The forty-fifth annual report of the Railroad Commission of Georgia, 1917

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FORTYFIFTH REPORT
OF THE
RAILROAD COMMISSION
OF
GEORGIA
PRINTED BY
THE A J SHOWALTER CO
DALTON GA
general Library
University of Georgia
Athens Georgia
CHAS MURPHEY CANDLER Chairman GEORGE HILLYER ViceChairman PAUL B TRAMMELL JAMES A PERRY JOHN T BOIFEUILLET
Commissioners

J PRINCE WEBSTER Rate Expert ALBERT COLLIER Secretary JAMES K HINES Special Attorney
REPORT
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND REVIEW
Atlanta Ga April 1 1918
To His Excellency Hugh M Dorsey Governor
Sir The Railroad Commission of Georgia has the honor of submitting herewith its FortyFifth Report the same being for the year ended December 31 1917
Since the submission of the Commissions last Annual Report there have been revolutionary changes in the management and operation of the chief transportation systems of the United States
Under authority conferred in an Act of Congress approved August 29th 1916 the President of the United States by his proclamation issued December 26th 1917 through the Secretary of War took possession and assumed control at 1200 oclock noon on the 28th day of December 1917 of each and every system of transportation and the appurtenances thereof located wholly or in part within the boundaries of the continental United States and consisting of railroads and owned and controlled systems of coastwise and inland transportation whether operated by steam or electric power including also terminals terminal companies and terminal associations sleeping and parlor cars private cars and private ear lines elevators warehouses telegraph and telephone lines and all other equipment and appurtenances commonly used upon or operated as a part of such rail or combined rail and water systems of transportationto the end that such systems of transportation be utilized for the transfer and transportation of troops war material and equipment to the exclusion so far as may be necessary of all other traffic thereon and that so far as such exclusive use be not necessary or desirable such systems of transportation be operated and utilized in the performance of such other services as the national interest may require and of the usual and ordinary business and duties of common carriers
This proclamation further declared it is hereby directed that the possession control operation and utilization of such transportation systems hereby by me undertaken shall be exercised by and through William G MeAdoo who is hereby appointed and designated Director General of Railroads
It was still further provided Until and except so far as said Director shall from time to time otherwise by general or special orders determine such systems of transportation shall remain subject to all existing statutes and orders of the Interstate Commerce Commission and to all statutes and orders of regulating commissions of the various States in which said system or any part thereof may be situated But any orders general or special hereafter made by said director shall have paramount authority and be obeyed as such
Under this proclamation the Director General has up to this time taken ac
FEDERAL CONTROL AND OPERATION OF RAILROADS
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tuai possession and assumed control of the following railroads with mileage in
Gergia as indicated
Alabama Great Southern R R 2429 miles
Atlanta West Point R R 9086 t
Atlanta Birmingham Atlantic Ry 48363
Atlantic Coast Line R R 71679
Central of Georgia Ry133099
Charleston Western Carolina Ry 2021 ff
Georgia Railroad 30159
Georgia Southern Florida Ry 23925
Louisville Nashville R R 16551
Nashville Chattanooga St Louis Ry 14225
Seaboard Air Line Ry 74880
Southern Railway 91306
Total 537703
There are in Georgia 7388 miles of which it will be noted that the above mileage 5377 now operated by the Federal Administration is about 72 per cent
Under an Act of Congress approved March 21st 1918 it is provided that the Federal Control of railroads and transportation systems as provided shall continue for the period of the war and for a reasonable time thereafter not to exceed twentyone months following the date of the proclamation by the President of the exchange of ratifications of the treaty of peace Provided however that the President may prior to July 1st 1918 relinquish control of all or any part of any system further control of which the President shall deem not needful or desirable Under the Federal Administration all of the railroads and transportation systems of the country taken over are being operated practically as one unified system
THE SHORT LINE RAILROADS
At the date of this Report April 1st there remain throughout the country numerous small and in so far as general commerce is concerned unimportant roads known as short lines the actual possession and control of which have not been taken over by the Federal Administration Some of these may be later taken over others doubtless will not be taken over at any time
This Commission is much concerned as to the future of such of these short lines as may not be actually taken over
Some of them have during all of their existence been in hard lines and perhaps should never have been constructed Others are favorably located and have been fair paying properties besides having been important factors in the development of their respective territories
All will be in our opinion seriously affected by being denied entrance into or at least intimate association with the Federal Unified System They will be expatriated so to speak
In the past they have been treated fairly generally speaking and some times liberally by the trunk lines particularly in divisions of rates Some of them
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have been active in soliciting business and as heretofore in both inter and intra state traffic routing instructions have been followed they have secured considerable through traffic
Under Federal Administration of the trunk lines routing instructions need no longer be observed and it follows that the short lines must lose considerable traffic heretofore obtainable
This Commission would consider it a great calamity for Georgia and its local interests should any considerable number of these short lines within this State be forced into bankruptcy and out of business by their exclusion from Federal control or by a policy of control as to the trunk lines actually taken over which would prevent their participation in certain lines of traffic heretofore enjoyed by them
The Commission feels that the situation is critical and has in mind the advisability of calling a conference of Southern State Commissions with the hope that out of some concerted action the possibilities of unfortunate results which we fear may be avoided or minimized
EXPRESS TRANSPORTATION AND FACILITIES
Information reaching this Commission believed to be authentic indicates also revolutionary changes in express transportation and facilites in Georgia and throughout the entire country Our understanding is that the Federal Railroad Administration has advised the several express companies doing business in the United States that it does not desire to renew or continue the existing transportation contracts or franchises with individual companies but that it is considered desirable that only one general contract for such franchises should be made with one consolidated company or organization In line with this suggestion or requirement it is our understanding that the principal express companies of the country including the Southern Express Company which is the principal one in the Southeast are about completing plans for the organization of a new company which will purchase the tangible properties of the present going organizations and on or about July 1st begin operations over all the lines of railroad operated by the Federal Railroad Administration under one blanket franchise the old or present companies to liquidate and discontinue business In these processes and changes it is not improbable but rather quite probable that the new consolidated organization will not desire to open offices at many small stations in Georgia and throughout the country at which offices have been maintained by the old companies but without profit There are now quite a number of such offices in Georgia heretofore maintained by the Southern Express Company
With its liquidation or the surrender of its charter the question of future express facilities at some points may become a problem
INTRASTATE FREIGHT RATES
In its last two reports the Commission made mention of the pendency of petitions by practically all the rail carriers of the State for revision in our intrastate freight classification and tariffs The scope of the inquiry made necessary by these petitions the complexities in the questions involved and the far reaching
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importance of the many interests concerned demanded much time and labor of the Commission and of the parties directly interested
Practically two years were consumed in the hearings and subsequent study of the record of the ease Final decision and order have been made and the ease disposed of at least until after practical application of the revision shall have been made and a necessity for further action clearly demonstrated The disposition of the case involved the preparation and issuance of three separate explanatory statements by the Commission These will be printed in the body of this Report and threfore it is not deemed necessary to further comment here on the final disposition of the petitions
CLASSIFICATION OF PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS REPORTING TO THE COMMISSION FOR 1916 AND 1917
The number and character of public service corporations reporting to the Commissionfor 1917 in comparison with those reporting in 1916 is shown as follows
Street Railroad Gas Electric Light and Power Companies
Steam Railroads
Terminal Companies 5
Express Companies i
Telegraph Companies 2
Telephone Companies 91
Cotton Compress Companies
Totals
NUMBER AND CHARACTER OF FORMAL COMPLAINTS HANDLED AND DISPOSED OF DURING 1917 AS COMPARED WITH 1916
3 repo 1916 rting to the is shown as
1917 1916
52 54
H2 66
5
1 1
2 2
91 89
14 12
230 229
During 1917 the Commission made final disposition of 691 petitions com plaints and subjects requiring formal action Their character is indicated below
In 1916 the Commission disposed of 520 subjects
1917 1916
Passenger fares and service 137 73
Freight rates 145 135
Freight service 128 62
Claims for overcharge loss damage and demurrage 92 65
Side tracks and spur tracks 24 18
Depots and stations 18 17
Street ear service and fares 3 3
Gas and electric rates and service 14 15
Express rates and service 17 23
Telephone and telegraph rates and service 64 52
Stock and bond issues 23 15
Miscellaneous 1 26 42
Totals 691 520
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This table shows an increase over 1916 of 171 petitions complaints ete formally handled Many of these matters were directly traceable to the fact that our country became an actual participant in the war and arose out of the necessities of war conditions These have very materially affected railroads The cost of materials necessary in the conduct of their businesses the cost and difficulties of securing fuel and equipment particularly motive power the scarcity of labor and the increase in wage scales together with tremendously increased traffic in army and navy supplies and materials and unusually severe weather conditions during the past winter all combined created situations and difficulties which were impossible of satisfactory handling
Shortages in equipment and congestions and delays in the handling of traffic provoked many complaints The railroads compelled by necessity were moved to present numerous petitions for reduced passenger train service and so the increased number of subjects requiring attention and action by the Commission has been largely due to these abnormal conditions The Commission feels that it is only proper to say that in its opinion rail officials and employees in Georgia met the unusual and tremendous burdens and duties falling on them with tireless energy and heroic efforts and it should also be said of shippers and consignees of freight that in the main they were patient and rendered to the carriers the largest assistance and cooperation in meeting these trying conditions
LOCAL UTILITY RATES
