULE 7 It shall be the duty of the Secretary to record all proceedings of the Board In the hook 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 hours1 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 Duties of Secretary Office hours Quorum Official Orders Order of business MM fl 22 Parliamentary rules 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 Rules may be altered RULE 12 These rules and regulations may be altered or amended at any time by a vote of a majority of the Board provided notice of proposed alteration or amendment shall have been given at the last preceding regular meeting of the Board Or the same may be altered or amended at any regular meeting of a full Board by unanimous vote without any previous notice Matters not covered by rules 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 Attorney to Commision RULE 14 The Attorney to the Railroad Commission shall have charge of all litigation to which the Board may be a party or in which the Commission is concerned acting or being associated with the Attorneygeneral in special cases or matters provided by law Said Attorney shall be the legal advisor and counsel of the Commission in all matters of special legal knowledge or skill when called on or needed for the correct conduct of the business of the Commission 203 OPINIONS OF SPEGIAL ATTORNEY INTERPRETATION OF COMMISSIONS FREIGHT RULE NO 33 Railroad Commission of Georgia Office of Special Attorney to Commission Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga Atlanta April 24 1915 File 11484 Gentlemen The letter of your Rate Expert of 31st ult came duly to hand From this letter it appears that in 1911 there moved from Cassandra Georgia a local station on the Tennessee Alabama Georgia Railroad a carload of cedar poles consigned to Atlanta Georgia There is physical connection as well as a reasonable route from Cassandra to Atlanta through Cenchat Ga where the Tennessee Alabama Georgia Railroad has connection with the Central of Georgia Railway The rate by this latter route is 8 cents per hundred pounds This shipment moved through Chattanooga by the Nashville Chattanooga St Louis Railway to Atlanta being an interstate route The route to Cenchat Ga is an intrastate route The rate by the interstate route is 11 cents per hundred pounds I note that you wish my opinion upon certain questions involved in this transaction 1st Under Sectton d of Conference Ruling 214 is it necessary for claims for misrouting to he submitted to the Interstate Commerce Commission for authority to refund on the basis of the rate lawfully in effect via the intrastate route where shipments move interstate Section D of Conference Ruling 214 provides if a carriers agent misroutes a shipment and thus causes extra expense to the shipper over and above the lawful charges via another available route of the class designated by the shipper that is all rail or rail and waterover which such agent had applicable rates which he could lawfully use and responsibility for agents error is admitted by the carrier such carrier may as to shipments moving subsequent to March 18 1907 adjust the overcharge so caused by refunding to shipper the difference between the lawful charges via the route over which shipment moves and what would have been the lawful charges on same shipment at the same time via the cheaper available route of the class designated which could have been lawfully used 204 In my opinion Conference Ruling 214 d does not apply to the facts of this case The authority given in this ruling is limited strictly to the cases specified and to the circumstances recited Before this authority can be exercised the shipper must designate the route over which the shipment is to move where there are two available routes one all rail and the other rail and water If the carrier with instructions to use the all rail route selects the rail and water route or vice versa and the carriers agent misroutes the shipment in such cases the carrier can refund without authority from the Commission If under the facts of this case the shipper is entitled to reparation the shipment being an interstate shipment the carrier must first obtain authority from the Interstate Commerce Commission to make such reparation 2nd Under the facts above given is the shipper entitled to recover the difference between the 11 cents and the 8 cents rate under Freight Rule 33 of the Georgia Railroad Commission This rule provides that 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 the 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 Clearly under this rule if the Commission had the power to make it the shipper in this case would be entitled to recover for the misrouting of a shipment as damages the difference between the charges by the Chattanooga route and those by the Cenchat route The Interstate Commerce Commission would not require reparation because the charges exacted were those which the carrier was bound to charge and collect on this interstate shipment But when the carrier violated the duty which it owed the shipper under this rule to transport the shipment by that reasonable and prlfejsable route over which the lowest charges for transportation applied and the shipper was subjected to the payment of higher charges for such transportation then the shipper would be entitled to recover from the carrier as damages the difference The remedy of a shipper in such a case would fall under Section 2666 of the Civil Code but for the ruling of the Court of Appeals that the word order in this section means a special order of the Commission and not one of its general rules Sou Bell T T Go v Beach 8 Ga App 720 But in my opinion the shipper would still have the right to maintain an action for the recovery of such damage in any court of competent jurisdiction 3rd Vihbat action if any should the Commission take to see that this rule is complied with to the extent of having the shipper reimbursed the amount of overcharge based on its maximum intrastate rate 205 The Commission has the power to recommend to the Governor the institution of a penalty suit whenever a carrier fails omits or neglects to obey observe and comply with any order direction or requirements of the Commission heretofore or hereafter passed Civil Code Sec 2667 This provision of our law was enacted for the purpose of enabling the Commission to enforce its rules and requirements Its purpose was to enable the Commission to enforce its rules in cases where the amounts involved are so small that shippers would be deterred from bringing actions to recover damages flowing from the violation by carriers of the rules and requirements of the Commission This is the only remedy which the Commission has for enforcing its rules In this case such action would not lie now because a penalty suit would be barred by the Statute of Limitations if brought at this late date Yours very truly James K Hines Special Attorney LEGALITY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN RIGHTOFWAY DEED Railboad Commission of Geobgia Office of Special Attobney to Commission Railboad Commission of Geobga Atlanta Ga Atlanta May 1 1915 File 11542 Gentlemen I have the letter of your Rate Expert of 23rd ult enclosing the papers in the above file From these papers it appears that on May 16th 1882 the Exposition Cotton Mills for and in consideration of the sum of 100000 conveyed to the East Tennessee Virginia Georgia Railroad Company its successors and assigns a strip of land fifty feet wide to be used as a rightofway for their railroad or for any other railroad purpose This deed of conveyance contains the following language to wit conveyance is made upon and subject to the following conditions First That all freight in carloads shipped by or consigned to Exposition Cotton Mills shall be carried over the East Tennessee Virginia Georgia Railroad at Atlanta rates That a11 freight in carloads not coming from or destined to points on the East Tennessee V G R R shall be hauled between Atlanta depot and the Exposition Cotton Mills siding at the rate of one dollar per car all empty cars to be hauled free Tim Southern Railway is the successor of the East Tennessee Virginia Georgia Railroad Company and now holds the rightofway conveyed in the above deed as such 206 I note that you wish my opinion upon the following questions First Is this contract legal inasmuch as the Southern Railway Company can only charge the Exposition Cotton Mills one dollar per car thereunder for switching service and while it charges other concerns similarly situated two dollars for such service thereby creating an unjust discrimination Second What would be the status of this rightofway if the Southern Railway Company is required by the Commission to discontinue this discrimination Third What action would be necessary on the part of the Southern Railway Company to continue its ownership of this property provided this discrimination is prohibited by the Commission First I will consider the first question above stated upon which you wish my opinion It will be noted that this contract between the Exposition Cotton Mills and the East Tennessee Virginia Georgia Railroad Company was made after the passage of the original Act creating the Railroad Commission of Georgia Ga Laws 18789 P 125 By this Act the Railroad Commissioners were and are required to make such just and reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary for preventing unjust discrimination in the transportation of freight and passengers on the railroads in this State Civil Code Sec 2630 It is doubtful whether this provision in this deed was valid at the time this contract was made but whether valid or not when made this provision must yield to the action of the Commission when it strikes down the discrimination thereby created in favor of the Exposition Cotton Mills and against other industrial plants similarly situated The power of the legislature to prevent unjust discriminations can not be 1 hampered by contracts made in regard thereto by individuals or corporations but contracts of this nature are made subject to the possibility that even if valid when made the legislature or the Commission acting under legislative authority may render them invalid Chicago etc R Co v Nebraska 170 U S 57 71 L N R R Co v Mottley 119 U S 467 Chicago etc R Co v U S 219 U S 486 City of Dawson v Dawson Tel Co 137 Ga 62 State v Superior Court 67 Wash 37 29 Ann Cases 1913D 78 Troy v United TractionCo 202 N Y 333 Home Tel etc Co v Los Angeles 211 U S 255 If a patron of a publicservice corporation sees fit to make a contract for special switching rates which are discriminatory he will be talcen to have done so subject to the power of the Railroad Commission to prohibit and remove such discrimination Union Dry Goods Co y Ga Pub Ser Corp 142 Ga 841 Contracts of this character are often made for the purpose of giving preferential rates to certain industries They are Trojan Horses in whose bellies are concealed discriminatory rates In my opinion this contract must yield to the action of the Commission in prohibiting the discrimination thereby created If the rate fixed by this contrast is a reasonable one for the service rendered then such rate would stand without the contract If it is an unreasonably low rate and subjects thq public and other industries to higher rates in order that the carrier may recoup against this unreasonable low rate then this contract creates an unjust discrimination which should be removed by the Commission In such a case the contract should be entirely disregarded Second I come now to briefly consider the second question above stated on which you wish my opinion The Southern Railway Company would not forfeit its rightofway by the action of the Commission in removing this discrimination and in providing a reasonable rate for the switching service performed by this company for the Exposition Cotton Mills Conditions may be precedent or subsequent In the case of a subsequent condition the breach of the condition may destroy the partys rights under the contract or may give a right to damages to the other party according to a true construction of the intention of the parties Civil Code Sec 4224 Equity seeks always to construe conditions subsequent into covenants and to relieve against forfeitures when the rules of construction will allow this Civil Code Secs 4568 3717 The proper construction of this condition in this deed is that it is a covenant for the breach of which damages would be allowed if this condition subsequent were valid So in my opinion the Southern Railway Company would not forfeit its rightofway from the fact that the Commission removed the discrimination in this case and prescribed a reasonable rate for the switching service rendered the Exposition Cotton Mills by this carrier However impossible immoral and illegal conditions are void and are binding upon no one Civil Code Sec 4225 A condition which in itself is contrary to the policy of law is void Civil Code Sec 3718 In my opinion this condition in this conveyance is contrary to the policy of the law and is therefore void If so the Southern Railway Company would not be liable even for damages for its breach Furthermore when the performance of a condition subsequent is rendered impossible by the law the person bound to perform it is excused for its nonperformance Third In answer to your third question I think that the Southern Railway Company would not forfeit this rightofway if prevented by the action of this 208 Commission from complying with this condition subsequent in this deed and would therefore not have to do anything to hold this rightofway I return herein the papers in this file Yours truly James K Hines Special Attorney DUTY OP A RAILROAD COMPANY TO GIVE NOTICE TO CONSIGNOR OF AN UNDELIVERED SHIPMENT AND INTERPRETATION OF THE COMMISSIONS STORAGE RULE NUMBER SIX Railroad Commission of Georgia Office of Special Attorney to Commission Atlanta May 18th 1915 File 12251 Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga Gentlemen I have your letter of 15th inst enclosing papers in the above file It appears from the papers in this voluminous file that on May 17th 1912 Morris Company delivered to the Atlantic Coast Line Railway Company at Savannah Georgia for shipment to themselves at Waycross Georgia one sack of bacon of the value of 1230 with instructions to notify H T Pickard Waycross Ga At the same time Morris Company drew a sight draft on Pickard Waycross Ga in favor of the Exchange Bank with bill of lading attached for the price of this meat It appears that the hank notified Pickard hut that he gave no attention to its notice The hank did not return this draft and notify Morris Company of its nonpayment up to June 12th 1912 In June 1912 Morris Company got back this bacon sold it for 656 and then put in a claim for the difference less freight amounting to 576 against the Atlantic Coast Line Railway Company The carrier declines to pay this claim I note that you wish my opinion upon several questions involved m the dispute between the claimant and the carrier First Does the failure of the railroad company to give notice to the con signor provided for in Storage Rule 6 of the Commission make such company legally responsible for loss or damage which a consignor or shipper sustains m consequence of such failure In other words is compliance with this rule only necessary as a condition precedent for the collection by the railroad company of demurrage from the consignor or shipper It will be noticed that Rule 6 requires the carrier when the consignee refuses to accept a shipment to give to the consignor legal notice of such refusal In other words the carrier must give to the consignor or shipper the notice required of it by law when the consignee refuses to accept the shipment Where a consignee refuses to accept goods the carrier must notify the shipper if practicable even if the goods are perishable 209 American Sugar Refng Co v McGhee 96 Ga 27 Ala Great Sou R Co v McKenzie 139 Ga 410 Carizzo v New York S W R R Co 123 N Y SuPPl 173 66 Misc Rep 244 Fine v Barrett 142 N Y S 533 81 Misc Rep 234 Sauer v Lehigh R R Co 157 N Y Suppl 977 Michigan C R Co v Howell 136 111 App 243 M K T Ry Co v Groce 106 S W Tek Civ App 720 N C St L Ry Co v DrefusWeil Co 150 Ky 333 In some jurisdictions the contrary principle is of force 2nd Hutchinsons Carrier Sec 725 At the date of the adoption of Storage Rule 6 the rule in this State required and still requires the carrier to notify the consignor when the consignee refuses to accept the shipment This rule was promulgated not to impose this duty upon carriers but to make the giving of this notice so required by our law a condition precedent before the carrier could charge demurrage on a shipment So in my opinion under our law independently of Storage Rule 6 the carrier must in all cases give notice to the consignor of the refusal of the consignee to accept shipments of freight and for failure to comply with this rule the carrier will be liable to a shipper for loss or damage caused thereby Second Is the Atlantic Coast Line Railway Company liable to Morris Company for the damage or loss sustained by them on this shipment In this case Morris Company were both consignors and consignees They shipped this meat to themselves at Waycross Georgia with directions to the carrier to notify H T Pickard It is not contended that the carrier failed to notify Pickard of the arrival of this meat at Waycross Georgia Besides these shippers drew a draft on Pickard for the purchase price of this meat with the hill of lading attached They drew this draft in favor of the Exchange Bank Waycross It was the duty of the hank as the agent of the shippers to promptly present this draft to H T Pickard the person to he notified by the carrier of the arrival of this meat collect this draft and to remit the proceeds to the shippers or in case of a refusal by Pickard of the payment of their draft to return the same with the bill of lading to them Where a consignor ships goods to his own order with direction to the carrier to notify a named person of their arrival this makes such person the agent of the consignor for the purpose of receiving such notice and when such notice is given to such person by the carrier this dispenses with notice to the consignor The giving of notice to the person named in the bill of lading by the consignor to receive notice constitutes notice to the consignor Harden v C A Ry Co 134 Mo App 681 GinnochioJones Fruit Co v M K T Ry Co 134 S W Mo App 1028 In such a case the rule is different from that which prevails in this state when a shipment is made direct by the consignor to the consignee and the consignee refuses to accept the shipment In the latter case the consignor does not know that the consignee will decline the shipment and in such a case it is but fair that the carrier should give the consignor notice of the refusal of the consignee to accept the shipment In a case however where a consignor ships to his own order with direction to notify a given person of the arrival of the shipment and the carrier gives 210 such noticei the latter fiilly complies with its duty under its contract with the shipper The carrier in such a case could well assume that the person so notified of the arrival of the goods will let the shipper know if he declines to accept it Furthermore in a case like this the carrier can well assume that the bank to which the shipper sends its draft with the bill of lading attached will promptly present the shippers draft for payment and that on refusal of the drawee to pay the same return both draft and bill of lading to the consignor Where the bank holds the draft and the hill of lading the carrier may well assume that this is done by an arrangement between the bank and the shipper and that the shipper wishes the carrier to hold the goods until the bill of lading is presented for their delivery In a case like this the carrier has not the right to abandon or unnecessarily expose the goods to loss or damage but must conduct himself as a reasonable man would do with reference to them but the carrier is bound to give notice only when reasonable care would require it Hudson v Baxendale 2nd H N 574 Kreamer v Express Co 6 Cold Tenn 356 Manhattan RubberShoe Co v B Q R Co 41 N Y Suppl 385 Gregg v I C R Co 147 111 550 37 Am St Rep 238 Where the shipper provides for the notice to be given and such notice is given by the carrier as the shipper directs the carrier will not ordinarily be liable for failure to notify the consignor that the person notified refuses to accept the goods if the carrier does not abandon or unnecessarily expose them to loss or damage So in my opinion the railway company is not liable to Morris Company on this claim f In these times of the high cost of living due to the high prices of meat and other food stuffs I regret the loss of this meat There is some consolation in the reflection that the loss in this case must fall either upon one of our great railway systems or on one of our big packing houses and that it will not have to be shouldered by some impecunious claimant I am struck as you doubtless have been struck with the indefatigable efforts of the claimant to collect from the carrier this loss On seventeen different occasions the carrier declined the payment of this claim and with each declination claimant comes back again and makes demand for reparation Finally wearied with the carrier and its numerous declinations the claimant appeals to the Railroad Commission of Georgia for help in this matter It is with a feeling of pain that I have to turn down this claim after such heroic efforts were made for its collection I return the papers in this file herewith Yours truly James K Hines Special Attorney 211 POWER OF THE COMMISSION TO GRANT AUTHORITY TO TELEPHONE COMPANY TO ABANDON EXISTING TELEPHONE LINE Railroad Commission of Georgia Office of Special Attorney to Commission Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga Atlanta June 11 1915 File 12275 Gentlemen I have your letter of 9th instant enclosing the papers in the above file From these papers it appears that the Consolidated Telephone Telegraph Company owns and operates a long distance toll circuit between Smitbville and Leesburg Georgia This circuit was built by the former owners of the two exchanges at Smithville and Leesburg and now forms a part of this companys system The pole line forming a part of this circuit is a little less than six miles and the poles thereof are ninety per cent worthless The remaining portion of the circuit is on the poles of the Southern Bell Telephone Telegraph Company and the Postal Telegraph Company The total revenues received from this toll circuit for the year ending March 31 1915 were 9245 and expenses of maintenance were 6822 This line needs rebuilding for its entire distance This will cost approximately 150000 This company asks the Commission to permit it to abandon this toll line and states that the service between Smithville and Leesburg can be handled efficiently and most satisfactorily over the lines of the Southern Bell Telephone Company with which this Company has a traffic agreement and connections at the above mentioned exchanges You wish my opinion upon this question Has the Commission power and authority to authorize this company to abandon this toll line as prayed The charter of this company is not before me I take it for granted that this toll line was built or acquired by it in pursuance of power conferred upon it by its charter This telephone company has a public duty to perform as well as a private interest to subserve It can not abandon this public duty without express legislative authority Brown v A B Ry Co 126 Ga 248 If this company was chartered by the Superior Court and wished to surrender its franchises and charter it could do so under the provisions of the Act of August 13 1910 Ga Laws 1910 P 16 The granting of a charter whether by the legislature directly or by the Superior Court in pursuance of power conferred upon it by statute is legislative or quasi legislative and not judical in its character White v Davis 134 Ga 274 280 The legislature has not conferred upon the Railroad Commission of Georgia power to accept the total or partial surrender of the charters and franchises of 212 public service corporations Except as provided by the Act of August 13 1910 the legislature alone has power to accept the surrender of any franchises granted to a corporation imd to relieve it from the discharge of any part of its public duties So in my opinion the Railroad Commission has no power to give its permission to this company to discontinue this toll circuit I return herein the papers in this file Yours truly James K Hines Special Attorney LIABILITY OF RAILROAD COMPANY FOR DAMAGE TO SHIPMENT MOVING UNDER BILL OF LADING CONTAINING RELEASED VALUATION PROVISION Railroad Commission of Georgia Office of Special Attorney to Commission Atlanta July 19 1915 File 12145 Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga Gentlemen From the papers in the above file it appears that the McNeel Marble Company shipped marble taking from the carrier bill of lading in which the value of the marble is stated at twenty cents per cubic foot This marble was injured in transportation and the carrier declines to pay more than twenty cents per cubic foot although the damage done to the marble exceeds this valuation Your Secretary asked me for an opinion upon the legal question involved in this case and that is whether the shipper is bound by this valuation in its claim for damages against the carrier As a general rule a common carrier may relieve itself by express contract from its common law liability as an insurer but it can not relieve itself from liability for damages resulting from its own negligence Georgia etc R Co v Keener 93 Ga 808 Central etc R Co v Hall 124 Ga 322 Sou Express Co v Hanaw 134 Ga 445 Atlanta etc R Co v Jacobs Pharmacy Co 135 Ga 113 While a common carrier may make a contract of affreightment embracing an actual and bona fide agreement as to the value of the property accepted for transportation a mere general limitation as to value expressed in a bill of lading which is clearly nothing more than an arbitrary preadjustment of the measure of damage in case of loss will not in any case exempt a carrier from liability for the true value of a shipment lost or injured by the negligence of the carrier 213 Central R Co v Hall 124 Ga 322 Central R Co v Butler Marble etc Co 8 Ga App 1 Even where there is an attempt to limit liability in return for a lower rate of freight the question as to whether there was an actual bona fide valuation of a shipment accepted by the carrier for transportation or a mere effort arbitrarily to limit liability is one of fact and for the jury Central R Co v Butler Marble etc Co 8 Ga App 1 L N R Co v Venable 132 Ga 501 If the shipper and the carrier in this case by agreement undertook to fix bona fide the value of the marble shipped and put this valuation in the bill of lading then the shipper would be bound by it On the contrary if it was a mere arbitrary valuation bearing no true relation to the actual value of the marble shipped and was a mere preadjustment of the measure of damages in case of loss or injury then the shipper would not be bound by it In any event this is a question of fact and one for the jury This is the law applicable to intrastate shipments as declared by our Supreme Court and Court of Appeals But the rule is different in reference to interstate shipments Where a shipper of goods which move in interstate transportation values the same for the purpose of obtaining the lower of two duly published rates based on valuation he is estopped from recovering a greater Aiount than his own valuation This seems to be the rule whether the agreed valuation is based upon a bona fide effort to fix the value or not If the value is fixed by the bill of lading in order to obtain the lower of two rates anfi the same is signed by the shipper or forwarder then no greater damages canSbe recovered than the value so fixed Adams Ex Co v Cronninger 226 U S 491 Kan City S Ry Co v Carl 227 U sj 639 M K T R Co v Harriman 227 Id S 657 G R Co v OConnor 232 U S 5081 So if this was an intrastate shipment the rule first above stated would seem to apply If it were an interstate shipment the latter rule governs Yours truly James K Hines Special Attorney RIGHT OF A GAS COMPANY TO MAKE DIFFERENT RATES FOR DIFFERENT CLASSES OF SERVICE Railroad Commission of Georgia Office of Special Attorney to Commission Atlanta August 9 1915 File 12358 Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga GeIntlemen I have the letter of Chairman Candler of 30th ult from which it appears that the Macon Gas Company desires in order to encourage the 214 use of gas for purposes by hotels restaurants and in industrial enterprises to fix a rate for its gas when used by such concerns lower than tjje rates charged to other customers I note that you wishmy opinion upon this question Can such classification and difference in rates be justified or is it arbitrary and without substantial differentiating conditions and circumstances It may be well before answering this question to trace the history of the doctrine on the subject of discriminations by public service corporations 1 The Doctrine of No Rule Against Discriminations as Such In many jurisdictions and in the earlier cases there is no general principle recognized by the courts against discriminations as such The courts in these jurisdictions tolerate discriminations unless it is shown that the higher charge is unreasonable DeBarry Baya M L v Jacksonville F K W R R 40 Fed 392 Parsons v C N W Ry 167 U S 447 Cowden v Pac C S S Co 94 Cal 470 28 Am St Rep 142 Bayles v K P R R 13 Colo 181 5 L R A 221 Johnson v P P R R 16 Fla 623 26 Am St Rep 731 B Q R R v Parks 18 I114Q4 Ind etc R R v Davis 32 111 App 67 Cook v C R I P Ry Co 81 Iowa 555 25 Am St Rep 512 Fitzburg R R v Gage 12 Gray 393 Christie v M P Ry 94 Mo 453 McDuffee v P R R R 52 N H 430 C P R R v Forsaithe 59 N H 122 Killmer v N Y C R R 100 N Y 395 Root v Long I R R 114 N Y 300 11 Am St Rep 643 Lough v Outerbridge 143 N Y 271 Parks v Jacob Dolb Packing Co 6 Misc 570r 27 N Y Supp 289 Audenried v P R R R 68 Penn St 370 Ex Parte Benson Co 18 S C 38 Aninger v S C R R 29 S C 265 Ragan Buffet v Aiken 9 Lea Tenn 609 Houston T C Ry v Rush Dinkins 58 Tex 98 Nicholson v Great Western R R 5 C D N S 360 Stone v Midland Ry 1 K B 741 Baxendale v Eastern Counties Ry Co 4 C B 63 Great Western Ry Co v Sutton 4 H L Cas 239 Eclipse Towboat Co v P R R Co 24 La Ann 1 Sargent v Boston etc R R Co 115 Mass 422 Manacho v Ward 27 Fed 529 To illustrate the trend of the earlier decisions some quotations therefrom will be given In Exporte Benson Co Chief Justice Simpson said The extent of the common law rule seems to be not that carriers shall transport for all parties at the same rate of compensation otherwise their con 215 traets are llgl and void but that they shall transport at reasonable rates to a11 u erence m the charge does not per se invalidate the contracts as inequitable and against public policy but to have thiseffect there must be an element of unreasonableness in the charge itself as applied to the service rendered between the parties to the contract and without comparison to the charges against others Independent pf statute and provisions in their charters restricting corporations within certain limits they stand in the community as other individuals vested with the power to contract and to be contracted with and the validity of their contracts depends upon the same principles which govern contracts between natural persons It is too vague to say in general terms that the contract is inequitable and against public policy and therefore not enforcible To be void on such grounds it must run contra to some known principle of equity or contravene some well established doctrine of public policy forbidding it In Menacho v Ward Judge Wallace said Unquestionably a common carrier is always entitled to a reasonable compensation for his services Hence it follows that he is not required totreat all those who patronize him with absolute equality It is his privilege to charge less than fair compensation to one person or to a class of persons and others can not justly complain so long as he carries on reasonable terms for them Respecting preferences in rates of compensation his obligation is to charge no more than a fair return in each particular transaction and except as thus restricted he is free to discriminate at pleasure This is the equal justice to all which the law exacts from the carrier in his relations with the public In Ragan v Aiken Judge Cooper said If the charge on the goods of the party complaining is reasonable and such as the company would be required to adhere to as to all persons in like condition it may nevertheless lower the charge of another person if it be to the advantage of the company not inconsistent with the public interest and based on a sufficient reason It is obvious that the intention of the defendant in this instance was not to discriminate against the complainants in favor of any person of th same place and in the same condition His object was to get business for his road from persons at a distance from its terminus which otherwise would reach their destination by a different route From these extracts the tenor of the earlier decisions is shown They hold that if the rates charged a shipper are reasonable such shipper can not complain that the carrier makes a less charge to another shipper 2 Probative Effect of Discrimination in Charges In these and similar cases however the courts hold that when it appearsthat the charges to some shippers are greater than those ordinarily and uniformly made to others for similar services this fact is not only competent evidence against the carrier but cogent evidence that the higher charges are unreasonable Menacho v Ward 27 Fed 529 U P Ry Co v Goodrich 149 U S 680 Parsons v C N W Ry 167 U S 447 Mobile v Bienville Water S Co 130 Ala 379 Lough v Outerbridge 143 N Y 271 216 3 Large Shippers and Consumers It has been held that there is no legal objection to making a reasonable difference in rates given to large shippers in comparison with the rates charged small shippers Concord P R Co v Forsaithe 59 N H 122 So it has been held that a difference in rates may be given large consumers of water in comparison with small consumers Silkman v Water Commissioners 152 N Y 327 37 L R A 827 By the weight of authority it is illegal to make reductions to large shippers as such Hays v Penn Co 12 Fed 309 Kinsley v B N Y P R Ry 27 Fed 181 U S v Tozer 39 Fed 359 Fitzgerald v Grand Trunk Ry 63 Vermont 169 B C R N Ry v M W Fuel Co 31 Fed 652 Provident Coal Co v P W R Co 1 I C C Rep 107 L E St L C R R v Wilson 132 Ind 517 In the case of Provident Coal Co v P W R Co Judge Cooley who was a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission well says When a question of rebates or discounts is under consideration it might be misleading to consider them in the light of the principles which merchants act upon in the case of wholesale and retail transactions There is very manifest difficulty in applying these principles to the convenience which common carriers furnish to the public a difficulty which springs from the nature of the duty which such carriers owe to the public Their duty is one of entire impartiality of service The merchant is under no corresponding duty and makes his rule to suit his own interest and discriminates as he pleases 4 PaUTY Rate Tickets Reductions to passengers in parties can only be justified if there is a difference in the cost of service B W R Rate Regulation Sec 755 Equality of treatment of every person may be preserved It is difficult to see how this individual equality is preserved when in a carload say nineteen persons all starting from the same point and having the same destination ten of them paying two cents per mile each and the other nine three cents P C St L R Co v B O R Co 2nd I C C Rep 729 3 I C C Rep 465 The Supreme Court of the United States held that the issuing of party rate tickets did not violate Section 2 of the Interstate Commerce Act which prohibits a carrier from charging one person a greater or less compensation than another for a like and contemporaneous service in the transportation of a like kind of traffic under substantially similar circumstances and conditions This court says To bring the present case within the words of this section we must assume that the transportation of ten persons on a single ticket is substantially 217 identical with the transportation of one and in view of the universally accepted fact that a man may buy contract or manufacture on a large scale cheaper proportionately than upon