The work of the Commission in connection with the regulation of Local Public Utilities for the past year deals almost entirely with results arising from war conditions These conditions are now so well understood by the public that it seems almost unnecessary to comment upon them It would be foolish to attempt to guess as to the effect on public utilities if the present war continues for another year or two but so far as the past year is concerned the observation of this Commission is that no year in the past has been so filled with developments and new conditions affecting the installation and operation of these local utilities
The first and still one of the most important developments was the abnormal rise in the price of materials supplies and labor The demand of war supplies factories and other governmental activities and the operation of the selective army service act diverted from the ordinary industrial channels a very large number of skilled workmen and high class clerical help which cannot quickly be replaced even if the men were available Materials and supplies ordinarily used in the manufacture of machinery and even manufactured articles have been commandeered by the Government for war use this has resulted in a shortage of practically every industry contributing to the construction and operation of local utilities
It has been difficult to obtain machinery and supplies at all Not only have prices advanced enormously but delays between the time orders were placed and deliveries made have been growing longer and more vexatious The results have been serious and some of the larger Georgia utilities have reached a more or less
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critical situation finding that demands for light and power have outgrown their capacity before adequate provision could be made to meet such demands
All these conditions are now contributing toward a reversal of the tendencies of the recent past Year after year manufacturing costs were being decreased and machinery of greater efficiency being built the companies were acquiring more customers and as a whole favorable operating conditions were reducing the rates of local public utilities and their services becoming more and more a matter of daily necessity Within the past year we find this tendency reversed Machinery costs more to install and operating costs have advanced It seems unfortunate that the ground gained must to some extent be retraced Where formerly the rates filed with or approved by this Commission showed a healthy tendency toward reductions there are now almost weekly requests for increases in rate schedules
Sueh applications for increases in rates are meeting with some opposition although the corporations are appealing to their customers and in some instances are securing their cooperation however in some sections such applications for increases are provoking a great deal of protest
The Commission carefully scrutinizes each petition for increases and to the best of its ability will see to it that all of the burden of increased cost of operation is not placed upon the public but that the utility shall share a fair part of increased operating costs due to war conditions
STEAM RAILROAD MILEAGE
The following table shows the actual railroad mileage in operation in this State on December 31st of the past two years
Miles single track main line
Miles second track main line
Miles passing and yard track
Total miles of rail all descriptions operation
in
actual
1917 1916
745744 738879
16069 11572
212827 206371
974640 956822
The increase in main line mileage over 1916 was 70 miles Second track main lines increased 35 miles during 1917 this increase being mainly in the completion of the double tracking of the Southern Railway between Atlanta and the GeorgiaSouth Carolina State line The total miles of rails all descriptions increased 178 miles over the total in 1916
STEAM AND STREET RAILROAD ACCIDENTS
The reports of accidents next below show a marked increase in accidents on both steam and street railroads This increase is especially notable in the number of employees and passengers injured on steam railroads The Commission is unable to account for these increased accidents
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Steam Railroad Accidents
1917
Passengers killed 3
Passengers injured 202
Employees killed 39
Employees injured 1857
Other persons killed 71
Other persons injured 190
1916
2
113
30
741
70
130
1915
7
203
29
990
91
188
Total killed and injured 2362 1086
Street Railroad Accidents
1917 1916
Passengers killed 2 5
Passengers injured 1078 950
Employees killed 1 1
Employees injured 96 91
Other persons killed 12 7
Other persons injured 334 272
1508
1915
0
795
0
87
9
242
Total killed and injured 1523 1326
1133
STOCK AND BOND APPROVALS
As for the past three years or since the outbreak of the war in Europe in 1914 there has been little activity in this State in the organization and promotion of new or large public utilities The table below shows an increase in the amount of capitalization issues approved over 1916 but this increase is largely from an approval of Stock and Bond issues for the proposed Atlanta and Anderson Railway an interurban electric railway the construction of which has not been commenced and which under existing financial conditions in the opinion of the Commission is not likely in the near future
STOCK AND BOND APPROVALS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER
31ST 1917
Capital Stock totals 1690360000
Mortgage Bonds totals 2560400000
Time Notes and Equipment Obligations 264786101
Total approvals 4515546101
As compared with 1572874256 in 1916
FINANCIAL RESULTS OF OPERATIONS IN GEORGIA FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31ST 1917 OF ALL PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS REPORTING TO THIS COMMISSION
Examination of the summaries below of the financial results of the operations of Public Utilities in Georgia for the twelve months ended December 31st 1917 shows decided increases over 1916 in gross revenues except as to Terminal Com
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panies and Telephone Companies The Operating Expenses of all companies have also increased
The net earnings of Railroads excluding seventeen short lines which showed actual losses show increases over 1916 aggregating 1359380 Net earnings however as shown in these tables are exclusive of taxes Taxes of lines showing these increases in net earnings increased 675173 in 1917 ovr taxes for 1916 and this increase deducted from the increase in net earnings leaves an increase in Net Income of only 684207 The entire increase in net earnings for 1917 over 1916 in examination of the reports of individual railroads shows was in three or four roads which have enjoyed heavy traffic from the location thereon of Army Camps one road alone accounting for more than one half of the entire increase Practically all of the other roads show decreased net earnings for 1917 as compared with 1916
SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL OPERATIONS OF CORPORATIONS AND COMPANIES SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE RAILROAD COMMISSION FOR GEORGIA FOR FISCAL YEARS 1917 1916 AND 1915
Railroad Companies 1917
Gross Earnings 6346790723
Operating Expenses 4659858904
Net Earnings 1686931819
Terminal Companies
Gross Earnings 10442984
Operating Expenses 33304842
Net Earnings 24962
Deficits 23111483
Telegraph and Express Companies
Gross Earnings Operating Expenses
Net Earnings
Deficits
434292372
440052718
5760346
Compress Companies
Gross Earnings 93321913
Operating Expenses 75173192
Net Earnings 18148721
Street Railroads Power Gas and Electric Light Companies
Gross Earnings 1449701565
Operating Expenses 778370185
Net Earnings 671970510
Deficits 639130
Telephone Companies
Gross Earnihgs 365214025
Operating Expenses 189906357
Net Earnings 175469322
Deficits 161654
In
1916 1915
5404588637 3853594830 4529769741 3468353724
1550993807 1080292021
16521965 24779606 1171983 13992574 23254468 1081420
9429624 10343314
375376102 369220001 8439632 2283531 315069733 301809822 14753025 1493114
78297364 50641584 27655780 91400952 57339511 34075802
1272485704 634454429 638632886 601611 1172959961 594977806 578468895 486740
395764536 207148316 188616771 551 369192980 197614097 171754559 1 75676
Total for Ali Companies
Gross Earnings 8699763582 7543034308 6492385941
Operating Expenses 6176666198 5139838766 4643349428
Net Earnings 2552769997 2415510859 1880425722
Indicates that fiscal year ended June 30th 1915
NoteNet Earnings as shown above represent the excess of earnihgs over Operating Expenses and do not indicate Net Income From Net Earnings as given Taxes should be deducted From this remainder interest charges if any must be deducted before Dividends to Stockholders can be paid
TAXES PAID IN GEORGIA BY PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS
1917 1916 1915
By Steam Railroads 226673834 203237695 179731797
By Terminal Companies 4511458 4214028 4021710
By Express Companies 3444250 2845020 3070615
By Street Railroads Gas
Electric Light and Power
Companies 97308047 70707052 77856078
By Telegraph Companies 3494124 3066679 2920974
By Telephone Companies 22454554 18432341 18470491
By Compress Companies 4681253 3354466 3016610
Totals 362567520 305857281 289088275
Note The above tables include only taxes paid within Georgia to the State counties municipalities and School Districts They do not include Federal taxes such as on capital stock income excess profits etc
It is well known that Federal war taxes have been largely increased during the past year and in all probability must be further increased in the near future
CONCLUSION
In view of the uncertainties of the future as relating to transportation and other public services by utilities subject to Governmental regulation and supervision the Commission does not deem it advisable to submit at this time any additional recommendations as to legislation It rather appears to the Commission that in these days of national and world crises our highest obligation is to discharge the duties of the day patiently courageously and patriotically and that in all our efforts so to do there should prevail the spirit of cooperation self denial and sacrifice
Respectfully submitted
CHAS MURPHEY CANDLER Chairman GEORGE HILLYER ViceChairman
PAUL B TRAMMELL
JAMES A PERRY
JOHN T BOIFEUILLET
Commissioners
J PRINCE WEBSTER Rate Expert
ALBERT COLLIER Secretary
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CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE IV Section II Code Section 6463
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 Code Section 6465 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 Code Section 6466 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 Code Section 6167 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 Code Section 6468 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 Code Section 6469 The General Assembly shall enforce the provisions of this article by appropriate legislation
LAWS RELATING TO COMMON CARRIERS
The following references to laws of this State on the subjects of transportation and common carriers may prove helpful to the public The citations given do not include all of our State laws relating to transportation
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Cabbies Defined Any person undertaking to transport goods to another place for a compensation is a carrier and as such is bound to ordinary diligence Code Sec 2711
Common Cabbies Defined One who pursues the business constantly or continuously for any period of time or any distance of transportation is a commoncarrier and as such is bound to use extraordinary diligence In case 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 Code Sec 2712 NoteAct of God means any act produced by physical causes which are inevitable such as lightnings storms perils of the sea earthquakes inundation sudden death or illness Unavoidable accidents are the same as acts of God 2 Ga Rep 349 etc
Carriers Negligence In order for a carrier or other bailee to avail himself of the Act of God or exception under the contract as an excuse he must establish not only that the Act of God or excepted fact ultimately occasioned the loss but that his own negligence did not contribute thereto Code Sec 2713
Railroads Common Cabbiebs Railroad companies are common carriers and liable as such Code Sec 2751
Duty as to Reception of Goods Etc A common carrier holding himself out to the public as such 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 Sec 2729
Carriers Responsibility Begins 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 Sec 2730
e Responsibility fob Delay The common carrier is bound not only for safe transportation but also that the same be done without unreasonable delay Code Sec 2736