a small scale this is impossible Int Com Com v B O R R Co 145 U S 263 5 The Tbue Rule All patrons have equal rights both in respect to service and charges This principle of equality forbids any difference in charges which is not based upon difference in service and it must have some reasonable relation to the amount of differences which must not be so great as to produce an unjust discrimination W U T Co v McCall Pub Co 181 U S 93 The common law today forbids all discrimination between two patrons of a public service corporation who receive the same service under the same or similar conditions B W R Rate Regulation Sec 715 Messenger v Penn R Co 36 N J L 407 State Ex Rel Atwater v D L W R R 48 N J L 55 Ind etc R R Co v Ervin 118 111 250 Scofield v Railway Co 43 O St 571 For a like service thepublic are entitled to a like price Messenger v Penn R Co 36 N J L 407 Different rates may be made when the cost of service is different Equal rates under those circumstances would in reality be discriminatory under ordinarv conditions Substantial reasons exist for making carload rates less than rates for less than carloads The cost of service is considerably less in case of shipments in carload lots than in less than carload quantities Scofield v L S M S Ry 2nd I C C Rep 67 Business Mens League v A T S T Ry 9 I C C Rep 318 So lower rates for shipments in bulk may be permitted over shipments in packages in carloads when the service in transporting the former is less than in transporting the latter Scofield v L S M S Ry 2nd I C C Rep 67 Concessions to secure competitive business have been justified by some courts even if they involve discrimination Johnson v P P R R 16 Fla 623 C A R R v Coal Co 79 111 121 Lough v Outerbridge 143 N Y 271 Avinger v S C R R 29 S C 265 Ragan Buffet v Aiken 9 Lea Tenn 609 But by the better view such concessions are held unjustifiable when they involve discrimination White v United States 167 U S 512 Messenger v P R R 36 N J L 407 Menacho v Ward 27 Fed 529 218 Branded v Rice 41 O St 640 Fitzgerald v G T Ry 63 Vermont 169 London N R v EYershed L R 3 App Cas 1029 Int Com Com v T P R Co 52 Fed 187 Denaby Main Colliery Co v M S L R Co L R App Cas 97 Oxlade v N E R Co I C B N S 454 S C 26 L J C P 129 Cary v Eureka Sp Ry 7 I C C Rep 286 B W R P C v M OR R 60 Fed 545 Inasmuch as it would not cost the Macon Gas Company any less to furnish these concerns gas than it does its general customers and inasmuch as the circumstances and conditions under which this company could furnish gas to them are not different from the conditions and circumstances under which they furnish gas to their other customers I am of the opinion that it would be an undue and illegal preference to furnish gas at less rates to these concerns than this Company furnishes it to their other customers Yours truly JAMES K HINES Special Attorney LEGALITY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN A TRAFFIC ORDINANCE ADOPTED BY THE CITY OF ATLANTA DECEMBER 8TH 1915 Railroad Commission of Georgia Office of Special Attorney to Commission Atlanta December 17th 1915 File 12536 Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga Gentlemen I have your letter of the 16th inst enclosing the petition of the Georgia Railway and Power Co m which this company asks to be advised if it may comply with the traffic ordinance of the City of Atlanta adopted December 8th 1915 and in which petition said company further prays that if necessary said Ordinance so far as it affects the uses of the streets of Atlanta by it may receive the assent of the Railroad Commission of Georgia Section 30 of the Ordinance provides that street cars shall not be driven at a higher rate of speed than twelve miles an hour within the inner fire limits or in any park owned and maintained by the City of Atlanta nor at a speed greater than twenty miles an hour outside of such inner fire limits Section 31 of this Ordinance provides that streets cars shall slow down to half legal speed when crossing heavy traffic streets and in school zones Section 38 of the Ordinance declares that street cars shall stop at near side of corners only except cars going north on Peachtree street shallstop at the northeast corner of Edgewood avenue and Peachtree street and shall not stop 219 at Walton Street and shall not stop between Decatur Street and Edgewood Avenue I note that you wish my opinion upon the Question towit Are these provisions of this Ordinance legal and binding without the assent of the Commission By Section 5 of the Act of August 22nd 1907 the powers and duties conferred by law before its passage upon the Railroad Commission were extended and enlarged so that its authority and control shall extend to street railroad companies in this State but this section contained this provision Provided however that nothing herein shall be construed to impair any valid subsisting contract now in existence between any municipality and any such company and provided that this section 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 Ga Laws 1907 p 75 Civil Code Sec 2662 Do the above provisions of this Ordinance come within the purview of the second proviso of Section 5 of this Act which proviso is quoted literally above This Act declares that this fifth section thereof shall not impair nor invalidate any future ordinance of any municipality as to the public uses of such Company that shall receive the assent of the Railroad Commission This proviso in this section contains a negative pregnant with the affirmative proposition that this section does invalidate any future ordinance of a municipality as to the public uses of a street railroad which does not receive the assent of the Railroad Commission Do these provisions of this Ordinance concern and affect the public uses of the Georgia Railway and Power Company What does the language the public uses of said company as used in this section mean This language means those uses which the public make of a street railroad It comprehends the public duties which a street railroad owes to the public Use is synonymous with employment Hightower v State 72 Ga 484 The public uses of a street railroad company are the public employments of such a company the uses which the public makes of such company The Railroad Commission has general supervision of street railways and can require them to establish and maintain such public service and facilities as may he reasonable and just Civil Code Sec 2663 So I reach the conclusion that these provisions of this Ordinance affect the public uses of the Georgia Railway and Power Company and are not valid and binding until they receive the assent of the Commission What is the proper machinery or method for obtaining the assent of the Commission The proper method is for the Mayor and City Council of Atlanta to bring its Ordinance to your attention and secure your assent 220 But as this company may g6t between the devil and the deep blue sea in this matter I see no serious objection to your acting upon its first prayer that it may be permitted to comply with these provisions of this Ordinance This will leave open your assent to these provisions and will simply have the effect of making these provisions your requirements I return herein the papers in this file Yours truly JAMES K HINES Special Attorney RIGHT OF A TELEPHONE COMPANY TO REMOVE OR CEASE TO OPERATE AN EXISTING TELEPHONE LINE Railroad Commission of Georgia Office of Special Attorney to Commission Atlanta March 13 1916 File No 12545 Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga Gentlemen Your letter of Dec 21st ult inclosing letter of Mr A W Page of Norman Park Ga came duly to hand From Mr Pages letter it appears that The Consolidated Telephone Telegraph Co of Thomasville Ga has an exchange at Norman Park Ga and that he is a subscriber to this Norman Park exchange It also appears that this company had a trunk line which ran ten or fifteen miles into the country with several phones connected on this line Mr Page lives about a half mile from this trunk line He applied to this company for a phone and connection with this line By agreement between this companys manager and himself Page built and was to keep up a line from his residence to this trunk line installed his own phone at his residence and this company was to furnish him service at one dollar per month Under this agreement this company was to keep up its trunk line and Page was to keep up his line from his residence to this trunk line Subscribers on this trunk line became dissatisfied with the service which they were receiving and bought from this company this trunk line from the city limits of Norman Park These purchasers are to keep up this line and are to get service at the exchange of this company at Norman Park at fifty cents per month These purchasers now say that they will cut Pages wire and disconnect it from this trunk line if he does nokpay them 10 and fifty cents per month or unless he pays the owners 2 per month for service I note you wish my opinion on this question Can the Telephone Company or the purchasers of the trunk line legally cut Pages wire and refuse him service over this trunk line if he pays his dues 221 The Railroad Commission has jurisdiction and general supervision over telephone corporations companies or persons owning leasing or operating a public telephone service or telephone lines Code Sects 26622663 General Order No 14 provides that all rates in effect on Dec 23 1909 or which might become effective thereafter are thereby established as the rates of the Commission and this order further provides that no privileges facilities or service shall be discontinued without the consent of the Commission Under this order neither this company nor the purchaser of this trunk line can cut and disconnect the wire of Page from his residence thereto and can not discontinue the service which he is enjoying under the present status of affairs without the consent of the Railroad Commission Telephone companies are given the right to construct and operate telephone lines over any private lands in this State and for this purpose can exercise the power of eminent domain Code Sec 2811 Assuming that The Consolidated Telephone and Telegraph Co is a corporation chartered under the laws of this State said company in accepting the grant of rights and franchises from the State impliedly assumed the duties of a public service corporation The consideration of the grant is the undertaking of the corporation to impartially and effectively perform its public duties It can not divest itself of its public duties nor shirk its liabilities by a sale of its property without express legislative authority Code Sec 2228 4 Elliott on Railroads Sec 1392 Ga R Co v Haas 127 Ga 193M A R Co v Mayes 49 Ga 355 Singleton v S W R 70 Ga 464 Gregory v Georgia Granite R Co 132 Ga 590 Where a telephone company has once located a line it is doubtful whether independent of General Order No 14 it can remove such line or cease to operate it Brown v A B R Co 126 Ga 248 So I am of the opinion that neither this company nor its vendees can cut Mr Pages line and deprive him of his telephone services under the facts stated in his letter I return herein the papers in this file Yours truly v JAMES K HINES Special Attorney 222 INTERPRETATION OF COMMISSIONS STORAGE RULES NOS 1A AND 2 Railroad Commission of Georgia Office of Special Attorney to Commission Atlanta March 17 1916 File 12619 Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga Gentlemen Your letter of the 19th ult inclosing papers in the above file came duly to hand I note you wish my opinion on this question towit Can a carrier under your demurrage rules 1A and 2 collect from a shipper demurrage for his failure to unload a car load shipment within the time allowed for such unloading where the notice of the arrival of the car is served by mail but the consignee makes oath that neither he nor any of his agents nor employees have received the same whether the consignee in fact received knowledge of the arrival of the car and began to unload the same but failed to finish unloading it within the limit of the free time counted from the time he received such information of the arrival of the car or from the time he began to unload Storage Rule 1A is as follows Upon the arrival of any and all freights the delivering line shall within twentyfour hours hereafter give to consigneesthereof legal notice of such arrival and the giving of such legal notice as hereinafter defined shall be a condition precedent to the collection by railroad companies of any storage charges upon any shipment notice of arrival of which has not been thus served upon the consignee and no storage charges shall be assessed nor collected other than as authorized by these rules By Storage Rule 2 it is provided that legal notice may be served either personally or by mail and that where such notice is alleged to have been sent by mail and the consignee makes oath that neither he nor any of his agents nor employees havereceived the same then no storage charges shall be made until legal notice has been given as above specified Under these rules the giving of legal notice as therein defined is a condition precedent to the collection by railroad companies of storage charges and no storage charges shall be assessed nor collected other than as authorized by these rules When this legal notice is served by mail and the consignee makes the proper affidavit of its nonreceipt then no storage charge shall be made until legal notice has been given as is prescribed in Storage Rule 2 In the absence of statute or rule of the Commission the carrier is entitled to i compensation for the use of its cars after delivering thereof and after reasonable opportunity has been afforded the owner to remove his goods therefrom Miller vs Ga R B Co 88 Ga 563 SDixon vs C of G Ry Co 110 Ga 173 223 But by the Act of 1905 this Commission is empowered to make such reasonable rules regulations and orders as may be necessary to compel and require the prompt delivery of all freights on arrival at destination to the consignee Code Sec 2634 Under the authority of this Act the Commission adopted the storage rules hereinbefore alluded to The right of the carriers to chargq and collect storage is fixed by these rules The common law right to charge storage has been superseded by these rules But while this is all true can not the consignee waive expressly or by implication this legal notice The object of this notice is to inform him of the arrival of his carload freight and to put him on notice that demurrage will begin to run against him at the expiration of the free time If the consignee gets notice and knowledge of the arrival of his car load freight and begins to unload his cars will not this dispense with the formal legal notice required by these Storage Rules Will not such circumstances amount to the waiver of this notice A person may waive or renounce what the law has established in his favor when he doesnt thereby injure others or affect the public interest Code Sec 10 A waiver by the party for whose benefit or protection notice shall be given is equivalent to notice and dispenses with its necessity 29 Cyc 1117 It may be said that the legal notice provided for in these rules is for the benefit or protection of the consignee that he can waive it and that he does waive it when he receives information of the arrival of a carload shipment and begins to unload it There is plausibility in this view but it is not the sound view This view would be correct if these fules did not create the right of the carrier to demurrage If this legal notice is not given there is no right to demurrage in favor of the carrier A right in one party can not be created by waiver or by estoppel The latter may waive some right or privilege which stands in the way of the former enforcing some right which he has but waiver can not create such right When notice is mailed and the consignee makes affidavit that it has not been received by him Storage Rule No 2 provides that no storage charge shall be made until legal notice has been given as specified therein When the consignee makes this affidavit he necessarily has notice of the arrival of his freight Yet although he has such notice this rule declares that no charge for demurrage shall be made until legal notice is given So in my opinion the notice provided for in these rules must be given the consignee before any storage charge can be collected that this notice gives the right to demurrage that notice otherwise acquired by the consignee does not dispense with this legal notice and that the claim of the carrier in this case is notvalid Yours truly James K Hines Special Attorney 224 OPINIONS OF THE COMMISSION OPINIONS OF THE COMMISSION As of general interest to the public and because the same contain enunciation of a number of important principles in the regulation of public utilities by tho Commission there is included herein opinions rendered by the Commission during the past year in three cases The facts and history of each case are set out in the opinions Atlanta June 8 1915 File No 12216 GEORGIA RAILWAY POWER COMPANY vs JITNEY BUS COMPANY ET AL J P ALLEN ET AL Vs J F HAZLETON ET AL Complaint and Petition as to Supervision and Regulation of Jitney Bus Operations in the City of Atlanta and Vicinity V Complaint and Petition as to Services and Operations of Jitney Buses in the City of j Atlanta CONSOLIDATED In these cases the Georgia Railway Power Company and certain citizens of the city of Atlanta brought before the Commission complaints and petitions as to the supervision and regulation of Jitney Bus operations in the City of Atlanta and vicinity When these cases came on to be heard v before the Commission the Jitney Bus operators took the position that the Commission was without jurisdiction over the operations of jitney buses After argument on this question was submitted the Commission held that under the law it did have supervision and control over jitney buses Thereupon the jitney bus operators undertook to enjoin the Commission from exercising any supervision or control over their operations The petition for injunction was denied by the Superior Court of Fulton County but the matter was carried up on appeal to the Supreme Court of this State where the same at this writing is pending Under agreement the Commission has not undertaken to regulate or control jitney buses