Strikes as Excuses fob Delay Where a carrier receives freight for shipment it is bound to forward within a reasonable time although its employees strike or cease to work but if the strike is accompanied with violence and intimidation so as to render it unsafe to forward the freight the carrier is relieved as to liability for delay in delivering the freight if the violence and armed resistance is of such a character as could not be overcome by the carrier or controlled by the civil authorities when called upon by it Code Sec 2737
Damages fob Delay Where a carrier fails to deliver goods in a reasonable time the measure of damages is the difference between the market value at the time and place they should have been delivered and the time of actual delivery Code Sec 2773
Receipts fob Freight Whenever any person shqll 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 shipping marks and numbers thereon land the weight of the property thus delivered whenever the value can be estimated by weight
and in all cases where the value cannot thus be estimated the receipt shall give a general description of the property and shall also specify as near as practicable the quantity or value thereof and also the place of destination and any agent or officer of such company violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor Code Sec 633
Duplicate Freight Receipts 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 th 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 on payment of the rate charged for the class of freights mentioned in the receipt Code Sec 2643
Carriers Must Trace Freight 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 writng 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 Code Sec 2771
Claims When to Be Paid Every claim for loss or damage to property or overcharge for freight for which any carrier may be liable shall be adjusted and paid by such common carrier within sixty days in cases of shipments wholly within this State and within ninety days in cases of shipments between points without and points within this State after such claim duly verified by the oath of the claimant or his agent shall have been filed with the agent of the initial carrier or with the agent of the carrier upon whose line the loss or damage or overcharge actually occurred In the event such claim is not adjusted and paid within the time limited the carrier shall be liable for interest thereon at the legal rate from the date of the filifig of the claim until the payment thereof and shall also be liable for a penalty of fifty dollars for every such failure to adjust and pay said claim to be recovered by the party damaged in any court of competent jurisdiction provided that unless such claimant shall recover the full amount claimed no penalty shall be recovered but the recovery shall be limited to the actual loss or damage or overcharge with interest thereon from the date of filing said claim Code Sec 2778
Carriers Lien The carrier has a lien on the goods for the freight and may retain possession until it is paid unless the right is waived by special contract or actual delivery The 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 eorfsignee voluntarily receives the goods at an intermediate point Code Sec 2741
Stoppagein Transitu A stoppage in transitu by the vendor or consignor
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relieves the carrier from his obligation to deliver nor is he thenceforward re sponsible for more than ordinary diligence in the care of the gooZ Code Sec
date rEANSITn ExISTS T S f storage B transitu
exists whenever the vendor in a sale on credit seeks to resume the possession of
goo s while they are m the hands of a carrier or middleman in their transit to
mr CnSignee on his becoming insolvent Itcontinues until the
vendee obtains actual possession of the goods Code Sec 739
wHme fkeght
pany m this State shall provide suitable and adequate facilites for correctly wherethe freightf fered fr Shiiment in car load lots in this State at points s 27S 18 SffiCient t0 Warrant the esPense Code
thistrrHEnT0 WEIGH FBEI6HT Whenever W railroad company in this State shall weigh any cars loaded with freight to be shipped and charged fo
by the car load such weighing shall be done by a sworn weigher as provided or the weighing of cotton rice and other produce Code Sec 2763
Cabs to Be Uncoupled When such cars are weighed singly they shall be
uncoupled at both ends and weighed one at a time Code Sec 2764
Lumber Cars Weighed Three Together When any railroad company s all transport timber lumber or other like articles of freight which from ength laps over from one car to another such company may cause as many as
them 0flf Wh T V18 l0aded t0 be weighed together after uncoupling
them at both ends from other cars Code Sec 2765
To Receive Live Stock All common carriers of this State shall receive or transportation all live stock of every description and domestic animals when tendered for shipment by the consignor without enforcing or requiring said consignor to contract for a liability less than the actual value of such animals n case of loss or inquiry to the same resulting from the negligence of said common carrier its agents or employees Common carriers shall not be required to receive for shipment animals diseased or physically disabled Code Sec
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Contracts Void All stipulations in contracts of shipment hereafter made which limit the liability of common carriers in violation of the preceding section as to live stock shall be void and of no effect unless the shipper shall voluntarily assent to said stipulations Code Sec 2768
Railroads to Make Prompt Settlements for Overcharges In all cases where any railroad or other common carrier shall demand and receive for goods shipped from within and without this State to any point within this State any overcharge or excess of freight over and beyond the proper or contract rate of freight and a demand in writing for the return or repayment of such overc arge is made by the person paying the same said railroad or common carrier shall refund said overcharge within thirty days from said demand and if said common carrier shall fail or refuse to settle within thirty days or within said time to refund said overcharge or overpayment then said railroad or common earner shall be liable to said person making the overpayment in an amount
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toMMtonTr 0i the overpaymeilt to Ke recovered in any court haying jui sdiction f the same and more than one claim for such excess mav be joined in the same suit Code Sec 2770 y
tha r nF HIPMENT The carrier may require the nature and value of
the goods delivered to him to be made known and any fraudulent acts savings oi concealment by his customers will release him from liability Code Sec 2744 hirivIMITATI0N 0F Ability A common carrier cannot limit his legal liaor ticketeoM iT L Pbliatlon or try on receipts given
S alIe W COntraCt WU
Biers op Passengebs A carrier ol passengers to bound also to ev
and n Tf 0 beta aUd 1118 aSents to PKtect the lives
and persons ol his passengers But he is not liable for injuries to the person after having used such diligence Code Sec 2714
Who a Passenger A carrier may demand prepayment of fare but if bv
obliZSTn PeTS VehiCle Wlth the intention of beinS carried an obligation to pay fare is implied on the part of the passenger and the reciprocal liability of the carrier arises Code Sec 2715
Railroads Must Accommodate All Alike The different railroads in this State acting as public carriers are required to furnish equal accommodations to all without regard to race color or previous condition Any railroad in this State violating the conditions of this section by any of its employees may be sued m the Superior Court of the county where the offense is committed and any person so wronged may recover such sum as the discretion of the Court inks right and proper in the premises not to exceed ten thousand dollars
Equal Accommodations in Separate Cars All railroads this State shall furnish equal accommodations in separate ments of cars for white and colored passengers but this apply to sleeping cars Code Sec 2717
doing business in cars or compartsection shall not
Must Assign Passengers to Cars 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 the preceding section 2717 and all conductors of dummy electric and street cars shall be required and are hereby empowered to assign all passengers to seats on th 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 said provisions Code Sec 2718
Penalty for Remaining in Car 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 The conductor and any and all employees on such cars are 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 Code Sec 2719
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Different Cars or Compartments for White and Colored Passengers Officers or employees having charge of such railroad cars shall not allow 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 Code Sec 2721 Bt these provisions shall not apply to nurses or servants in attendance on their employers Code Sec 2722
Station Accommodations for Passengers All railroad companies operating passenger trains and taking on or putting off passengers or that operate passenger trains at or through county seats and towns and cities having a population of more than 1000 in this State are required to keep open at least one hour before the arrival of and half an hour after the departure according to the scheduled time for the arrival of and the departure of said trains a lighted and comfortable room between the hours of 600 oclock p m and 600 oclock am for the comfort and convenience of their passengers Code Sec 2727
What Passengers May Be Refused 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 character so they may refuse to convey persons seeking to interfere with their own business or interest Code Sec 2750
Carriers Responsibility for Baggage The carrier of passngers is responsibile only for baggage placed in his custody yet a passenger cannot relieve himself from liability for freight by assuming to take care of his own baggage Code Sec 2731
Checks for Baggage It shall be the duty of the railroad companies 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 Code Sec 2732
Limit as to Value of Baggage 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 provided the same be only such articles as a traveler for business or pleasure would carry for his or her own use Code Sec 2742
Lien on Baggage The carrier of passengers has a lien on the baggage not only for its freight but for the passengers fare dode Sec 2743
Unused Tickets to Be Redeemed It shall be the duty of every common carrier that shall have sold any ticket or other evidence of the purchasers right to travel on its line or on any line of which it forms a part if the whole of such ticket be unused to redeem the same paying the original purchaser thereof the actual amount for which said ticket was sold or if any part of such ticket be unused to redeem such unused part paying the original purchaser thereof at a rate which shall be equal to the difference between the price paid for the whole ticket and the price of a ticket between the points for which said ticket was actually used provided such purchaser shall present such unused or partly used ticket for redemption within six months after the date of its issuance to
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the officer or agent who shall he authorised or designated by such common carhftcen daevsTiT tlCketS aDd tie saId 1 Wthln
so1 snch tictetredeem e
Watks and Light in Passenger Cars Kailroad companies shall teen In
siiinSvGfeltl 081 rl f ai wMcl1 passeuSers re transported an adequate supplt of good pure drinking water at all hours during the day and night and
Ig s during the night for the use of passengers and upon failure thereof shall he punished as for a misdemeanor Code Sec 529
Conductors Failing to Furnish Water and Lights Any conductor or agent of a railroad who after being requested by a passenger to furnish a mt
IT t0 thVrS ea car the day or night and ght at night shall pass any depot or station without so doing may be indicted
m any county through which said railroad runs which he Is agent or con ductor and shall be punished as for a misdemeanor Code Sec 530
Conductors Empowered as Police Officers The conductors of a train
With aU thG duties and responsibilities
of po ice officers while on duty on their trains provided nothing herein contained shall affect the liability of any railroad company fQr the acts of its em
2ZT2 2 is guilt of orderly conduct or uses any obscene
profane oi 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
CoRdee Secei925UCh and eject the Passenger from the train
Police of Street Railroads The conductors motormen and drivers of
0 T3 cars are invested with all the powers duties and responsibilities of police officers while on duty on their trains or cars and while on duty at
hri eilm teir lineS Provuled nothing herein contained shall affect the liability of any railroad company for the acts of its employees Code Sec 926 Authority to Eject Passengers When a passenger is guilty of disorderly conduct oi uses any obscene vulgar or profane language or plays any game ot cards or other game of chance for money or other thing of value or is guilty of any disorderly or improper conduct tendihg to cause a breach of the peace said conductors motormen and drivers are authorized to eject him from thecars using only such force as may be necessary to accomplish the removal and they may command the assistance of the employees of the company and the passengers on such trains or cars to assist in the removal and they may cause any person who violates the provisions of this section or who commite acts in violation of law to be detained and delivered to the proper officers for trial as soon as practicable and said officers are authorized to exercise the police powers hereby conferred at the termini also of their lines while on duty either as conductors motormen or drivers Code Sec 927
Bulletins as to Delayed Trains Whenever any passenger train on any railroad m this State shall be more than onehalf of one hour behind its schedule time when it passes a depot at which there is a telegraph operator during the hours that such operator is required to be on duty it shall be the duty of such
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railroad company to keep posted at every succeeding telegraph station along its line the time such train is behind its schedule provided that such bulletins shall not be required to be posted at any station until onehalf hour before the regular schedule time at which such train is to arrive at the station at which suchbulletin is required to be kept Code Sec 2688
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The following is the law under which the Railroad Commission was created being Act No 269 Part 1 Title 12 of the Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia 18781879
AN ACT
1 provide for the regulation of railroad freight and passenger tariffs and the location and building of passenger and freight depots in this State to prevent unjust discrimination in the rates charged for transportation of passengers and freights and to prohibit railroad companies corporations and lessees in this State from charging other than just and reasonable rates and to punish the same and to prescribe a mode of procedure and rules of evidence in relation thereto and to appoint Commissioners and to prescribe their powers and duties in relation to the same
Whereas It is made the duty of the 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 twentvfive hundred dollars to be paid from the Treasury of the State Any Commissioner may be suspended from office by order of the Governor who shall report the fact of such suspension and the reasons therefor to the next General Assembly and if a majority of each branch of the General Assembly declare that said Commissioner shall be removed from office his term of office shall expire The Governor shall have the same power to fill vacancies in the office of Commissioner as to fill other vacancies and if for any reason said Commissioners are not appointed during the present session of the General Assembly the Governor shall appoint them thereafter and report to the next Senate but the time until then shall not be counted as part of the term of office of said Commissioners respectively as herein provided Said Commissioners shall take an oath of office to be framed by the Governor and shall not jointly or severally or in any way be the holders of any railroad stock or bonds or be the agent or employee of any railroad company or have any interest in any way in any railroad and shall so continue during the term of office and in case any Commissioner becomes
Commissioners appointment term and salary
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Location of office employment of Secretary expenses etc
Extortion by
railroads
forbidden
Unjust discrimination forbidden
Duty of commissioners
disqualified in any way he shall at once remove the disqualifications or resign and on failure so to do he must he suspended from office by the Governor and dealt with as hereinafter provided In any case of suspension the Governor may fill the vacancy until the suspended Commissioner is restored or removed
Sec II That said Commissioners shall be furnished with an office necessary furniture and stationery and may employ a Secretary or Clerk at a salary of eighteen hundred dollars at the expense of the State The office of said Commissioners shall be kept in Atlanta and all sums of money authorized to be paid by this Act out of the State Treasury shall be paid only on the order of the Governor Provided That the total sum to be expended by said Commissioners for office rent furniture and stationery shall in no case exceed the sum of eight hundred 800 dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary per annum
Sec III That from and after the passage of this Act if any railroad corporation organized or doing business in this State under any Act of incorporation or general law of this State now in force or which may hereafter be enacted or any railroad corporation organized or which may hereafter be organized under the laws of any other State and doing business in this State shall charge collect demand or receive more than a fair and reasonable rate of toll or compensation for the transportation of passengers or freight of any description or for the use and transportation of any railroad car upon its track or any of its branches thereof or upon any railroad within this State which it has the right license or permission to use operate or control the same shall be deemed guilty of extortion and upon conviction thereof shall be dealt with as hereinafter provided
Sec IV That if any railroad corporation as aforesaid shall make any unjust discrimination in its rates or charges of toll or compensation for the transportation of passengers or freights of any description or for the use and transportation of any railroad car upon said road or upon any of the branches thereof or upon any railroads connected therewith which it has the right license or permission to operate control or use within this State the same shall be deemed guilty of having violated the provisions of this Act and upon conviction thereof shall be dealt with as hereinafter provided
Sec V That the Commissioners appointed as hereinbefore provided shall as provided in the next section of this Act make reasonable and just rates of freight and passenger tariffs to ibe 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 to said roads to another and to require the location of such depots and the establishment of such freight and passenger buildings as the condition of the road
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the safety of freight and the public comfort may require Provided however That before applying joint rates to roads that are not under the management and control of one and the same company the Commissioners shall give thirty days notice ot 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 snail make reasonable and just rates of charges for use of railroad cars carrying any and all kinds of freight and passengers on said raiiroad no matter by whom owned or carried and shall make just and reasonablerules and regulations to be observed by said railroad companies on said railroads to prevent the giving or paying of any rebate or bonus directly or indirectly and from misleading or deceivng 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 and shorter distances on the same or different railroads and to ascertain what shall be the limits of longer and shorter distances
Sec VI That the said Railroad Commissioners are hereby authorized and required to make for each of the railroad corporations doing business in this State as soon as practicable a schedule of just and reasonable rates of charges for the transportation of passengers and freights and cars on each of said railroads and said schedule shall in suits brought against any such railroad corporations wherein is involved the charges of any such railroad corporation for the transportation of any passenger or freight or cars or unjust discrimination in relation thereto be deemed and taken in all courts of this State as sufficient evidence that the rates therein fixed are just and reasonable rates of charges for the transportation of passengers and freights and cars upon the railroads and said Commissioners shall from time to time and as often as circumstances may require change and revise said schedules When any schedule shall have been made or revised as aforesaid it shall be the duty of said Commissioners to cause publication thereof to be made for one time in some public newspaper published in the cities of Atlanta Augusta Albany Savannah Macon Rome Athens Americus and Columbus in this State at a rate not to exceed fifty cents per square of usual advertising space when less than a column is occupied or more than twelve dollars per column when as much space as a column or more is occupied by inserting said schedule or change of any schedule so that said newspaper shall not charge for such advertising any rate in excess of that allowed for county legal advertising and after the same shall be so published it shall be the duty of all such railroad companies to post at all their respective stations in a conspicuous place a copy of said schedule for the protection of the people Provided That when any rate or change is made

Commissioners shall make schedule of rates publish same et lish same etc
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Jurisdiction and power of Commissioners

Power of Commissioners over contracts between railroads
by the Commissioners that affects only one road or roads in a particular locality the insertion need only be made in the paper published in one of the cities named nearest where the change is made Act 27th September 1883 Provided That the schedules thus prepared shall not be taken as evidence as herein provided until schedules shall have been prepared and published as aforesaid for all the railroad companies now organized under the laws of this State or that may be organized at the time of said publication All such schedules purporting to be Pointed 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 copy of the schedule prepared by them for the railroad company or corporation therein named and that the same has been duly published as required by law
Sec VII That it shall be the duty of said Commissioners to investigate the books and papers of all the railroad companies doing business in this State to ascertain 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 railload 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 compamies 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 Commissioner 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
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Sec X That if any railroad company doing business in this State shall in Yn 0 any rule or regulation provided by the Commissioners aforesaid m ict any wrong or injury on any person such person shall have a right of action and recovery for such wrong or injury in the county where the same was
dn CUrt haVlng jurisdiction 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 m this Act shall be deemed and taken to mean all corporations companies or individuals now owning or operating or which may hereafter own r 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 thac 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 uytder 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
Injuries resulting from violation of rules
Rules of eivdence
Meaning of terms
Duplicate
freight
cereipts
Reports of Commissioners
Power of Commissioners over witnesses
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Railroad officers to report to Commissioners
Duty to investigate through rates
Shall call attention of railroad officials to discriminations
Shall appeal to Interstate Commission
AttorneyGeneral to represent Commission