until the question of its jurisdiction in the matter is determined by the Supreme Court The order and opinion of the Commission on the motion of Counsel for the Respondent that the complaints and petitions in these cases be dismissed by the Commission for lack of jurisdiction follow The above entitled cases coming on to be heard before the Commission at its meeting on May 12th 1915 at which hearing counsel for the respondents 225 moved that the complaints and petitions in these cases he dismissed by the Commission for lack of jurisdiction and the Commission having heard argument on this motion from counsel for both petitioners and respondents the premises considered it is Obdebed That the motion to dismiss made by counsel for respondents be and the same is hereby overruled Obdebed Fubteb That the hearing on these cases be resumed before the Commission at its meeting to be held on Tuesday July 13th 1915 at ten oclock A M at which all parties at interest will be afforded full opportunity to be heard with respect to the issues involved By Obdeb op the Commission Campbell Wallace C M Candles Secretary Chairman Atlanta June 8 1915 File No 12216 GEORGIA RAILWAY POWER COMPANY vs JITNEY BUS COMPANY ET AL J P ALLEN ET AL vs J F HAZLETON ET AL CONSOLIDATED By Candleb Chairman The Georgia Railway and Power Company is a Georgia corporation operating a city and suburban street railway system in Atlanta and vicinity subject to the jurisdiction and regulatory powers of the Railroad Commission It alleges that the respondents named in its complaint and others are operating upon along and over the streets of Atlanta and suburbs public conveyances in the shape of automobiles and motor cars commonly known as Jitney Buses transporting passengers for hire and affording a means of transportation similar to that supplied by it and in competition with it It further alleges that the business pursued by the respondents named is that of common carriers of passengers for hire and as such is subject to the jurisdiction of and supervision by the RailrLad Commission of Georgia It further alleges that the said business as now conducted by respondents is being done without any supervision regulation or control by any public authority that the services and facilities furnished are not reasonably adequate efficient or safe nor furnished in compliance with the laws of Georgia applicable to the business of common carriers of passengers Petitioner prays that smpiaint and Petition as to Supervision and Regulation of Jitney Bus Operations in the City of Atlanta and Vicinity Complaint and Petition as to Services and Operations of Jitney Buses in the City of Atlanta 226 this Commission exercise the powers and authority conferred upon it by law with respect to common carriers in the proper supervision and regulation of the business carried on by respondents and all others engaged in similar business J P Allen and others citizens of Atlanta in their own and in behalf of other citizens have filed with the Commission formal complaint making allegations and charges substantially similar to those of the Georgia Railway and Power Company against the same parties and with substantially the same prayers By consent of all parties the two complaints or petitions were consolidated and heard together Respondents admit the allegations of complainants as to the character of the business in which they are engaged and that under the laws of this State they are common carriers of passengers They deny that they are such common carriers as under the terms of the Act of August 22nd 1907 come under the jurisdiction of this Commission The issue thus made and heard is in effect a plea to the jurisdiction of the Commission and it is this question which we shall now discpss and pass upon The full scope and purpose of our Commissions regulatory legislation as to public service companies or corporations can be clearly understood only in an historical reading and careful analysis of the different Acts of the General Assembly on the subject beginning with the Act approved October 14th 1879 creating the Commission and ending with the Act of August 22nd 1907 extending its jurisdiction and enlarging its powers and duties Such a review is necessary to a proper decision upon the jurisdictional question raised in this record Under Paragraph 1 Section 2 Article 4 of our State Constitution it is mandatory upon the General Assembly 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 to prohibit said roads from charging other than just and reasonable rates and enforce the same by adequate penalties The preamble to the Act of 1879 recites this mandatory duty and pursuant thereto the creation of the Commission as the administrative agency through which the duty upon the General Assembly was to be discharged Under the terms of the Act the Commission was given jurisdiction only over steam railroads street railroads being excepted by name The specific powers granted were 1 to make just and reasonable freight and passenger rates 2 to prohibit unjust discriminations and to this end to examine all contracts between railroads 3 to compel the issuance of freight receipts 4 to make just and reasonable rates of charges for the handling and delivery of freights and 5 to require the erection of suitable depots and stations Extortionate rates and unjust discriminations by steam railroads were the two evils in the constitutional and legislative minds and their prohibition the chief objects of the creation of a Commission The Commission under the Act of 1879 had a limited jurisdiction and limited powers as to the subjects of its jurisdiction steam railroads Under this Act 227 the Commission was vested with no powers of general supervision of railroads the conduct of their business the adequacy or sufficiency of facilities and services safety of tracks and equipment the keeping of proper accounts the issuance of securities etc Its jurisdiction powers and duties remained practically the same for twelve years Under an Act approved October 17th 1891 it was empowered and required to inspect upon complaint the physical condition of railroads and if found in a dangerous or unsafe condition compel the necessary repairs to be made Under a second Act approved October 17th 1891 it was empowered and required to fix storage rates for railroads prescribe regulations in regard thereto prescribe how suits should be brought for overcharges and to fix the measure of recovery Under the Act approved October 21st 1891 for the first time since its creation in 1879 the jurisdiction of the Commission was extended over other public service corporations than railroads to wit Over Express Companies and Telegraph Companies by name and all the powers previously given and no more over railroads were extended over these companies so far as applicable Under the Act approved August 23rd 1905 the power to make rules for the prompt receiving forwarding and delivery of freights by railroads to require the prompt furnishing of cars and to fix penalties for delays was conferred Thus stood our Commission regulatory legislation prior to August 22nd 1907 The Commissions jurisdiction included only steam railroads express companies and telegraph companies Its powers related chiefly to rates discriminatory practices depot facilities storage charges and the prompt handling of freight There were numerous statutes upon our books prescribing the duties of these corporations Each had many charter obligations and duties but no Act from 1879 to 1907 imposed upon the Commission any duty of seeing that these statutory or charter obligations and duties were discharged or gave to it any general supervisory powers The constitutionality and validity of the grants to it of such limited jurisdiction and powers as it had had been early questioned in the courts by the railroads and confirmed A quarter of a century of trial of limited regulation as to these three public service agencies by a Commission having proven the wisom and demonstrated the benefits of governmental regulation the people of Georgia in 1907 were of a mind to put into practice the same principles in regard to all public service agencies in the State and to widen and extend the scope of governmental regulation beyond merely compelling just and reasonable rates and prohibiting unjust discriminations to the point of general supervision and control of all such public agencies to the end that the public might be adequately and efficiently served upon reasonable rates and without unfair discrimination This purpose was carried out in the Act approved August 22nd 1907 to revise enlarge and more clearly define the rights powers and duties of the Railroad Commission and to enlarge arid extend its jurisdiction In Southern Railway vs The State 137 Ga 502 the Supreme Court said The general scope of this legislation the Act of 1907 was to retain to the Railroad Commission the power and authority heretofore conferred 228 I by law upon it except as changed by the Act and to confer additional powers upon the Commission with the view that the Commission should be vested with a general supervision over public service corporations with power to require them to establish and maintain such public service and facilities as may be reasonable and just The accuracy of this statement ag to the purpose and scope of the Act of 1907 it seems to us is beyond question Code Section 2662 Section 5 of the Act reads as follows 2662 Powers and duties extended The powers and duties heretofore conferred by law upon the Railroad Commission are hereby extended and enlarged so that its authority and control shall extend to street railroads and street railroad corporations companies or persons owning leasing or operating street railroads in this State over docks and wharves and corporations companies or persons owning leasing or operating the same over terminals or terminal stationsand corporations companies or persons owning leasing or operating such cotton compress corporations or associations and persons 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 gasplants or electric light and power plants furnishing service to the public These powers and duties as hereinbefore numerated were limited they were extended over only three subjects their constitutionality and validity had been judicially passed upon they had been exercised to the good of the public Declared valid as to steam railroads they would b valid as to street railroads declared valid as to telegraph companies they would be valid as to telephone companies valid as to one common carrier they would be valid as to all common carriers and so without risk of further question or contest they were extended over the important utilities enumerated This section it should be kept in mind simply extended old powers of the Commission over new subjects designated in specific terms No new powers were granted and the old powers extended related chiefly to rates and discrimination The section did not extend the jurisdiction of the Commission over all common carriers and had the General Assembly stopped here there could be of course no contention that jitney buses or any common carrier other than those specifically mentioned were placed under the jurisdiction of the Commission But the Legislature did not stop here In Sections 6 7 and 8 it broadened the sweep and apparently intended to gather together every regulatory power it had over corporations companies firms or persons who had dedicated their property to the public use and hence liable to public regulation and confer them on this Commission The powers were conferred in broad general terms as for example The Railroad Commission shall have and exercise all the power and authority heretofore conferred upon it by law and shall have the general supervision of 229 and then as if apprehensive that some particular power or duty might be overlooked followed with a specific enumeration of important powers and duties The subjects over which these powers could be exercised are set out in Section 6 of the Act of 1907 now codified as follows 2663 Jurisdiction of the Commission The Railroad Commission 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 wharf corporations or companies terminal or terminalstation corporations or companies telephone and telegraph corporations or companies within this State gas or electriclight and power companies within this State and while it may hear complaints yet the commission is authorized to perform the duties imposed upon it of its own initiative and to require all common carriers and other public service companies under their supervision to establish and maintain such public service and facilities as may be reasonable and just either by general rules or by special orders in particular cases It is significant to note that while the additional powers of general supervision and control are here affirmatively conferred the Commission has wide discretion as to when and how they shall be exercised The language used authorizes the Commission for example 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 The Actof 1879 Section 5 Code Section 2631 required the Commission to make just and reasonable rates for each railroad and required it to prohibit unjuust discrimination upon all railroads not merely authorized it so to do This brings us to the contention of respondents that they were not intended by the Legislature to be included within the classes of common carriers over whom the jurisdiction of the Commission was extended in the Act of 1907 nor in fact actually so included that the words shall have the general supervision of all common carriers railroads express corporations or companies street railroads etc mean and were intended to mean only the particular common carriers named It is further contended that the Acts of 1907 and 1879 must be construed together and that light as to the kind of common carriers over which jurisdiction was granted in Section 6 of the Act of 1907 is had by reference to Section 12 of the Act of 1879 Code 2642 as follows 2642 Meaning of Terms The terms railroad corporation or railroad company contained in this article Act in the original law shall be deemed and taken to mean all corporations companies or individuals owning or operating any railroad in whole or in part in this State and the provisions of this article Act originally 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 230 No one has ever contended that the Act of 1879 covered all common carriers It was expressly confined as we have shown to steam railroads The terms defined in the above section railroad corporation and railroad company without the comprehensive meaning thus given to them would not have included all common carriers even over railroads and hence the necessity for the section The Act while intended to reach only steam railroads also purposed to reach all of this class of carriers and the sole purpose of the section was to so write the law as that no steam railroad should escape its operations The title to the Act of 1907 declares one of the objects of its enactment was to revise enlarge and more clearly deline the powers duties and rights of said Commission and it is difficult for us to grasp the force of the contention that the enlarging Act of 1907 must be interpreted by the restrictions in the Act of 1879 A statute is to have effect according to the purpose and intent of the law maker The intent is the essence of the law and the primary rule of construction is to ascertain and give effect to that intent The Supreme Court of the United States has declared the primary and general rule of statutory construction is that the intent of the lawmaker is to be found in the language that he has used He is presumed to know the meaning of words and the rules of grammar Very strong expressions have been used by the Courts says an eminent law writer to emphasize the principle that they are to derive their knowledge of the legislative intention from the words or language of the statute itself which the Legislature has used to express it if a knowledge of it can be so derived The words of a statute are to he taken in their ordinary and popular sense unless so construed some incongruity or manifest absurdity results s Following these rules of construction substantially embodied in our own Code it is impossible for us to construe the terms all common carriers every common carrier and any common carrier as used in the Act of 1907 to mean other or less than what their ordinary use and signification indicate We take it that the term all common carriers means all common carriers and not some common carriers that the term every common carrier in this State means all common carriers and not some or all but one if the ordinary meaning of very common words and language is to be given them In discussing the proper construction to be given the word all in an Indiana Statute the Supreme Court of that State said 163 Ind 259 We would not be understood however as asserting that the word as used in legislation is always to be understood as an all inclusive one As so used it is a general term which is to be understood as comprehending whatever is within the outmost circle of the meaning of the word unless after subjecting the statute to interpretation and construction there is sufficient reason for holding that the term was not used in so bioad a sense As indicated there must he a reason which warrants the Court m concluding that the wotd was not used according to its primary meaning to justify a holding Chat it was used in a more restricted way for Courts can not create exceptions in the operation of statutes hut at the most can only recognize such exceptions as the Legislature has created 231 The contention that the general term all common carriers followed bycertain named common carriers restricts the general term to only such carriers as are named further appears without force when it is noted that among the specially named corporations over which jurisdiction is given are several that are not common carriers at all To confine jurisdiction to the corporations specified by name is to wholly ignore the general term all common carriers Under this construction its use was senseless and unnecessary It is made to mean nothing considered alone or in connection with the context The doctrine of ejusdem generis does not apply because the generic term precedes the specifics and does not