Commissioners who is hereby authorized to administer oaths In case any person shall wilfully fail or refuse to obey such subpoena it shall be the duty of the judge of the superior court of any county upon application of said Commissioners to issue an attachment for such witness and compel him to attend 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 very officer agent or employee of any railroad company who shall wilfully neglect or refuse to make and furnish any report required by the Commissioners as necessary to the purpose of this Act or who shall wilfully and unlawfully hinder delay or obstruct said Commissioners in the discharge of the duties hereby imposed upon them shall forfeit and pay a sum of not less than one hundred nor more than five thousand dollars for each offense to be recovered in an action of debt in the name of the State
Sec XVII That all laws militating against this Act are hereby repealed
Approved October 14 1879
AN ACT
To enlarge the powers of the Railroad Commission of Georgia to prescribe for them additional duties and for other purposes
Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia That from and after the passage of this Act it shall be the duty of the Railroad Commission of the State of Georgia to Investigate thoroughly all through freight rates from points out of Georgia to points in Georgia both those now fixed and those that may hereafter be fixed
Sec 2 Be it further enacted That whenever the RaiHoad Commission of Georgia finds that a through rate charged into or out of Georgia is in their opinion excessive or unreasonable or discriminating in its nature it shall be the duty of the Railroad Commission to call the attention of the railroad officials in Georgia to the fact and to urge upon them the propriety of changing such rate or rates
Sec 3 Be it further enacted That whenever such rates are not changed according to the suggestion of the Railroad Commission it shall be the duty of the Commission to present the facts whenever it can legally be done to the Interstate Commerce Commision and appeal to it for relief
Sec 4 Be it further enacted That in all work devolving upon the Railroad Commission prescribed by this Act they shall receive upon application the services of the AttorneyGeneral of this State and he shall also represent them whenever called upon to do so before the Interstate Commerce Commission
Sec 5 Be it further enacted That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed
Approved December 18 1890
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AMENDING TITLE OF ACT
AN ACT
To amend an Act entitled an Act to provide for the regulation of railroads freight and passenger tariffs in this State to prevent unjust discrimination and extortion in the rates charged for transportation of passengers and freights and to prohibit Railroad Companies corporations and lessees in this State from charging other than just and reasonable rates and to punish the same and to prescribe a mode of procedure and rules of evidence in relation thereto and to appoint Commissioners and to prescribe their powers and duties in relation to the same approved October 14 1879
Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of this State and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same That the caption of the above recited Act he and the same is hereby amended as follows towit
After the word tariffs in the second line add the following words And the location and building of passenger and freight depots so that the whole caption of said Act will read as follows
An Act to provide for the regulation of railroad freight and passenger tariffs and the location and building of passenger and freight depots in this State to prevent unjust discrimination in the rates charged for transportation of passengers and freights and to prohibit railroad companies corporations and lessees in this State from charging other than just and reasonable rates and to punish the same and to prescribe a mode of procedure and rules of evidence in relation thereto and to appoint Commissioners and to prescribe their powers and duties in relation to the same
Sec 2 Be it further enacted That all laws in conflict with the foregoing be and the same are hereby repealed
Approved August 31 1891
POWER TO BRING SUIT
AN ACT
To amend Section 719 i of the Code of Georgia of 1882 and for other purposes
Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the same That section 719 i of the Code of Georgia of 1882 be and the same is amended by adding thereto the following
Tbe Commissioners shall have the power in their discretion to institute suit without notice for any violation of any of said rules or regulations whenever in their opinion the circumstances authorize it of which they shall be the sole judges and after the institution of said suit there shall be no settlement of the same without the consent of the said Commissioners so that said section when amended shall read as follows If any railroad company doing business in this State by its agents or employees shall be guilty of a violation of the rules and regulations provided and prescribed by said Commissioners and if after due notice of such violation given to the principal officer thereof ample
Caption of Act of Oct 1879 amended
By inserting and the location and building of passenger and freight depots
Penalty for violation of rules Amending section IX of original act
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Power to institute suit without notice
Inspection by Commission required
If condition unsafe to be put and kept in safe condition Reasonable time to be given Not to affect liability for damages Penalty for not obeying orders
and full recompense for the wrong or injury done thereby to any person or corporation as may be directed by said Commissioners shall not be made within thirty days from the time of such notice such company shall incur a penalty for each offense of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars to be fixed by the presiding judge An action for the recovery of such penalty shall be in any county in the State where such violation has occurred or wrong has been perpetrated and shall be in the name of the State of Georgia The Commissioners shall institute such action through the AttorneyGeneral or SolicitorGeneral or such other attorney at law of this State as the said Commissioners may appoint whose fees shall be the same as now provided by law
The Commissioners shall have the power in their discretion to institute suit without notice for any violation of said rules and regulations whenever in their opinion the circumstances authorize it of which they shall be the sole judges and after the institution of said suit there shall be no settlement of the same without the consent of the Commissioners
Sec 2 Be it enacted That all laws and 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 authorites in which to accomplish the work or repairs that may be required or ordered Provided That this Act shall not limit or affect the liability of railroads in cases of damage to person or property
Sec 2 Be it further enacted That any railroad failing or refusing to obey the orders of said Commission within the time allowed for said work shall be liable to a penalty of not more than five thousand dollars to be recovered by a suit brought in the name of the State in which suit the AttorneyGeneral or SolicitorGeneral shall represent the State and his fees shall be the same as now provided by law Suits shall be brought in the county where the wrong or violation occurs
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Sec 3 Be it further enacted That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed
Approved October 17 1891
STORAGE CHARGES
AN ACT
To require the Railroad Commission to fix rates of storage to be charged by
Railroad Companies in this State to prescribe regulations for charging the
same and to prescribe how suit shall be brought for overcharge 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 States 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 indirectely 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 ease and after like failure to pay the same
Sec 5 Be it enacted That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed
Approved October 17th 1891
Commission to fix charges for storage
And when such charges shall begin Power to vary rates
Provisions of other acts as to it aii road Commission applied
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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
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 againgt express and telegraph companies
So far as applicable
Location of agencies
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 copipany 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 ahy 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
Regulation of charges only as to transportation and messages in this State
Sec 2 Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That the powers of the Commissioners to regulate charges by corporations companies and persons herein referred to shall apply only to charges by express for transportation from one point to another in this State and messages sent by telegraph from one point to another in this State
Sec 3 Be it further enacted That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed
Approved October 21 1891
CARS FOR WHITE AND COLORED PASSENGERS AN ACT
To require all railroads doing business in this State to furnish equal accommodations and separate cars or compartments for white and colored passengers to require said companies to furnish comfortable seats and to sufficiently light and ventilate said cars to provide for keeping white and colored passengers m their respective cars or compartments to give conductors and other employees of railroads and conductors of dummy electric and street cars certain powers and authority over passengers to comply with the regulations made by said companies under the provisions of this Act to provide a penalty for the violation of the same and for other purposes
Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia That from and after the passage of this Act all railroads doing business in this State shall be required to furnish equal accommodations in separate cars or compartments of cars for white and colored pasengers Provided that this Act shall not apply to sleeping cars
Sec 2 Be it further enacted That all conductors or other employees in charge of such cars shall be required to assign all passengers to their respective cars or compartments of cars provided by the said companies under the provisions of this Act and all conductors of dummy electric and street cars shall be required and are hereby empowered to assign all passengers to seats on the cars under their charge so as to separate the white and colored races as much as practicable and all conductors and other employees of railroads and all conductors of dummy electric and street cars shall have and are hereby invested with police powers to carry out the provisions of this Act
Sec 3 Be it further enacted That any passenger remaining in any car or compartment or seat other than that to which he may have been assigned shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be punished as preset ibed 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 clear any passenger who refuses to remain in such car or compartment or seat as may be assigned to him
Sec 4 Be it further enacted That when a railroad car is divided into compartments the space set apart or provided for white and colored passengers respectively may be proportioned according to the proportion of usual and ordinary travel by each on the road or line on which said cars are used
Sec 5 Be it further enacted That it shall be unlawful for the officers or employees having charge of such railroad cars to allow or permit white and colored passengers to occupy the same car or compartment and for a violation of this section any such officer or employee shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be punished as is prescribed in section 4310 of the Code of 1882
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Equal accommodations in separate cars
Employees to assign passengers their cars or compartments
Penalty for violating provisions of this act
Cars properly divided
White and colored passengers not to occupy same compartments
Cars to be
comfortable
etc
Railroad Commission may regulate transpor tation of freights
Shippers requirements of
Sec 6 Be it further enacted That the provisions of this Act shall not apply to nurses or servants in attendance on their employers
Sec 7 Be it further enacted That all companies operating and using compartment cars or separate cars shall furnish to the passengers comfortable seats and have such cars well and sufficiently lighted and ventilated and a failure to so do shall be a misdemeanor punishable under section 4310 of the Code of 1882
ec 8 Be it further enacted That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed
Approved October 21 1901
PROMPT RECEIVING AND DELIVERY OF FREIGHT
AN ACT