follow them We do not agree with the contention that the boundary lines of the Commissions jurisdiction are or were intended to be no more comprehensive than as fixed in Section 5 of the Act of 1907 As already shown Section 5 extended the old powers and duties of the Commission over named new subjects Section 6 extended new powers and duties over new and old subjects Under Section 5 the old powers and duties of the Commission were extended over compress companies They are not included in the companies over which the new and additional powers conferred in Section 6 are extended It has been contended that the intention of the Legislature to place only the common carriers named in Section 5 of the Act under the Commissions jurisdiction is evidenced by the fact that as originally passed the title of the Act enumerated the same subjects as Section 5 omitting altogether the words all common carriers While it is not necessary to set out every detail of a legislative hill in the title it is admitted that a measure of support might be found for this contention of respondents had the term all common carriers or other terms of like import and meaning been used casually or incidentally or only in Section 6 of the At The intent of the Legislature must not be looked for alone in the title of the Act or in one Section or anywhere other than in the entire bill The term all common carriers occurs twice in the very vitals of Section 6 with reference to the jurisdiction powers and duties of the Commission Section 12 of the Act as codified 2667 of the Code in part reads as follows 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 Section or Act in the original Act of 1907 and all officers agents and employees of the same shall obey observe and comply with every order made by the Commission under authority of law Any common carrier railroad street railroad railroad corporation street railroad corporation express telephone telegraph dock wharfage or terminal company or corporation cotton compress company within this State and other corporations companies or persons coming under the provisions of this Section originally Act which shall violate Here it will he noted the words Every common carrier precede the specifically named carriers Further on the words Any common carrier likewise precede the specifically named carriers coupled significantly with the 232 words Within this State the balance of the sentence being and other corporations companies or persons coming under the provisions of this Act The repeated and deliberate use of terms which taken in their ordinary meaning can only show that the Legislature had ifi mind all and every common carrier in this State appears to us could not have been accidental careless or without purpose We are constrained to believe that their repetition throughout the Act constituted a studied effort to use such specific and general terms as when taken together would leave no doubt or room to question the intention of the lawmaker to include within the scope of the Act every common carrier of every character within this State In our opinion the omission of the words all common carriers in the title of the Act was more likely an oversight on the part of the draughtsman of the bill than that the repeated use of the term and of others of like import in the body of the Act was ignorant or meaningless It is suggested that if this Commission attempts to exercise jurisdiction over all common carriers within the State including Jitney Buses then it must exercise the same powers as to taxicabs hacks drays and other like minor carriers and that the General Assembly could not have intended to impose upon this Commission the supervision and regulation of such trivial institutions We concede that the task of effectively regulating the business charges and practices of all the hackmen draymen and other carriers of this class in the State would be an almost impossible duty and in this fact there might he ground for argument that the Legislature did not have hackmen draymen and cabmen in mind in using the comprehensive terms of the Act of 1907 Be this as it may two things are clear to us 1 Section 6 of the Act of 1907 enlarging the jurisdiction of the Commission as heretofore stated in words declares that the Commission shall have the general supervision of all common carriers etc and is authorized to require all common carriers etc to establish and maintain sch public service and facilities as may be reasonable and just The Commission is we take it vested with a discretion as to when and how to exercise its regulatory powers 2 The business carried on by respondents is not that of hackmen The latter have no definite fixed routes or charges Practically every service rendered by them is a special service rendered to an individual or individuals Until called into service a hackman can not know in advance what it is nor the charge which may be reasonably made therefor He undertakes under a special contract to deliver his patron at a particular destination to be designated by the patron The vehicle for the tiipe is excluisvely for his use and without his consent no one else can enter it The Jitney on the contrary has its regular fixed route its charge is fixed it is the same for any distance over that route whether only a fraction or the whole of it the passenger can not demand transportation to a point not on this route he has no exclusive right to the use of the vehicle for any distance or for any period of time the carrier so long as he has room must take on every one who desires transportation on that route subject of course to reasonable rules andregulations The service offered and rendered is common 233 to all the public and available to all under reasonable rules and regulations who desire it It renders substantially the same service to the public that the electrically driven trolley car performs the need for regulation is far more apparent than in the case of a hackman Engaged in the same business of urban street transportation alongside an in direct competition with the trolley car and with a volume of traffic by no means inconsiderable it is not apparent that there is less need of regulation than there is for the trolley Indeed it was admitted by Counsel for respondents that regulation was desirable nd needful Counsel at the same time contended that in the motorvehicle law approved August 19th 1913 the General Assembly had undertaken direct regulation of his clients and all the regulation it deemed necessary It hardly seems necessary to discuss this Act as one intended to regulate common carriers It is merely a police law of the State with reference to the use of the public highways of the State by all motorvehicles whether run in private individual use or as public carriers for pleasure or profit There is no where in the law a syllable to suggest an intention to regulate abusiness The character of the business conducted by the operators of Jitney Buses sustains our opinion upon the jurisdictional question raised in this case It is identical with that conducted in this and other cities of the State by street railroads They seek the same patronage over the same routes for the same charges under similar conditions except that the street railroad company occupies and uses a fixed space in the street for which it pays while the Jitney uses any part of the street necessary to its business for which it does not pay The business of these common carriers is not confined to urban transportation They are conducting public transportation businesses at this time in several sections of the State in active and successful competition with steam railroads using the public highways for these purposes The Commission has in its files timetables printed and distributed by the Royal Blue Line A W Elliott Manager Weston Ga in which it clearly holds itself out as a common carrier If there be any sane reason for governmental regulation of the business of railroad common carriers of passangers between Lumpkin and Macon or Americus and Albany it must apply with equal force to the same business as conducted by the Royal Blue Line 234 Time table No 3 of tbis common carrier is as follows ROYAL BLUE LINE A W EIliott Mgr Weston Ga FIRST CLASS SERVICE AT 4c PER MILE TIME TABLE No 3 Daily and Sunday Schedule Effective May 18th 1915 SCHEDULE Between Lumpkin Richland Americus and Macon Read Down Miles No 7 No 5 No 3 No 1 PM AM PM AM 330 630 630 0 Lumpkin 400 700 700 10 Richland 735 735 20 Preston 810 810 30 Plains 850 1210 850 40 Americus Read Up 1245 925 50 Andersonville 120 1000 60 Oglethorpe 130 1010 62 Montezuma 205 1045 74 Marshallville 230 1110 83 Ft Valley 300 1140 95 Byron 350 1230 112 Macon No 2 PM 700 625 550 515 440 405 330 320 245 220 150 100 No 4 AM 1040 1005 930 920 845 820 750 700 No 6 PM 310 235 200 125 1250 No 8 AM 630 600 SCHEDULE Between Americus and Albany Read Down Miles Head Up SCHEDULE Between Weston and Richland Read Down Miles Read Up No 9 AM 850 925 1000 1030 0 Americus 13 Smithville 26 Leesburg 36 Albany No 10 PM 1250 1205 1130 1100 AM No 11 AM 530 600 0 10 Weston Richland No 12 PM 440 410 Special Care Taken of Ladies and Children News Publishing Co Richland Ga We do not see how there can be any proper and effectual regulation of the business of one carrier of passengers over a given route or street unless the same regulatory supervision is exercised over every other competing carrier m the same business on that particular route For example at this time under order of this Commission seeking to provide reasonably adequate transportation service on Marietta Street in this city the street railroad company is operating cars upon a fifteen minute headway In competition with the street railroad company there are being operated on week days say ten Jitneys the combined facilities of the two agencies sufficiently care for the traffic We will suppose that a series of baseball games are scheduled for Ponce de Leon Park next week or that a circus is to give exhibitions on Jackson Street 235 for two days Crowds may be thronging to these places and the prospect of fares looks good to the Jitneys whereupon they all forsake Marietta Street every afternoon to operate to the ball park or the circus grounds with the result that the Marietta Street public is deprived of that considerable percentage of its transportation facilities ordinarily supplied by the jitneys is forced to depend upon the street cars and finds the fifteen minute headway schedules inadequate Under such conditions how can the street car company know upon what headway to operate its schedules or how could this Commission know when such conditions were likely to arise We repeat that in order for this Commission to fairly justly and intelligently regulate the street railroad companys business and intelligently decide whether its service is adequate it is essential that it have the same powers over other public service operators in competition with it over the same routes This is in the interest of the public and not of the street railroad company Passenger transportation service to be of value to the public must be regular and dependable No common carrier in this State now under the regulatory supervision of this Commission is allowed to discontinue temporarily or abandon permanently any established service without the consent of this Commission No one questions the wisdom of this regulation The same regulation ought to apply to the Jitney if it holds itself out as a common carrier and expects to establish itself in the confidence of the public as a dependable transportation agency We have attempted to demonstrate that respondents in this complaint not only come within the letter of the law prescribing the jurisdiction of this Commission but also clearly within its spirit and general scope and that there is plain need of some governmental supervision and regulation of their business In these years of progress and invention new and improved transportation agencies and means of communication are being constantly brought into existence and use No one can today anticipate what new or as yet undreamed of agency may be in common service a decade hence The General Assembly of 1907 had as keen an appreciation of this truth then as we have today and in the Act we have been discussing evidently purposed in the use of such general words as all common carriers every common carrier and any common carrier to include all those agencies of public transportation then in use and known to it and also such as would later come into use and public service as common carriers It was legislating for the future as well as for the then present In 1847 when steam railroads were first being constructed in Georgia and in this country our State Supreme Court decided the case of Fish vs Chapman and Ross 2 Ga 349 one of the leading cases in this country on the law of common carriers The following quotation from the opinion written by Mr Justice Nisbet is peculiarly interesting in this connection This is an age of railroads steamboat companies stage companies and transportation It is an era of stirmen and goods run to and froand common carriers are multiplied The convenience of the people and safety of property depend more now I apprehend upon the rules which regulate the liability of these public ministers than at any other period in the 236 worlds history Steam as a transporting power has supplanted almost all other agencies and it is used for the most part by public companies or associations It is very important that their liability should not only be accurately defined but publicly declared If this great and learned Georgia Jurist could come back to his native State today he would stand amazed at the increased running to and fro of men and goods the multiplication of transportation agencies and their wonderful efficiency The feeble crude and inefficient agencies of his time the wonderment of his generation would only excite the laughing curiosity of the children of today with their onthewater and underthewater craft and their ontheearth undertheearth and abovetheearth vehicles of transportation horseless and steamless And the end of progress is not yet We can no more predict today what instrumentalities of transportation and communication will be in common use fifty years hence than could the learned Justice Nisbet foresee in 1847 what we are using today The importance and necessity of governmental regulation of public service agencies therefore grows with the passing of the years the march of progress and the increase of population As for ourselves we are quite confident that the use of the motor vehicle as a public agency of transportation is as yet in its infancy We do not believe that the small and ill adapted motor cars now being used in urban public service such as the socalled Jitneys can permanently succeed or satisfactorily meet what seems to be a widespread public demand for speedy economical transportation facilities We entertain no doubt but that this apparent demand will soon be met by improved better adapted safer and more substantial instrumentalities than now in use Motor car transportation in our opinion has come to stay and hence all the more the necessity for regulation Proper and reasonable regulation does not mean nor should it be exercised for prohibitory or strangulation purposes These public servants like their competitors the steam and street railroad companies are entitled to fair treatment to reasonable fares and sane regulation Observation by members of the Commission of the operation of jitneys in Atlanta and of their practices has convinced us that supervision and regulation are essential to the public safety and welfare and believing under the Act of 1907 that it is made our duty to exercise supervision over the conduct of their business we shall do so and from time to time prescribe such just and reasonable regulations as seem to us demanded In doing this it is neither our desire or purpose to interfere with or supersede the police powers of local authorities or their powers or duties in referehce to license or other forms of taxation 237 MACON RAILWAY LIGHT COMPANY MACON GEORGIA Application for Increase in Commercial and Residential Lighting Rates and in ReI tail Power Rates R R C No 10978 w Decided August 24th 1915 By Candler Chairman On February 24 1914 upon application of the Macon Railway Light Company for an increase in its then existing commercial and residential lighting rates and retail power rates the Commission issued its order prescribing a new scale of rates for these branches of service effective March 1st 1914 considerably in excess of the rates in effect at the date of the order In the opinion accompanying this order the Commission said The rates which we have prescribed will we belihve earn fair returns under wise and economical management upon the fair value of the properties devoted to the public use We believe the services to the public are reasonably worth the prices we have fixed If at the expiration of one year under their operation we find we are mistaken we shall promptly undertake to revise them On June 9th last the Light Company filed with the Commission a petition in which it alleges that the rates prescribed by the Commission as above mentioned have proven grossly inadequate and prays for a revision of the same and the establishment of a new schedule of increased rates as set forth in the petition The Commission has held two hearings on this petition and has made a thorough and painstaking investigation of the business and earnings of the Company under the rates complained of for fifteen months beginning with the date they became effective March 1st 1914 and ending May 31 1915 Competent expert accountants under the direction and supervision of the Commission have made and submitted to the Commission detailed studies and reports as to the Companys business the expenses of conducting the same and the earnings therefrom during the above mentioned period For the purposes of this petition the Company while protesting that it was low accepted the valuation placed by the Commission in the previous investigation upon the properties devoted to commercial and residential lighting and power uses so that in the instant case there is no question of values The present investigation involves only the ascertainment of the actual earnings of the Company under the rates prescribed by the Commission