To further extend the powers of the Railroad Commission of this State and to confer upon the Commission the power to regulate the time and manner within which the several railroads in this State shall receive receipt for forward and deliver to its destination all freights of every haracter 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
Section 1 Be is enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same That from and after the passage of this Act The Railroad Commission of this State shall be and is hereby vested with full power and authority to make prescribe and enforce all such reasonable rules regulations and orders as may be necessary in order to compel and require the several railroad companies in this State to promptly receive receipt for forward and deliver to destination all freights of every character which may bo tendered or received by them for transportation and as well such reasonable rules regulations and orders as may be necessary to compel and require prompt delivery of all freights on arrival at destination to the consignee
SeC 2 Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That whenever a shipper or consignor shall require of a railroad company the placing of a car or cars to be used in carload shipments then in order for the consignor or shipper to avail himself of the forfeitures or penalties prescribed by the rules and regulations of said Railroad Commission it must first appear that such shipper or consignor made written application for said car or cars to said railroad provided further that such Railroad Commission shall by reasonable rules and regulations provide the time within which said car or cars shall be furnished after being ordered as aforesaid and the penalty per day per car to be paid by said railroad company in the event such car or cars are not furnished as ordered and provided further that in order for any shipper or consignor to avail himself of the penalties provided by the rules and regulations of said Railroad Commission such shipper or consignor shall likewise be subject under proper
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rules to be fixed by said Commission to the orders rules and regulations of said Railroad Commission
Sec j Be it further enacted 6y 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 within the time limited the carrier shall be liable for interest thereon at the legal rate from the date of the filing of the claim until the payment thereof and shall also be liable for a penalty of 5000 for every such failure to adjust and pay said claim to be recovered by the party damaged in any court of competent jurisdiction provided that unless such claimant shall in such action recover the full amount claimed no penalty shall
Bills of lading between points within State
Claims
against Railroad companies penalty for failure to Pay

Railroad Passengers stations accommodations for at night
Penalty for failure to provide
Railroad Commissioners election of
Term of office and elections
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 passenger trains and taking on and putting off passengers or that operate such trains at or through countyseats and towns and cities having a population of more than 1000 in this State to keep open at night at their depot stations at such places before the arrival and departure of said trains a lighted and comfortable room for the accommodation of their passengers and for other purposes
Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority aforesaid That from and after the fifteenth day of September 1906 all railroad companies operating passenger trains and taking on and putting off passengers or that operate passenger trains at or through countyseats and towns and cities having a population of more than 1000 in this State shall be and they are hereby required to keep open at least one hour before arrival of and half an hour after the departure according to the schedule time for the arrival of and the departure of said trains a lighted and comfortable room between the hours of 6 oclock p m and 6 oclock a m for the comfort and convenience of their passengers
Sec 2 Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That a failure to comply with the terms of this Act by any railroad company shall be a misdemeanor and said company or corporation shall upon conviction for the offense be punished as prescribed in Section 1039 of the Criminal Code of 1895
Sec 3 Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed
Approved August 18 1906
ELECTION OF RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS
AN ACT
To provide for the election of railroad commissioners of this State by the elector of the whole State and for other purposes
Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same That the railroad commissioners of this State shall hereinafter be elected by the electors of the whole State who are entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly
Sec 2 Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That successors to the incumbents be elected at the first general election preceding the expiration of their terms of office respectively that is to say at the generkl election to be held on the first Wednesday in October 1906 one commissioner shall be
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elected to succeed the incumbent whose term will expire on the fifteenth day of October 1907 and one commissioner shall be chosen at the general election to be held on the first Wednesday in October 1908 to succeed the then incumbent whose term of office will expire on the fifteenth day of October 1909 and one commissioner shall be chosen at the general election to be held on the first Wednesday in October 1910 to succeed the then incumbent whose term of office will expire on October 15 1911 and so on
Sec 3 Said election to be held under the same rules and regulations as now Regulations apply to the election of governor of this State
Sec 4 Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That in case of Vacancies vacancy causing an unexpired term the same shall be filled by executive appointment and the person appointed shall hold office until the next regular general election and until his successor for the balance of the unexpired term shall have been elected and qualified
Sec 5 Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed
Approved August 21 1906
INCREASING MEMBERSHIP AND POWERS OF COMMISSION
AN ACT
To increase the membership of the Railroad Commission of Georgia and to prescribe the qualifications for membership to authorise the designation of a chairman thereof by the Governor and to prescribe his duties and compensation to revise enlarge and more clearly define the powers duties and rights of said Commission to authorise 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 mile or regulation of the Railroad Commission and to prescribe the form of procedure for enforcing same to repeal sections 2195 and 2196 of the Code of Georgia 1895 touching penalties and procedures 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
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General library
University of Georgia
a t h e ns Georgia
Tive Commissioners
Terms of office
Qualifications of Commissioners
Chairman of Board
Bate Expert
Printed reports admissible as evidence
Section 1 From and after the passage and approval of this Act the Railroad Commission of Georgia shall consist of five members to be elected by the qualified voters of Georgia as prescribed in the Act approved August 21 1906
The terms of office of the two additional Commissioners provided for in this Act shall expire one on December 1 1911 and the other December 1 1913 and thereafter the terms shall be for six years each The Governor by and with the consent of the Senate shall appoint the two additional Commissioners immediately after the passage and approval of this Act but the appointees hereunder shall be commissioned only until December 1 1908 said positions to be filled for the unexpired terms by two Commissioners to be elected at the regular general election on the first Wednesday in October 1908
In order that there may be uniformity of expiration of the terms of all the Railroad Commissioners the terms of the present Commissioner expiring on October 15 1909 shall be extended to December 1 1909 the term of the present Commissioner expiring on October 15 1911 shall be extended to December 1 1911 and the term of the Commissioner expiring October 15 1913 shall be extended to December 1 1913 their respective successors to be elected for full terms of six years each
Sec 2 Any person thirty years of age who is qualified to vote as an elector in this State and who is not directly or indirectly interested in any mercantile business or any corporation that is controlled by or that participates in the benefit of any pool combination trust contract or arrangement that has the effect or tends to increase the cost to the public of carriage heat light power or of any commodity or merchandise sold to the public shall be eligible to membership on said Commission without reference to his experience in law or railway business
Sec 3 It shall be the duty of the Commission to elect from its membership the chairman of the Railroad Commission of Georgia who shall hold the position of chairman for a term of two years and who shall give his entire time to the duties of his office and who shall receive therefor during his term as chairman a salary of four thousand dollars 4000 per annum to be paid from the State Treasury
Sec 4 The said Railroad Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to employ one or more rate experts at a total cost not to exceed four thousand dollars 4000 per annum for the entire service to be rendered under the direction of the Commission
Sec 5 The power to determine what are just and reasonable rates and charges is vested exclusively in said Commission
The printed reports of the Railroad Commission published by its authority shall be admissible as evidence in any court in Georgia without further proof and the schedules of rates made by the Commission and any order passed or rule or regulation prescribed by the Commission shall be admissible in evidence in any court in Georgia upon the certificate of the Secretary of the Commission
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The powers and duties heretofore conferred by law upon the Railroad Commission are hereby extended and enlarged so that its authority and control shall extend to street 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 line 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 qf Georgia shall have and exercise all the power and authority heretofore conferred upon it by law and shall have the general supervision of all common carriers railroads express corporations or companies street railroads railroad corporations or companies dock or wharfage corporations or companies terminal or terminal station corporations or companies telephone and telegraph corporations or companies within this State gas or electric light and power companies within this State and while it may hear complaints yet the Commission is authorized to perform the duties imposed upon it of its own initiative and to require all common carriers and other public service companies under their supervision to establish and mantain such public service and facilities as may be reasonable and just either by general rules or by special orders in particular cases and to require such publication by common carriers in newspapers of towns through which their lines extend of their schedules as may be reasonable and which the public convenience demands Said Commission is hereby given authority to examine into the affairs of said companies and corporations and to keep informed as to their general condition their capitalization their franchises and the manner in which their lines owned leased or controlled are managed conducted and operated not only with respect to the adequacy security and accommodationafforded 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 sames 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 corporation subject to their supervision and compel the production thereof Said Commission shall
Authority
over Street
Railroads
Docks
and other
Terminals
corporations
Power of Commission
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Side tracks
Passenger
service
Physical
connection
Overcharges and losses
Transferring
cars
Depots and Agents
Schedules
Issuance of Stocks and Bonds
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 Commissions 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 spqrtracks 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 commodity It shall have power and authority when in its judgment practicable and to the interest of the public to order and compel the making and operation of physical connection between lines of railroads crossing or intersecting each other It shall have authority to fix penalties for neglect on the part of railroad companies to adjust overcharges and losses or failure to decline to do so if deemed unjust in a reasonable time It shall have power and authority to prescribe rules and penalties covering and requiring the prompt receipt carriage and delivery of freight and the prompt furnishing of cars to shippers desiring to ship freight and shall also be authorized to prescribe rules and penalties for the transfer of cars through yards by connecting roads Said Commission shall have power and authority to order the erection of depots and stations where it deems the same necessary and to order the appointment and service thereat of depot or station agents The Commissioners shall also have the power and authority to regulate schedules and compel connection at junction points of competing lines
Sec 8 Each of the companies or corporations over which the authority of the Railroad Commission is extended by law shall be required to furnish said Commission a list of any stocks and bonds the issuance of which is contemplated and it shall be unlawful for any of said companies or corporations to issue stocks bonds notes or other evidences of debt payable more than twelve months after the date thereof except upon the approval of said Railroad Commission and then only when necessary and for such amounts as may be reasonably required
for the 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 document 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 Actor any other law payable at periods of not more than twelve months from date without such consent but no such notes or other evidences of indebtedness shall in whole or in part directly or indirectly be refunded by any issue of stocks or bonds or by any evidence of indebtedness running for more than twelye months without the consent of the Commission
Any Railroad Commissioner of this State or any employee of said Raiiroad 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 oificial capacity from or through any proceedings filed with the said Railroad Commission under this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a prosecution therefor provided that this shall not apply to such facts or information obtained through public hearings or such as are not confidential in their nature
Sec 9 In case a common carrier or other corporation or company mentioned in this Act shall do cause to be done or permit to be done any act matter or thing prohibited forbidden or declared to be unlawful or shall omit to do any act matter or thing required to be done either by any law of the State of Georgia by this Act or by an order of the Commission such common carrier or other corporation or company shall be liable to the persons or corporations affected thereby for all loss damage or injury caused thereby or resulting therefrom and in case of recovery if the jury shall find that such act or omission was wilfull it may fixa 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 pending for
Indebtedness
payable
within
twelve
months
exempted
Commissioners required to treat official information confidential
Liability of corporations
Repeal of Sections of Code
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Repeal of Sections 3 and 4 Act approved August 23 1905
Penalty for violations of Rules and Orders of Commission
How action to recover penalties may be brought
penalties or to affect penalties upon which right of action shall have accrued prior to the passage and approval of this Act
Sec 11 Sections 3 and 4 of the Act approved August 23 1905 conferring upon the Commission the power to regulate the time and manner within which the several railroads of the State shall receive receipt for forward and deliver to its destination freight the said sections applying to penalties placed upon saidrailroad companies providing penalties for the violation of rules orders and regulations established by the Railroad Commission with reference to same and providing a procedure to enforce said penalties be and the same are hereby repealed and the penalties prescribed by this Act and the procedure to enforce the same are made applicable to any and all violations of the rules orders and regulations established by the Commission
Sec 12 Every common carrier railroad street railroad railroad corporation street railroad corporation express telephone telegraph dock wharfage and terminal company or corporation within the State and other corporations companies or persons coming under the provision of this Act and all officers agents and employees of the same shall obey observe and comply with every order made by the Commission under this Act or under authority of Acts heretofore passed Any common carrier railroad street railroad railroad corporation street railroad corporation express telephone telegraph dock wharfage or terminal cpmpany or corporation cotton compress companies within this State and other corporations companies or persons coming under the provisions of this Act which shall violate any provision of this Act or of the Acts heretofore passed or which fails omits or neglects to obey observe and comply with any order direction or requirements of the Commission heretofore or hereafter passed shall forfeit to the State of Georgia a sum of not more than 5000 for each and every offense the amount to be fixed by the presiding judge Every violation of the provisions of this Act or of any preceding Act or of any such order direction or requirement of the Railroad Commission shall be a separate and distinct offense and in case of a continued violation every day a violation thereof takes place shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense An action for the recovery of such penalty may be brought in the county of the principal office of such corporation or company in this State or in the county of the State where such violation has occurred and wrong shall be perpetrated or in any county in this State through which said corporation or company operates or where the violation consists of an excessive charge for the carriage of freight or passengers or service rendered in any county in which said charges are made or through which it was intended that such passenger or freight should have been carried or through which such corporation operates and shall be brought in the name of the State of Georgia by direction of the Governor Any procedure to enforce such penalty shall be triable at the first 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
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Sec 13 Every officer agent or employee of any such common carrier corporation or company who shall violate or procures aids or abetsany 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 oh conviction thereof shall be punished as prescribed in section 1039 of the Penal Code of 1895 and shall be subject to prosecution in any county in Georgia in which said common carrier or corporation or company or officer agent or employee violates the provisions of this Act or any provisions of any order of the Commission or in any county through which said corporation operates
Any officer agent or employee shall also be subject to indictment under the provisions of this section in any county in which a subordinate agent or employee of the company violates the provisions of this Act by the approval or direction or m 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 pursuansce of the direction or authority of his superior officer or agent of said company may be called as a witness and be compelled to testify showing the authority by which he acted and such testimony shall not be used against such subordinate employee or agent nor shall he thereafter be subject to indictment for said offense
Sec 14 The domicile of the Railroad Commission of Georgia is hereby fixed at the capito1 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 smt 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 anTSng postage stationery traveling and other actual expenses of any Commissioner Fundsincurred 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 Cominission is hereby created Attorney to and the Governor is hereby authorized to appoint said attorney whose term CommissioT1of 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 bv the Governor at any time
Sec 17 That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act or any pro Reneaiine vision thereof be and the same are hereby repealed Section S
Approved August 22 1907
Punishment for aiding or abetting violations
Officers approving or directing violations
Domicile of Commission
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OARS FOR PEACHES CANTALOUPES ETC
AN ACT
To require railroad companies to furnish proper and necessary cars for the transportation of peaches cantaloupes the railroad companies liable when they fail to do so to prescribe the terms under which they shall he 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 purpose
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 therefore m 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 I of this Act and the shipper places his product in carload lots or in cases of less than carload lots expresses to the agents of the railroad
charges for carload lots then such railroad company shall be liable for the market vajue 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 earned m the
usual of transportation on schedule time for such freight
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 wTthinlhirty days after written claim Ms been filed with the company tMrfon In tbe event that such railroad company shall fall to make payment as herein provided or tender the correct amount therefor it shall he 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 he recovered in any cause brought for the recovery of damages on the mam claim in the event recov ery is had thereon
Sec 3 Be it further enacted That in the event the shipper fails or refuses to accept such car or ears 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 same is iced
and should he fail or refuse to pay same within thirty days after written demand therefor shall he liable for twenty dollars instead of ten as herein fixed together with the cost of icing and judgment may be rendered for said sums by any court having jurisdiction of the cause
Approved August 22 1907
POWERS OF COMMISSION AMENDMENT TO ACT OF 1907
AN ACT
To amend An Act to increase the membership of the Railroad Commission of Georgia and to prescribe the qualifications for membership etc approved August 13 1907
Sec 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 shail have authority to prescribe rules with reference to spur tracks and side tracks with reference to their use and construction removal or change with full power to compel service to be furnished to manufacturing plants warehouses and similar plants of business along the line of railroads where practicable and in the judgment of the commission the business is sufficient to justify and on such terms and conditions as the commission may prescribe
It shall have power and authority to order and compel the operation of sufficient and proper passenger service when in its judgment inefficient or insufficient service is being rendered the public or any community It shall have power and authority when in its judgment practicable and to the interest of the public to order and compel the making and operation of physical connection between lines of railroads crossing or intersecting each other or entering the same incorporated town or city within this State It shall have authority to fix penalties for neglect on the part of railroad companies to adjust overcharges and losses r failures to decline to do so if deemed unjust in a reasonable time It shall have power and authority to prescribe rules and penalties covering and requiring the prompt receipt carriage and delivery of freight the prompt furnishing of cars to shippers desiring to ship freight and shall also be authorized to prescribe rules and penalties for the transfer of cars through yards by connecting roads Said commission shall have power and authority to order the erection of depots and stations where it deems the same necessary and to order the appointment and service thereat of depot or station agents The commission shall have
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
Sdhedules