and whether they afford a reasonably adequate and fair return upon the values heretofore determined APPORTIONMENT OF COMMON EXPENSES Ascertainment of the true earnings of the Company has been made difficult by reason of the fact that the lighting business of the company is conducted in connection with its railway business and the municipal lighting service in Macon is under contract to another company but actually performed by petitioner and further by the fact that the Macon Railway Light Company is one of 238 four public service corporations owned by substantially the same interests with substantially the same general organizations conducting the four businesses jointly with many expenses in common These four corporations are the Central Georgia Power Co which generates and sells electric current to the Georgia Public Service Corporation and to the Macon Railway Light Company the Georgia Public Service Corporation distributing and selling electric current which it buys from the Power Company the Macon Gas Light Company manufacturing and selling gas to the public and the Macon Railway Light Company using the electric current purchased by it from the Power Company in operating its electric railway system and in serving its light and power patrons This Company also owns the municipal lighting system The Central Georgia Power Company is under a term contract to light the city at prices much below the actual cost of the service Owning no lighting or distribution system the common owners of it and the Macon Railway Light Co which owns the system require the Railway and Light Company to carry out the Power Companys contract with the city charging it with the current used but allowing it to retain the proceeds from the service The actual outofpocket loss placed upon the Railway and Light Company by the Power Company in fulfillment of the Power Companys contract is over 600000 per annum exclusive of interest on the investment depreciation of and taxes on the property in use and administrative expenses All four companies have practically the same general officers many of the same general office clerks the same general offices and large general management expenses in common It will be seen therefore that in ascertaining the true earnings of the Macon Railway and Light Co from its commercial and residential lighting and retail power business under the rates prescribed by the Commission for the fifteen months ending May 31 1915 the above described intercorporate relations must be taken into consideration direct revenues and expenses must be properly assigned to each company and expenses common to all must be properly allocated as between the four companies Only in this way can the true expenses of the petitioner the Macon Railway Light Co be fairly ascertained A the Railway and Light Co is engaged in two distinct public services towit a railway transportation business and a light and power business a further allocation of expenses common to the two departments is necessary in order that the correct earnings in the electric light and power department may be fairly ascertained In the 1914 inquiry the Commission estimated the fair value of the property of the Railway Light Co used in commercial and residential lighting and for retail power purposes to be 43924100 It was also of the opinion that the sum of 2500000 was reasonably required as working capital in performing these services making the total capital upon which the company was entitled to a fair return 46424100 This valuation excluded the property used in municipal lighting estimated by the Commission as having a fair value of 8097300 239 The gross revenue of the company from its commercial and residential lighting and from its retail power business under the Commissions rates effective March 1st 1914 for the twelve months ending February 28 1915 was 13462518 The total operating expenses including taxes charged on the books of the company against this gross revenue was 8551749 leaving net earnings of 4910769 From thisnet the company should have set aside for depreciation under the opinion of the Commission four and onehalf per cent of the value of the physical properties in use to wit 1976584 This does not appear to have been done Had it been done there would have remained as net earhings over and above operating expenses taxes and depreciation the sum of 2934185 equivalent to 632 per cent on the estimated value of the property and working capital In considering the business of the company for the period mentioned it should be borne in mind that the Commission rates in effect on March 1st 1914 were very much higher than the exceedingly low rates previously prevailing as the result of the bitter contest for existence waged between the Railway and Light Co and the Georgia Public Service Corporation Such an increase in numerous instances where long term contracts had been made based on the low rates occasioned some degree of dissatisfaction among the Companys patrons and doubtless for a time affected business Within six months of the promulgation of the Commission rates the European war commenced followed by depressing effects oh business of every character throughout the world and possibly nowhere in the United States more than in the cotton States Conditions have not markedly improved as yet in this section Following an increase in rates under such depressed business conditions it is not surprising that the business of this Company for the period under study has fallen below normal A return however of 632 per cent unquestionably compares favorably with returns for the same period in other lines of business in Macon and in Georgia These observations are submitted not by way of asserting that 632 per cent is a fair and proper return but rather as suggesting that the business of the company during the last eighteen months having been subnormal results can not and should not be taken as conclusive evidence as to the reasonableness of rates made effective and in operation under such conditions However the Commission is firmly convinced that the true earnings under the rates in question during the first year of their operation were considerably in excess of the amount shown on the books of the Company towit 4910769 or 2934185 with the allowance of 4 12 per cent for depreciation The Commission has made a thorough analysis of the allocation of the expenses of the four companies heretofore mentioned common to all and is satisfied fhat these allocations as made to the Railway Light Co and the Georgia Public Service Corporation are excessive The major accounts the distribution or allocations of which are particularly open to criticism are General Officers Salaries General Office Clerks General Office Expense and ExpenseUeneral Some items in these different ac 240 counts have been arbitrarily distributed others on a basis of estimated actual services performed for each company without to us any apparently satisfactory method of ascertaining how much of a general officers time is actually devoted to each company The four companies for example have the same President he uses the same office for all with the same secretary or stenographer The four companies have the same Treasurer with his office for the four etc The Presidents salary is charged twenty per cent to the Gas Co forty per cent to the Power Co forty per cent to the Railway Light Co and nothing directly to the Georgia Public Service Corporation Of the forty per cent charged to the Railway Light Co sixty per cent is charged to the Electric Department and forty per cent to the Railway All of the 60 per cent charged to the Electric Department remains against the commercial and residential light and retail power services and nothing is charged to the municipal lighting service The Treasurers salary is charged ten per cent to the Gas Co ten per cent to the Power Co twentytwo per cent to the Georgia Public Service Company and fiftyeight per cent to the Railway Light Co Of the 58 per cent charged to the Railway Light Co 60 per cent is charged to the Electric Department and 40 per cent to the Railway Department Of the 60 per cent charged to the Electric Department no part is charged to the municipal lighting service The Treasurer of the four companies is the Chief Accountant of each and presumably keeps all accounts as also all monies The gross earnings of these companies for the year ending February 28th 1915 were Central Georgia Power Co 359419 from 45 customers Macon Gas Co 146937 from 3991 t Georgia Public Service Co 74114 from 959 Macon Railway Light Co 440947 from 2840 Earned by the Railway Department Earned by the Light Power Department 134b25uu Municipal Lighting gross earnings were 1627000 In explanation1 of why further individual allocations than are shown on the books to the Georgia Public Service Corporation are not made it was shown to the Commission that the Central Georgia Power Co made a charge to the Georgia Public Service Corporation for the year ending February 28 1915 of 1264723 for Administrative Expenses and 180905 for General Office Expenses with the statement that thse amounts were arbitrarily fixed and collected upon the theory that if the Public Service Company was independently providing its own administration force and expenses the cost would be higher Two conditions as we understand subject those charges to disapproval to wit 1 The Central Georgia Power Co no more probably not as nearly furnishes this administrative force than does the Macon Railway and Light Co 2 The actual charge is approximately twice as much as the service costs the Power Company so that it appears to be actually making a profit of approximately one hundred per cent on its administration of this orphan kinsman Other individual illustrations of the allocations of common expenses between the four companies need not be given It is sufficient to say that in our opinion 241 they are not made on any apparently rational or logical basis but are largely arbitrary We do not in the remotest degree question the good faith or honest intentions of the officials responsible for them We are convinced that these officials thought and probably still think they were right and fair Our judgment and opinions radically differ from theirs comnarHe6 PlnS fr allocatinS common expenses between these four companies One is upon the basis of the percentage of the gross earnings of each odL cfthe total of the four The other is upon tbe basis of SS the line 1 expenses 0f each comPany to the total of the four At the moment would Zuirnl9T PraCticable for lack of full information to secure which would require further accounting and time befweenrthenf PUrPSeS therefore we have used the first plan of allocation as Rawv 1 und then using the sums allocated to the Macon Ran 7 C made a further avocation of the expenses common to the betwn tZ f ElGCtriC departments The Percentages used in the allocation between the four companies were as follows Central Georgia Power Co Macon Gas Company f Georgia Public Service Corporation mTm Macon Railway Light Company 43 17 The percentages used in allocating between the Railway and Electric Departments of the Railway and Light Company were as follows Railway Department Electric Department 30 54 Another allocation could have been made between the commercial and residential lighting and power and municipal lighting but except as to taxes we have not included such in our revision TAXES The total taxes assessed against the Railway Light Company for the twelve months ending February 28th 1915 were 2826700 of which 9239 00 were Charged to commercial and residential light and retail power and 2066 00 to municipal lighting This distribution we understand was made by taking the total tax returns of the Railway Light Co 130356700 and assigning to the Electric Department the full valuations made by the Commission of the commercial and residential V0WGt Pr0perties 924100 and of the municipal lighting system 8097300 in round figures 52000000 or approximately 40 per cent of the entire tax return and upon this basis 40 per cent of the total taxes paid by the company were charged to the Electric Department We do not believe this a proper distribution The annual report of the Company to the Commission for the year ending December 31 1914 gives the total book cost values of the Companys properties as 3197382 of which 979402 is the book cost value of the Electric Light Power properties including the municipal light system and 2217980 is reported 242 the book cost value of the Railway properties the percentage being 306 per Electric Departments The charges thus arrived at against the Electric Depa have further distributed 85 per cent to S liehtine and retail power and 15 per cent to municipal lighting these percent a i artment t0 016 totaIaceordns trollerGeneral allocating where the properties returned are not separately note shows slightly different percentages that Is higher than as gure a ove the Railway and lower for the Electric Department RESULTS OF REVISION Accepting the direct departmental charges as made on the Companys books and using the several percentages mentioned in the foregoing for allocating the to the four companies approximately 73100 iS WCommission It Is proper to note that prior to ebrnary in4 the rtlgJd baXTthe percentage of earn About February 1914 while the 1914 application for increased rates was pend nnnr to the order of the Commission prescribing the increased rates basis of allocation of Expense General 0 per cent to the Railway and 60 per cent department just the reverse ot the previous method o Genefal Two items in Raw nse Account to wll hd o Counsel which with the exception of 7337 constitute du vip been shicTMarch 1st 1014 divided dually between the partments Prior to 1914 onr understanding is they were alloca to Railway and 15 per cent to Electric 243 Under account Injures and Damages claim agents salary during the year under consideration has been equally prorated between the two departments Insurance Account with the exception of Indemnity charged direct has been prorated equally between the two departments a mSSnrr T Sable haalso been allocated arbitrarily on T a p r ceIltto the Railway and 60 per cent to the Electric department tic mlght comIare suits had the same plan of allocation prac lced prior to the new 1914 rates been followed we have taken all of those common accounts and the Tax account for the year ending February 28th 1915 Zt n th Light Company after the ocal distrl wc d ZZTn e and allocated between the Railway and Elec tric department upon a basis of 60 per cent to Railway and 40 per cent to the Electric department and by this method find the operating expenses and taxes properly chargeable to commercial and residential lighting and power service to be approximately 7850000 leaving after the 4 12 per cent allowance for depZ cation net earnings for the year of 8830000 equivalent to 825 per cent on the values including working capital fixed by the Commission During the year under consideration these were charged Into operating expenses of the Railway ft Light Company 344400 of expenses connected with dismantling certain primary lines of the Georgia Public Service Corporation and transferring the current distribution to the primary lines of the Railway ft Light Company If a proper charge to operating expenses this was an extraordinary be slvZTh f W1 D 88811 b6 inCUrred and thls y operating expenses will De saved that sum ain ndCr the Reconnection charge which the Commission will authorize in the order which will he issued in connection with this opinion new and Zd tional revenue of 120000 per annum will It is estimated accrue to the Company In 1914 m commenting upon the price paid the Power Company for current approximately one cent per K W H the Commission said unreasormblhfgh16 contract and borders close to being The Commission further said It is not our purpose to rule on this question but in passing we content Welult mtsmSSrdthat thlS ComlssIh h precribing reasonae ana just rates for light and power supplied to the public by the Macon Railway Light Co does not feel bound to accept the contract price paid for current by the Railway Co to the Power Co as conclusive or bidding on it The Macon Railway Light Co is the largest customer the Power Co has yet It is charge higher prices for electric current than some others among its cus The Commission has not modified its opinion as expressed in 1914 in reference t0rrie if1Ce the ailway and Light Company is paying the Power Co for current The Commission has not only made a thorough but rather sympathetic investigation of the business of the petitioner under the rates alleged to be inadequate and unreasonably low The burden of showing their unreasonableness and inade 244 or It has not convinced us of their unreasonableness at Ltime lay the harden ot farther increases in rate on net revenues from the to meet fixed charges and pay r 1 department which is earning reasonable f rhe8the riwTrpartrt independent andeparate rates at the expense o iight and power patrons dpHsion of the Massachusetts This principle has been well state 1 ce Gas Co Public Utilities Re Gas Electric Light Commission in re Lawren e ports 1915A page 814 in the following language In a combined gas and TlTnvestment to some spective plants and opernint eds and many of the general expenses extent at least A nts and mUst be arbitrarily apportioned It are common to both departme not Pe required to assume m is important that theumevs of to consumers of r S5S aVopping right The petitioner having failed mercial and residential lig ra es aame at this time upon the show Xwffl 5 fe ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD CO SAVANNAH GA R R C FILE No 12331 N Petition for Authority to Discontinue Stopping its Passenger Train No 82 at Ludowici Georgia Decided August 25th 1916 By the Commission zrrr Melanie KTS misunderstanding of the power and jurisdiction of nations upon its powers ln ated between New The train in question is practically a uuu Havana York and Tampa it makes connection with steamers at Tampa for Havana 245 and was primarily established for the carriage of through passengers mail and express Its run is a long one with numerous important connections Ludowici is a town of 600 or 700 population and a junction point with the Georgia Coast and Piedmont Railroad About a year ago the Atlantic Coast Line for the first time since the establishment of train No 82 began stopping it at Ludowici in order to make connection with a passenger train then operated by the Georgia Coast Piedmont A few months since this connection was broken by the discontinuance by the Georgia Coast Piedmont with the approval of the Commission of its connecting train so that Coast Line train No 82 no longer has this connection to meet The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad is closely paralleled from Tampa to Richmond by the Seaboard AirLine Railway and the two systems are keen competitors between New York and Tampa The Seaboard is the short line road it being 26 miles shorter from Tampa to Jacksonville 13 miles shorter from Jacksonville to Savannah and 68 miles shorter from Tampa to Richmond Coast Line train No 82 leaving Tampa daily at 9 p m is opposed by Seaboard AirLine No 2 leaving Tampa at the same hour and because of its shorter mileage arriving at Jacksonville 30 minutes ahead of Coast Line 82 at Savannah 30 minutes and at Richmond one hour and twenty minutes ahead LUDOWICI has the following northbound passenger train service to wit Atlantic Coast Line No 58 at 733 A M Atlantic Coast Line No 22 at 753 P M Atlantic Coast Line No 80 at 1108 P M all stopping regularly thereat From August 12th to August 23rd 1915 inclusive the following number of passengers boarded the above trains and No 82 at Ludowici No 5859 passengers an average of 48 per day No 2296 passengers an average of 8 per day No 80 4 passengers an average of per day No 8215 passengers an average of 1 per day CONCLUSIONS In the opinion of the Commission a triple daily passenger service northbound from Ludowici is reasonably adequate for the traffic The schedules as shown while not perfect are reasonably convenient The number of passengers using No 82 an average of 14 per day in our opinion is not sufficient to justify the compulsory stopping of No 82 an interstate heavy through train run in keen opposition to No 2 of the Seaboard Air Line between New York and Tampa and having the shorter mileage In truth under the facts as shown in this record the Commission is of the opinion that it is without power to compel the stop at Ludowici t 246 THE LAW in reference to the stoppage by State authorities of interstate trains where local facilities are reasonably adequate for the traffic is well settled Only a few citations will be made from many adjudications In C B Q Rwy vs Wisconsin R R Com 237 TJ S page 226 the Supreme Court of the United States said In reviewing the decision we may start with certain principles as established 1 It is competent for a State to require adequate local facilities even to the stoppage of interstate trains or the rearrangement of their 2 Such facilities existingthat is the local conditions being adequately metthe obligation of the railroad is performed and the stoppage of interstate trains becomes an improper and illegal interference with interQjnjp commerce 3 And this whether the interference be directly by the legislature or by its command through the orders of an administrative body In Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company vs the Railroad Commissioners of South Carolina 207 U S page 328 the same Court said 1 Any exercise of State authority whether made directly or through the instrumentality of a Commission which directly regulates interstate commerce is repugnant to the Commerce clause of the Federal Constitution and so held as to the stopping of interstate trains at stations within the State already adequately supplied with transportation facilities 2 Inability of fast interstate trains to make schedule loss of patronage and compensation for carrying mails and the inability of such trains to pay expenses if additional stops are required are all matters to be considered in determining whether adequate facilities have been furnished to the stations at which the Company is ordered by State authorities to stop such trains In Mississippi Railroad Commission vs Illinois Central Railroad 203 U S page 335 the same Court Said While a State Railroad Commission may in the absence of Congressional legislation order a railroad company to stop interstate trains at stations where there is only incidental interference with interstate commerce based on a legal exercise of the police power of the State exerted to secure proper facilities for the citizens of the State where the railroad has as in this case furnished all proper and reasonable facilities such an order is an improper and illegal interference with interstate commerce and void as a violation of the commerce clause of the Constitution The transfer of passengers on interstate trains as rapidly as can with safety be done is the inexorable demand of the public who use such trains Competition between great trunk lines is fierce and at times bitter Each line must do its best even to obtain its fair share of the transport tion between the States A wholly unnecessary though even a small obstacle ought not in fairness be placed in the way of an interstate road which may thereby be unable to meet the competition of its rivals We by no means intend to impair the strength of the previous decisions of this Court on this subject nor to assume that the interstate transportation either of passengers or freight is to be regarded as overshadowing the rights of residents of the State through which the railroad passes to adequate facilities 247 Boih claims are to be considered and after the wants of the residents withm a State or locality through which the road passes have been adequately supplied regard being had to all the facts bearing upon the subject they ought not to be permitted to demand moie at the cost of the ability of the road to successfully compete with its rivals in the transportation of interstate passengers and freight The Commission while desirous of consulting as far as within its power the convenience of citizens at Ludowici has not under the facts in the record in this case felt that it should pass an order violative of the legal rights of the railroad After the hearing in this case had been completed and parties dismissed the Commission received telegrams from interested parties asking that the hearing be continued As the hearing had been actually completed when these messages were received compliance with the request was impossible The Commission however gave consideration to these protests in Executive Session subsequently 249 Railroad Mileage in the State of Georgia June 301915 In Miles and Decimal Fractions NAME Alabama Great Southern R R Co Atlanta West Point R R Co Atlanta Birmingham Atlantic R R Co Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co Atlantic Waycross Northern R R Co Augusta Summerville R R Co Augusta Belt Ry Co Augusta Southern R R Co Bowdon Railway CoI Central of Georgia Railway Co Charleston Western Carolina Ry Co Chattahoochee Valley Railway Co Elberton Eastern Railway Co Fitzgerald Ocilla Broxton R R Co Flemington Hinesville Western R R Co Flint River Northeastern R R Co Flovilla Indian Springs Railway Gainesville Northwestern R R Co Gainesville Midland Railway Georgia Railroad Georgia Florida Railway Georgia Coast Piedmont R R Co Georgia Florida Alabama Ry Co Georgia Northern Railway Co Georgia Southern Florida Railway Co Georgia Southwestern Gulf R R Co Greene County Railroad Co Hartwell Railway Co Hawkinsville Florida Southern Railway Co Hawkinsville Western Railroad Co Lawrenceville Branch Railroad Co Lexington Terminal Railroad Co Louisville Nashville Railroad Co Louisville Wadley Railroad Co Macon Birmingham Railway Co Macon Dublin Savannah Railroad Co Milltown Air Line Railway Co Milstead Railway Co Monroe Railroad Nashville Chattanooga St Louis Ry Ocilla Pinebloom Valdosta R R Co Ocilla Southern Railroad Co Pelham Havana Railroad Co Register Glennville Railway Rome Northern Railroad Co Sandersville Railroad Savannah Northwestern Railway Co Savannah Southern Railway Co Savannah Statesboro Railway TOTAL MILEAGE Single Track Double Track Yard Tracks and Sidings 2421 452 L 3017 9081 2o 486L 32 14850 70581 891 22225 1076 25 431 376 572 8251 849 1206 100 133099 916 51026 2021 1947 100 25 2200 08 1410 90 525 75 2333 262 240 3500 250 7200 950 30166 718 12901 30660 3981 9840 400 10783 1372 6744 886 23925 49 8605 3500 455 1965 150 960 50 9308 1448 2300 151 961 31 330 19 16551 4254 1000 139 9687 734 9226 2870 1000 25 290 60 1013 246 14225 815 9495 1125 15 7196 327 1875 100 200 3750 1760 140 390 80 10860 1295 1840 100 215 3260 250 Railroad Mileage in the State of Georgia June 301915 In Miles and Decimal Fractions NAME TOTAL MILEAGE Single Track Savannah Augusta Northern Railway Seaboard Air Line Railway Shearwood Railway Co Southern Railway Co South Georgia Railway Co Statenville Railway Co Sylvania Girard Railroad Co Talbotton Railroad Tallulah Falls Railway Co Tennessee Alabama Georgia Railroad Co Tifton Terminal Company Union Point White Plains Railroad Co Valdosta Moultrie Western Railroad Co Wadley Southern Railway Co Wayeross Southern Railroad Co Wayeross Western Railroad Co Western Railway of Alabama Wrightsville Tennille Railroad Co Total Mileage shown in Fortysecond Report 3900 74480 1500 91326 3740 1400 1500 663 4314 4265 Double Track Miles of Yard Tracks and Sidings 1205 4180 9000 2169 4450 17 10282 729572 732572 increase Decrease 3000 7121 11036 11045 09 200 19546 i 75 31517 I 350 25 200 34 402 650 300 m 52 200 707 121 167 87 1742 203865 198921 4944 Statement of Stock and Bond Issues and Other Securities Approved by the Railroad Commission of Georgia During the Year Ending December 31st 1915 Name of Corporation Valdosta Lighting Company Georgia Railway Electric Company Putnam Mills Power Company Shearwood Railway Company LulaHomer Railroad Company Consolidated Telephone Telegraph Company Gas Light Company of Columbus Georgia Warehouse Compress Company Atlanta Charlotte Air Line Railway Company Macon Terminal Company Georgia Coast Piedmont Railroad Company Douglas Compress Company Georgia Northern Railway Company Midland Railway Georgia Railway Electric Company Douglas Compress Company Central of Georgia Railway Company Savannah Northwestern Railway Company Georgia Coast Piedmont Railroad Co Georgia Southern Florida Railroad Company Central of Georgia Railway Company Amount of Bonds Approved Amount of Stock Approved Date of Approval 8000000 Jan 15 1915 15300000 Feb 23 1915 2500000 Mar 10 1915 15000000 25500000 Mar 23 1915 16500000 Mar 23 1915 20000000 Apr 13 1915 4000000 May 25 1915 4500000 May 25 1915 350000000 July 14 1915 160000000 10000000 July 29 1915 157200000 Aug 11 1915 4000000 Aug 24 1915 45000000 Sep 14 1915 36000000 7640000 Sep 14 1915 3900000 Sep 14 1915 3000000 Oot 26 1915 68849145 Nov 9 1915 119640000 Time Notes July 27 1915 8275000 Income Debentures Aug 11 1915 45000000 Equipment Trust Notes Oct 26 1915 L00000000 Equipment Trust Notes Dec 14 1915 Statement of Financial Operations of Railroads for the Year Ended June 301915 Alabama Great Southern R R Atlanta West Point R R Atlanta Bham Atlantic R R Atlantic Coast Line R R Atlantic Waycross Nor R R fiigusta Belt Ry Augusta Southern R R Bowdon Railway Central of Georgia Ry Charleston W Carolina R R Chattahoochee Valley R R Elberton Eastern R R Fitzgerald Ocilla Broxton R R Flemington Hinesville Westn Gainesville Northwestern R R Flovilla Indian Springs R R Gainesville Midland Ry Gainesville Northwestern K R Georgia Florida Ry Georgia Coast Piedmont R R Georgia Florida Alabama Ry Georgia Northern Ry Georgia Railroad Georgia Southern Florida Ry Georgia Southwestern Gulf Greene County R R Hartwell Railway Hawkinsville Florida Sou Ry Lawrenceville Branch R R Lexington Terminal R R Louisville Nashville R R Louisville Wadley R R Macon Birmingham Ry Macon Dublin Savannah R R Gross Earnings 38213039 118533774 209015618 528095855 696261 2406350 16002686 2704948 958949978 15698854 164624 2121521 574799 478018 5759693 341167 16824509 5759693 66499459 12554764 35398103 19990288 279T58958 179372759 9538731 1971566 2435855 13422579 1005374 475571 193400691 2145409 12874348 45257894 Operating Expenses Net Earnings 29229869 93437868 178882220 383542708 575815 2222688 13508275 2827239i 669971492 12104258 103820 2165578 1072138 579138 3195668 309425 14000861 5297981 68769232 12703539 23759676 13554663 233239906 137795689 67075991 1881905 1694201 11382392 1063301 598225 143099122 1692928 16368664 34347462 Deficits 8983170 25095906 30133398 144553147 120446 183662 2494411 288978486 3594596 60804 Gross Earnings per mile Operating Expenses per mile 1638606 31742 2823648 461712 11638427 64356251 459190521 41577070 2831132 89661 741654 2040187 50301569 452481 10910432 122291 44057 497339 101120 2269773 148775 57927 122654 3494316 I 1573200 1274693 431476 736936 64768 639986 192966 225412 715383 719471 329248 96460 407661 91051 209820 129968 233673 155667 197797 127580 326069 293974 909313 749729 272535 100334 241174 139819 104617 132841 740261 214541 122613 490547 Net Earnings per mile 1203370 1004816 369271 535218 53573 591140 162888 235603 499803 554732 207640 98435 76038 110312 138700 118101 194556 143188 204548 129101 218862 199333 759739 575949 191644 95771 167743 118567 110645 167102 547727 169293 155892 372290 Percentage of Operating Expenses to Gross Earnings 369830 269877 62205 201718 11204 48846 30078 215580 164739 121608 71120 12114 39217 12479 107207 94641 149574 173780 80891 4563 73431 21252 192534 45248 118257 7649 7883 8558 7263 8270 9237 8442 10452 6987 7710 6306 10207 18652 12115 6610 9060 8320 9198 10365 10119 6712 6780 8358 7682 7030 9646 6956 8486 10576 12579 7399 7891 12713 7589 252 Statement of Financial Operations of Railroads for the Year Ended June 301915 Continued Gross Earnings Operating Net Gross Operating Net Deficits Earnings Expenses Earnings Expenses Earnings per mile per mile per mile Percentage of Operating Expenses to Gross Earnings Milltown Air Line R R Milstead Railroad Monroe Railroad Nashville Chat St Louis Ry Ocilla Pinebloom Valdosta O cilia Southern R R Pelham Havana R R Register Glennville Ry Rome Northern R R Sandersville Railroad Savannah Northwestern R R Savannah Southern Ry Savannah Statesboro Ry Savannah Augusta Nor Ryj Seaboard Air Line Ry Shearwood Railway South Georgia Ry Southern Railway Statenville Railway Sylvania Girard R R Talbotton Railroad 1 Tallulah Falls Ry Tennessee Alabama Ga R R Tifton Terminal Co Union Point White Plains R R Valdosta Moultrie Westn R R Wadley Southern Ry Waycross Southern R R Waycross Western R R Wrightsville Tennille R R Totals Western Atlantic R R 1765614 664274 2407447 241018081 278322 9349102 2069741 2203404 2221755 1933201 17775928 2074901 12308882 3890801 499202894 481011 12334388 852256198 844103 2460497 1453179 10007005 3136186 469305 1329230 5963329 9426087 3667449 2722285 27136825 45297769741 2573916 84 973989 791625 841847 177573 2791859 384412 188681745 52336336 353322 75000 7547225 1801877 1503281 566460 3994318 1790914 2232023 10268 1925129 8072 21008567 3232639 1384249 690652 8850809 3458073 3498183 392618 357976770 141226124 380499 100512 9136176 3198212 666083469 186172729 1054774 210671 1808393 652104 1650165 196986 8816008 1190997 4358342 1222156 416163 53142 1193463 135767 5579026 384303 11084332 1658245 5732367 2064918 3716255 993970 22095431 5041394 5468353724 108029202118876004 2097293101 47662374 1765611 97389 79162 5520 189792 240528 12658 240745 279186 11597 1694327 1326409 367918 7829 24739 31406 12695 129848 104822 25026 8070 108933 79120 29761 7200 62068 112516 18128 126236 126584 10045 495693 493623 2069 9958 163683 193461 11880 106954 71353 35601 6672 170956 122928 48028 7190 99764 89696 10068 9000 667562 478707 188855 7171 48101 38004 10051 7900 319626 236749 82877 7408 805558 629586 175972 7816 60293 75341 12495 164033 120560 43473 7350 219030 248893 11300 230046 202667 27379 8810 69569 96680 13896 156435 138721 17714 8868 97522 87561 9961 8978 141984 132834 9150 9356 104734 110843 11763 183372 286618 15630 61175 83511 13652 261939 213276 48663 8142 I 7657 1881243 1532885 348358 8148 253 Statement of Financial Operations of Terminal Companies in Georgia for the Year Ended June 30 1915 Gross Earnings Operating Expenses Net Earnings Deficits Atlanta Terminal Company Augusta Summerville Railroad Company Augusta Union Station Company Georgia Midland Terminal Company 5254341 440991 977188 262196 7057858 13401112 1145963 2468759 1148 6237486 i 261048 820372 8146771 704972 1491571 13992574 23254468 1081420 10343314 254 Statement of Financial Operations of Telegraph and Express Companies in Georgia for the Year Ended June 30 1915 Gross Earnings Operating Expenses Net Earnings Deficits Postal TelegraphCable Company Western Union Telegraph Company Southern Express Company 21171583 79316891 214581254 22664702 70432972 208712148 8883919 5869106 1493114 Totals 315069733 301809822 14753025 1493114 255 5 Statement of Financial Operations of Cotton Compress Companies in Georgia for the Year Ended August 31 1915 Atlantic Compress Company Cuthbert Compress Warehouse Company Georgia Warehouse Compress Company Hawkinsville Compress Company Montezuma Compress Company Moultrie Compress Company Riverside Compress Company Rome Cotton Compress Company Toccoa Compress Company Union Warehouse Compress Company Yidalia Compress Power Company Totals Gross Earnings 66291470 1679506 4067085 2405923 1691897 1895683 42861 10 20547971 1413066j 4037533 1577882 9140G9752 Operating Expenses 40158845 1693867 2588465 1862979 1450997 874441 2885786 9247081 850959 3005494 1042970 Net Earnings Deficits 26132625 13 61 1478620 542944 240900 1021242 1400324 1130089 562107 1032039 534912 57339511 34075802 14361 256 Statement of Financial Operations of Telephone Companies in Georgia for the Year Ended v December 311915 Ashburn Telephone Company Atlanta Telephone Telegraph Company Blakely Telephone Company Blue Ridge Telephone Company Bowen Telephone Company Bowman Telephone Company Brooklet Telephone Company Broxton Telephone Company Buena Vista Telephone Company Byron Rural Telephone Company Cairo Telephone Company Canton Telephone Company City Telephone Company Coleman Telephone Company Consolidated Telephone Telegraph Company Dalton Telephone Company Danielsville Comer Telephone Company Darien Telephone Company Dawson Telephone Company Dexter Telephone Company Dogwood Telephone Company Donalsonville Telephone Company Douglas Telephone Company Duluth Telephone Telegraph Company Effingham Telephone Telegraph Company Ellaville Telephone Company Ellijay Telephone Exchange Farmers Telephone Company Free State Telephone Company Fruit Belt Telephone Company Gainesboro Telephone Telegraph Company Gay Telephone Company Gross Earnings Operating Expenses Net Earnings efi cits 562480 17105852 625096 183168 423154 13703975 454152 154381 139326 3401877 I 170944 28787 1 4149378 3062363 1087015 198558 186250 12308 145995 119065 26930 205328 205328 451200 281690 169510 204800 143075 61725 400000 352800 47200 383689 333264 50425 480000 390000 90000 89000 41400 47600 3335024 3191902 143122 1480121 1329922 150199 573500 395000 178500 151000 108000 1176011 43000 1598785 422774 209400 128000 81400 12454 9435 3019 236372 188600 47772 775734 727467 48267 140000 50000 90000 202175 141600 60575 319000 236000 83000 75000 55600 19400 432000 305611 126389 103392 94213 9179 920463 6840242 1035362 4122158 114899 2718084 156600 154663 1937 Statement of Financial Operations of Telephone Companies in Georgia for the Year Ended December 31 1915 Continued Gross Operating Net Earnings Expenses Earnings 291280 200000 140795 150485 jrll dl U 1 cUpilUilc Oo OlrnimrillQ Tolonhono TnTYIDflTIV 110000 90000 UoViro Buhlin Qorvino nnmDflTlV 420000 205000 215000 Ilaiill a Jl UU11G OtJl vioc 72215 42242 29973 lldiilip lUii X ClCpiiUUC vuuipaiij1 TTrlom Tnlonh ono EYPhimfffi 127585 88100 39485 1601111 1147610 453501 626495 423533 202962 xxdl L VjUtillLj 1 citjpuuiLt TT n TirVi ti csfri 11 a TolonhODP nnTilDilTlV 827883 504126 323757 XXd W JtVIXL V111C i OiCpiiUUC 90156 63275 26881 TTMratnn Tolonborio PnmDanv 226843 184556 42287 Jasper Telephone Company Kite Telephone Company i LeslieDeSoto Telephone Company Tndnwini Tolonhnnp PniTlDilTlV 85000 24000 285158 112785 34000 5205 256500 103000 51000 18795 28658 9785 iiUUUYYltl 1 CICpJLLOUC vjUirrjJUiii J Mancheser Telephone Company 382336 120000 293529 99500 88807 20500 IVlaiLollclU I tICpiIOUt ijumpauj 271200 277591 324500 MdlSlldillVTlie 1 olpilOIlv COIIlpdilj Mqi oa TdI onhon a PomTlilTl V 229927 47664 TVTirlxrillQ Tolonhnnik flmrvnaTiv 170000 100200 69800 MllllniiinnQ TdIodIiotio PoTUDilDV 1235709 1067463 168246 lvllllcUgcVlllc I CiCpilOllC juuipauj ATillAWTi TdI DTih rm A PnmDfin V 252727 228848 23879 lVlllltUWll i clcpiIUllC vjuuxpauj MnnrAD Tolonbnno rnm DP TI V 990046 467740 522306 591730 405844 185886 IVXULLL tlilld I CIcpilUiiC Vj U ru FailJ McRaeHelena Telephone Company Unimii Pnnntv TolenVinriP nnirmanv 1672857 214000 1365764 172000 307093 42000 IVlUIIdj vU LIU lj I cicpiiuiic u ui pan j Mutual TaipnVmnp St TpIppthnTi Hnmnanv 355200 321114 34092 jyLuLUdi X civjpnun 6 j vxcgiapu wmpuxij TocVnrillp TlonVirmc nrnrrnnnv 519190 455177 64013 XN dXL V 111 X ClOpiivllC VJ Wxxxpuiiij ATmrViArn TdI Duh ATlD PniTl DADV i 122400 117700 4700 llW Uli 11 X ClCpiIUllt vvuipauj Minlinla TdI ddViodp PnmhilnV 219054 151247 67807 Tpy1i capronq TdlonVinriA St Tplperanh flnmnanv 773659 423000 350659 J J 1 Cll VJCUl glX X ClCpiiUllC D X vAo1 Mijsxx Ploitia TdIddVidtid PnmDnnv 298745 168392 130353 lldlllb X CltjpilUllC VVllllJJCLXX j Quitman Telephone Company 1400549 816645 583904 Deficits 53300 258 Statement of Financial Operations of Telephone Companies in Georgia for the Year Ended December 31 1915 Continued Rabun Telephone Electric Company Reynolds Telephone Company Riverdale Telephone Company Roberta Telephone System Satilla Telephone Company Screven Telephone Company Southern Bell Telephone Telegraph Company Southern Telephone Company Standard Telephone Company Statesboro Telephone Company Stephens County Telephone Company Stewart Telephone Company Summerville Telephone Company Tattnall Telephone Company Thomaston Telephone Company Unadilla Telephone Company Union Point Telephone Company Union Telephone Company Union Telephone Electric Light Company Vienna Telephone Company Walker County Telephone Company Washington Telephone Company West Point Telephone Electric Company Wilkes Telephone Electric Company Willacoochee Telephone Company Totals Gross Earnings Operating Expenses Net Earnings Deficits 120000 1 101700IS 18300 88000 1 220000 132000 48000 29800 18200 215000 135000 80000 247495 214727 32768 904088 639896 264192 299081360 144001537 155079823 1953425 1624383 329042 535482 522882 12600 1584720 1002647 582073 477500 364550 112950 48457 47207 1250 492947 435167 57780 150000 95000 55000 520137 359488 160649 410480 340021 70459 150000 77800 72200 110000 88000 22000 624022 631499 7477 580000 463000 117000 260765 181934 78831 1095351 935351 160000 1290362 1042438 247924 120000 85000 35000 350073 246097 103976 369192980 197614097 171754559 3 175676 259 Statement of Financial Operations of Street Railroad Gas and Electric Light Companies m Georgia for the Year Ended December 31 1915 Albany Power Manufacturing Company Albany Transit Company Americus Public Service Company Athens Gas Light Fuel Company Athens Railway Electric Company Atlanta Gas Light Company Atlanta Northern Railway Company AugustaAiken Railway Electric Corporation Carrollton Electric Company Central Georgia Power Company Chattanooga Railway Light Company City Suburban Railway Company Clarkesville Railway Companyf Columbus Power Company Columbus Railroad Company Cordele Electric Company Covington Oxford Street Railway Company Dallas Light Power Water Company Darien Manufacturing Company Electric Dept Eastman Light Ice Company Fairburn Atlanta Railway Electric Company Franklin Light Power Company Gainesville Railway Power Company Gas Light Company of Augusta Gas Light Company of Columbus Georgia Public Service Corporation Georgia Railway Power Company Griffin Gas Ice Cold Storage Company Harmony Grove Mills Electric Light Dept Gross Earnings Operating Expenses Net Earnings 4394764 1683473 6317844 336587 21374247 86353697 12263373 57495575 2105014 35557700 1716563 2252312 103710 40492897 33399246 2604410 699141 410000 410773 2030000 2442887 1800783 3360101 12902272 4959965 6811777 570870711 235493 920010 1361657 1465664 4525612 2055856 7977759 38353307 9535684 23013933 1492035 5764871 1288290 1917296 105724 11244284 19877844 1780321 620752 260000 402718 1782000 2096651 1219614 1933413 7728092 3727359 4801421 275148346 337740 527533 3033107 217809 1792232 1310021 13396488 48000390 2727689 34481642 612979 29792829 428273 335016 29248613 13521402 824089 78389 150000 8055 248000 346236 581169 1426688 5174180 1232606 2010356 295722365 392477 Deficits 2014 102247 260 Statement of Financial Operations of Street Railroad Gas and Georgia for the Year Ended December 31 1915 Electric Light Companies in Continued Kennesaw Paper Company Electric Light Dept Maon Gas Company Macon Railway Light Company Jljj Montezuma Light Power Company Mutual Light Water Company Oconee River Mills Electric Light Dept Panola Light Power Co Putnam Mills Power Company Rome Municipal Gas Company Rome Railway Light Company Savannah Electric Company Savannah Gas Company Savannah Lighting Company Senoia Electric Light Power Company Suburban Gas Electric Company Tifton Ice Power Company Tocco Palls Light Power Company Towaliga Falls Power Company Valdosta Gas Company T Valdosta Lighting Company l Vl V Valdosta Street Railway Company Villa Rica Electric Light Power Company Ware County Light Power Company Waycross Street Suburban Railway Company Wofford Shoals Light Power Company TOTALS Gross Earnings Operating Expenses Net Earnings I Deficits 813480 1 1119991 30651 13973750 43086922 717576 8757926 3683825 1280854 775160 2259328 17944807 90167 41 29722508 481896 5304775 1946582 1117178 303458 1618899 10803176 4957009 13364414 235680 3453151 1737243 163676 471702 640429 7141631 79421366 46262318 33159048 26247546 12696936 13550610 17812882 16664233 1148649 200000 176000 24000 3223922 2305597 918325 1827321 1020731 800590 1087100 623474 463626 4183725 2268252 1915473 1890478 1496162 394316 11143254 6534103 4609151 1093135 905213 187922 398940 329585 68355 96499391 1505736 7972037 1581704 1677902 759 68 6463741 360481 285893 1172959961 594977806 578468895 1 486740 Summary of Financial Operations of Corporations Subject to the Jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Georgia for Fiscal Year as Indicated Gross Operating Earnings Expenses Net Earnings Deficits Railroad Companies Year ended June 30 1915 Tormina nnrrmaTiipS 452976974lj 3468353724 13992574 23254466 1 315069733 301809822 91400952 57339511 11729599611 5949778 06 3691929801 197614097 1 1080292021 1081420 14753025 34075802 578468895 171754559 18876005 10343314 1493114 14361 486740 175676 Year ended June 30 1915 TAlacyronh and FYTirPSH noTTinaillftS Year ended June 30 1915 Year ended August 31 1915 Street Railroad Power Gas and Electric Light Companies Year ended December 31 1915 Year ended December 31 1915 Totals tr 649238594lj 4643349428 1880425722 31389209 Summary of Financial Operations of Railroads in Georgia for Each Year since 1895 Railroad Mileage in Georgia Gross Earnings Operating Expenses Net Earnings Percentage Operating Expenses to Gross Earnings 1895 524052 529141 537482 547526 553186 561488 581680 603532 604686 622931 642446 646756 670444 682853 699283 705554 713803 716636 729578 732572 729572 1693014696 1845846795 1830505182 1904698395 2108731036 2221185006 2324622552 2495276887 an41 a aaa m M 9 9Q7 790 453241636 K 970 1 91 fi7 79 90 1896 19 1 9 99fi 99 4 oZU 71 10 1897 1 9 R79 709 7fi 0L 4 U1010 i K fi99 91Q Ofi 4 ltU fiQ 90 1898 1 a 4Q4 77 Q4 K 9 90fi 01 oy2u 70 CO 1899 m 1 1 7Q0 71 9 QK 0009U0UJL 629659151 fi 7QO 1 Q A 9 4 UoU 70 1 A 1900 llj 1 uJf 1 1009 1 191 990 fi9 4 U4 Q 19 1901 Ifi 999 fi9 99 O 4 yUOyfco 686257319 7 911 71 CA oyo 70 1C 1902 i 7 fi9Q 01 A 99 4U4o 70 CO 1903 JL 4 0009JLt4jO 91 19A 19fi 91 4 014 4 01Ot Q Ol 9 A QQ II 4 UOO 70 1 7 1904 3074201550 3323289112 3710655577 4072787745 3851670665 an Knn non sa 91 771 Q9R 97 Q 09fi RAA OO 4 U4 4 70 09 1905 99 909 fi70 Kt 1 O 01 fi 071 1 K 4 UOO 70 0 1906 9fi 999 701 PQ lUjulujU i JLJLti 1 O 90 1QO 11 4 UOU 79 OA 1907 99 09 70 97 i U OO7 t yU 11 9 79 QQ7 1 4 U4 70 Cf 1908 9Q QfiQ Q9 79 O 4 iOVV 409 Q 71 Q9fi 1 o uy 77 OO 1909 99 9Q1 91 7 Ifi 00 4 IfOn 009 11111 GCO OO 4 ioU 71 07 1910 44 171 RR8 14 00t7JL440 90 9fi7 fi7 fi9 ii9y oyuu 1 9 C99 910 90 4 10 4 0 7ET 1911 47 9R9 4KQ 97 OUuOl D 4 Oo 99 Q90 fi71 9Q i0OtO04U9 1 A 99 G1 1 O OO 4 0 ro 70 1912 Fin R1 a Rn 991 0470UU 1 tc4jO 9fi fi1 Qfi9 fi JL9O0Oy0y 111 OK 91 9 11 by 40 79 1 9 1913 I 51559583061 Ka H7Q Qtil 771 OvOul0uO 99 91 990 991 3kiyO 1Z04 1 9 79 9fiO 70 4 Zlo 7jr 9fi 1914 9Q 9Q1 7 4 02Z0U 4 v 1355580383 1080292021 40ob 71 C9 1915 4529769741 Ot9u9Oti 4 3468353724 4 40Z 7637 263 264 Statement of Accidents Occurring on Steam Railroads in Georgia for the Year Ended December 31 1915 Passengers Employees Other Persons Killed Injured Killed Killed Injured Alabama Great Southern Railroad Co 1 Atlanta West Point Railroad Company 1 1 4 Atlanta Birmingham Atlantic R R Co 3 2 18 5 10 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company 15 3 66 17 27 Atlantic Waycross Northern R R Co Augusta Belt Railway Company 1 Augusta Southern Railroad Company 2 6 Bowdon Railway Company 1 Central of Georgia Railway Company 5 47 3 501 13 35 Charleston Western Carolina Ry Co 1 1 Elberton Eastern Railway Company 1 Fitzgerald Ocilla Broxton R R Co Flemington Hinesville Western R R Co Flint River Northeastern Railroad Co Flovilla Indian Springs Railway Gainesville Midland Railway Gainesville Northwestern Railroad Co 2 Georgia Railroad 9 3 23 1 7 Georgia Florida Railway 1 10 1 7 5 Georgia Coast Piedmont Railroad Co 7 Georgia Florida Alabama Railway Co i 4 1 1 Georgia Northern Railway Company 4 Georgia Southern Florida Railway Co 2 i 28 5 6 Georgia Southwestern Gulf Railroad Co Greene County Railroad Company Hartwell Railway Company Hawkinsville Florida Southern Ry Co i 3 Hawkinsville Western Railroad Company Lawrenceville Branch Railroad Company Lexington Terminal Railroad Company Louisville Nashville Railroad Company io 46 1 2 Louisville Wadley Railroad Company Macon Birmingham Railway Company 5 3 Macon Dublin Savannah Railroad Co 1 14 1 Midland Railway Milltown Air Line Railway Co 1 Milstead Railroad I Monroe Railroad Company Ocilla Southern Pailroad Co Ocmulgee Valley Railway Co J i Pelham Havana Railroad Co l Register Glenn ville Railway Rome Northern Railroad Co T Sandersville Railroad Company Savannah Northwestern Railway I i 4 Savannah Southern Railway Savannah Statesboro Railway Co Seaboard Air Line Railway j 25 2 58 io 15 Shearwood Railwav Company 1 y 265 Statement of Accidents Occurring on Steam Railroads in Georgia for the Year Ended December 31 1915 Continued Passengers Employees Other Persons J 2 T3 V p C T3 2 T3 0 U p 2 m u p a Southern Railway Company 1 1 46 X 1 AO 1 O 57 South Georgia Railway Co o Into y Statenville Railroad Company Sylvania Girard Railroad Co Talbotton Railroad Tallulah Falls Railway Co Q Tennessee Alabama Georgia Railroad Co Tifton Terminal Co o 4 Union Point White Plains Railroad Co Valdosta Moultrie Western Railroad Co Wadley Southern Railway Co Waycross Southern Railroad Co 2 Waycross Western Railroad Co 1 Western Atlantic Railroad 19 2 32 19 10 17 Wrightstille Tennille Railroad Co i l 1 Totals 7 90Q 9Q 01 A 188 1 911 Statement of Accidents Ocurring on Street Railways Electric Lines in Georgia for the Year Ended December 31 1915 Albany Transit Company Athens Railway Electric Company Atlanta Northern Railway Company AugustaAiken Railway Electric Corp City Suburban Railway Company Columbus Railroad Company Gainesville Railway Power Company Georgia Railway Power Company Macon Railway Light Company Rome Railway Light Company Savannah Electric Company Waycross Street Suburban Railway Co Totals I 5 5 1 3 31 12 i 17 41 5 31 386 32 5 112 111 6 1 9 216 31 i 70 1 795 l 87 9 242 266 SUBJECT INDEX Acts of General Assembly viz Page Act of 1879 Creating Commission 16 Act of 1890 Appeal to Interstate Commerce Commission 21 Act of 1891 Power to bring suit 22 Act of 1891 Amending Title of Act of 1879 22 Act of 1891 Inspection of Railroad Tracks 23 Act of 1891 Requiring Common Carriers to Trace Freight etc 41 Act of 1891 Storage Charges 24 Act of 1891 Express and Telegraph Companies 25 Act of 1891 To Prevent Unjust Discrimination Between Railroads 40 Act of 1901 Cars for White and Colored Passengers 26 Act of 1905 Prompt Receipt and Delivery of Freight 27 Act of 1906 Liability to Property in Transportation 28 Act of 1906 Election of Railroad Commissioners 29 Act of 1906 Station Accommodations at Night 29 Act of 1906 Cars for Peaches Cantaloupes etc 37 Act of 1906 Railroads Must Pay Claims Within 60 Days 28 Act of 1907 Increasing Membership and Powers of Commission 30 Act of 1908 Physical Connection Between Railroads in Incorporated Towns H 38 Act of 1909 Permitting Free Passes on Street Railroads to Policemen 39 Act of 1909 Permitting Common Carriers to Grant Passes to Former Employees 39 Accidents Statement of Railroads 264 Street Railroads i265 Accommodations at Railroad Stations at Night Law 29 Amendments to Classification Seq Circulars 94 Baggage Excess Rates for 46 Bond and Stock Issues Rules Governing Applications for 195 Bond Issues Authorized by Commission Statement of251 Cars for Peaches and Cantaloupes Law 37 Circulars Changes in Rules Classification etc 94 Claims Law Requiring Payment of 28 Classification Amendments to See Circulars94 Classification of Freights Railroad Companies 110 Classification of Freights Express Companies 188 Classified List of Railroads Freight104 Classified List of Railroads Passenger 103 Commissioners Election of Law 29 Commissioners Office Rules Governing Duties of 199 Comparative Statement by Years of Railroad Earnings 263 Constitution Extracts from 10 Corporations Summary of Financial Operations 262 267 Page Demurrage Charges Law Governing 24 Demurrage Rules Governing Collection of 67 Depots Rules Governing Petitioiis for 73 Directions for Computing Rates 108 Distance Tables 158 Duties of Commissioners Office Rules Governing 199 Earnings of Compress Companies 256 Earnings of Electric Light Companies 260 Earnings of Express Companies 255 Earnings of Gas Companies 260 Earnings of Railroad Companies 252 Earnings of Street Railroad Companies 260 Earnings of Telegraph Companies 255 Earnings of Telephone Companies 257 Earnings of Terminal Companies 254 Election of Commissioners Law 29 Employees of Commission Rules Governing Duties of199 Estimated Weights Rules Governing 53 Excess Baggage Rates 46 Expense Bills What They Must Show Rule No 2 51 Expenses of Railroads Operating 252 Express Classification of Freight 188 Express Companies Jurisdiction of Commission over Law 25 Express Rules 181 Express Tariffs 181 Financial Statements 251263 Flag Stations Shipments to Freight Rule No 15 59 Freight Rules V 51 Freights Standard Tariff 1 106 Freight Tariff Classes 105 General Orders 75 General Rules 42 Inspection of Railroads Law 23 Interstate Commerce Commission Duty of Commission to Appeal to Law 21 Joint Rates Freight Rule No 27 r 63 Law See Acts of General Assembly 16 Letter Transmitting Report to Governor 3 Mileage of Railroads in Georgia249 Mixed Shipments See Freight Rule No 30 64 Opinions of the Commission 224 Opinions of Special Atorney to Commission203 Orders General 75 Passenger Rules 46 Passenger Tariff Classification of Railroads 103 Railroads Freight Tariff Classification 104 Passenger Tariff Classification 103 268 Page Railroad Laws Extracts from 11 Rates Direction for Computing i 108 Rebates See Rule No 2 42 Recommendations 9 Report Letter Transmitting 3 Routing Shipments See Freight Rule No 3366 Rules of Commission viz Freight Rules 51 General Rules42 Passenger Rules 46 Governing Applications to Issue Stock and Bonds 195 Governing Collection of Storage Charges f67 Governing Commissioners and Employees 199 Governing Erection and Location of Depots Stations etc 73 Governing Express Companies 182 Governing Telegraph Companies 74 Safety of Railroad Tracks Cars etc Law 23 Separate Accommodations for Races Law 26 Special Attorney to Commission Opinions of203 Stations Agency I158 Stations NonAgency 158 Standard Tariff 106 Station Accommodations at Night Law 29 Stock and Bond Issues Authorized by Commission Statement of251 Stock and Bond Issues Rules Governing Applications for 195 Storage Charges Law Governing 24 Storage Charges Rules Governing 67 Stoves Special Rates on 90 Tariff Standard 106 Telegraph Companies Jurisdiction of Commission over Law 25 Telegraph Companies Rules Governing 74