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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 OARS 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 is 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 thenlines operated in the cities of the State when said cities have regularly organized police forces and fire sanitary and water departments provided nevertheless that nothing in this Act contained shall authorize such company to grant individual members of such police and fire departments any transportation or other special privileges not participated in by all of the members thereof on like terms and under like conditions and provided further that all such grants or concessions shall be made to the governing authority of such city for and in behalf of the members of such police force and fire sanitary and water department and formally accepted by such authority
Sec 2 Be it further enacted by the authority of the General Assembly That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed
Approved August 11 1909
COMMON CARRIERS PASSES TO FORMER EMPLOYEES AND OTHERS
AN ACT
To allow common carriers to grant passes to former employees under certain conditions and for other purposes
Section 1 Be it enacted 6y 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 theirtransportation lines to any former employee of the company and his immediatefamily 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 f urther enacted That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with
this Act be and the same are hereby repealed
Approved August 14 1909
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TO PREVENT UNJUST DISCRIMINATIONS BETWEEN RAILROADS
AN ACT
To further carry into effect paragraph 1 of Section 2 of Article 4 of the Constitution of the State and to prevent unjust discrimination on the part of any railroad operated within or partly within this State against any other railroad company within this State
Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia Tlmt from and after the passage of this Act it shall be unlawful for any railroad company having an office or agency within the State of Georgia to refuse to put on sale or to refuse to sell any ticket of any other railroad company with which the same may be directly or indirectly connected at the price of rate fixed by the Railroad Commission of this State for passage over lines of such connecting roads less such amount Us may be directed to be deducted from such rate by any one or more of said connecting lines and it shall be unlawful after the sale of such ticket to refuse to issue check or checks for baggage over such connecting lines and upon such tickets to the extent that the baggage may be avowed 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 2 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
Railroadsmust sell tickets of connecting roads
At rate fixed by Railroad Commission etc
Unlawful to refuse to check baggage over connecting lines
Unlawful to refuse to put tickets on sale with agents of connecting lines
Or to refuse to receive tickets or check baggage
Proviso
Penalty for violating this Act
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Carriers upon application must trace freight
Penalty for failure
REQUIRING COMMON CARRIERS TO TRACE FREIGHT ETC
AN ACT
To require common carriers over which freight has been shipped and has been lost damaged or destroyed to furnish to the shipper consignee or their assigns within thirty days after application the necessary information to establish upon which line or connecting line of common carriers said loss damage or destruction occurred and in default to render the carrier to which application was made liable for said loss damage or destruction and for other purposes
Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia That from and after the passage of this Act when any freight that has beeh 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
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GENERAL RULES
RULE il
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 be exceeded by any company
Any company may charge less than the prescribed maximum rate provided that if a less rate be charged to one person such company shall for a like service charge the same lessened rate to all persons except as may be hereafter provided and if any company shall reduce any of its rates to or from one agency or station it shall except in cases where otherwise specially provided by the Commission make a reduction of the same percentage to and from all other stations on its line to the end that no unjust discrimination be made in favor of nor against any person persons or locality
RULE 4
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 volun tarily or pursuant to an order ofthe Commission such company shall imme
Definition of the word Company
All unjust discrimination 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
Al
Advances
and
reductions Notice of
Special rates must be approved by Commission
Long lines allowed to meet short lines rates
Rates for short distance not to exceed long distance
Georgia points may foe put on equality with points in ther States
Rates apply in both directions
Duty to accept and transport goods
Ej act charge may be collected
diately furnish a copy of said change to the office of the Commission and shall also post copies thereof in the same manner as above specified as notice to the public that said change has been made
No advance in any rate whether it be a maximum rate or otherwise shall be made without the consent of this Commission first being obtained nor shall such advance become effective until ten days thereafter and no reduction in any rate shall become effective until three days after notice has been given as above required
RULE 5
All special rates made by any company for any service to be rendered shail 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 on an equality with any competitive point in another State without making any reduction in rates to or from other stations not similarly situated with respect to such competitive rates
RULE 7
All rates effective in this State except in cases otherwise specified shall apply in either direction over the same line between the same points
RULE 8
It shall be the duty of any company to accept for transportation any goods the carriage of which by such company is reasonable safe and practicable and to transport the same by the first train practicable provided however that carriers will not be required to accept for transportation the following articles
Bank Bills Coin or Currency Deeds Drafts Notes or Valuable Papers of any kind Jewelry Postage or Revenue Stamps Precious Metals or articles manufactured therefrom Precious Stones
RULE 9
In no case shall any company collect for any service more than the exact amount due according to the current rate
If any company shall fail to make the necessary change of money to enable it to collect such exact amount then the nxt lower amount ending in 5 or 0 shall be charged
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RULE 10

All just claims for overcharge and loss shall be paid within thirty days after claim supported by proper papers is made therefor Claims for loss shall be paid by the company at fault but claims for overcharge shall be paid by the company which collected same and through the office or agency by which the same was collected regardless of any division or apportionment of such total charge with any other line
RULE 11
Each railroad company shall file in the office of the Commission on or before the last day of each month a report duly sworn to showing the earnings and expenses of such company during the month preceding
Each railroad terminal express and telegraph company shall file in the office of the Commission on or before the fifteenth day of March of each year a report duly sworn to for the fiscal year ending December 31st 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 m the office of the Commission on or before the fifteenth day of March of
each year a report for the fiscal year ending December 31st immediately preceding
All of said reports shall be rendered on and in accordance with the printed forms that the Commission will prescribe and furnish for that purpose
In addition to the foregoing each of such companies shall furnish such other reports and information as the Commission may require from time to time
Furthermore it shall be the duty of each of said companies to produce for the inspection of the Commission any and all books papers contracts agreements and other original records of any character whatsoever that may be in possession of said company or within its power custody or control or copies thereof as may be demanded and designated by the Commission
RULE 12
All complaints made to the Railroad Commission of alleged grievances must plainly and distinctly state the grounds of complaint the items being numbered and objections all being set forth in writing
Both in cases of complaints and when the Commission initiates action notice s all 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 opporunity to be heard
In like manner all defenses must be distinctly made in writing and the items correspondingly numbered as above stated
Claims for overcharge and loss
Monthly
Reports
Annual
Reports
Blanks furnished by Commission
Otiher information to be furnished when reauired Eooks etc to be produced
Jow to bring
Complaints Rules of procedure
Giving
notice
to interested parties
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Arguments may be made either in person or writing
Commission reserves the right to modify rules of procedure
Right reserved to suspend or modify any regulation
These specifications whether of complaint or of defense may be accompanied if the parties so desire by any explanation or argument or by any suggestion touching the proper remedy or policy The parties may also 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
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PASSENGER RULES
RULE 1
Each railroad company in Georgia may charge for the transportation of passengers between points in this State the maximum rates prescribed for such railroad by this Commission and in every instance the rates for children over five years and under twelve years of age shall be notover 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 woiuld 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 an 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 m 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
Rates prescribed are maximum rates Low rates for children
Minimum fare of ten cente allowed
Tickets should be purchased
Extra charge unless tickets are purchased
Baggage
allowed
For 20
EXCESS BAGGAGE TARIFF
For all Baggage Over 150 pounds
miles and under 10 cents per 100 pounds
1 30 miles and over 20 15
40 30 20
60 40 25
70 60 30
80 1 f 70 35
90 80 dfl
100 1 i 90 45
gage rates
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Charge for
transporting
baggage wthich is unaccompanied
by passenger
Dimensions of baggage to be checked free
For 110 miles and over 100
50 cents per 100 pounds
120 110
130 120
140 I 130
150 140
160 150
170 160
180 170
190 180
200 190
210 200
220 210
230 220
240 230
260 240
290 260
320 290
350 320
400 350
450 400
Minimum excess baggage charge 10 cents
55 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 120 125 130 135 140
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
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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
RULE 5
Where baggage received by companies as provided for by Rule 4 is not checked within twentyfour hours after being so received or where baggage is allowed to remain unclaimed at destination more than twentyfour hours after arrival of train transporting same such companies are authorized to charge twentyfive cents for storage of the same for each separate twentyfour hours or fraction thereof after the expiration of said twentyfour hoursSunday and legal holidays excepted
RULE 6
Railroad companies shall not be required to send any baggage on any train unless the baggage shall have been checked fifteen minutes before the departure of that train
RULE 7
Nothing in the rules of this Commission shall be construed as placing any restriction upon the privilege of railroad companies to make special rates for excursions or for any other special occasion
RULE 8
All of the various kinds of tickets that may be on sale at any and all other offices of a given railroad company in any given town or city shall likewise be kepton sale at the depot ticketoffice of such railroad company in such town or city at the same prices
RULE 9
All passenger waiting rooms and passengercars in use by railroads in this State shall be kept supplied with drinkingwater and shall be so lighted heated ventilated and equipped as to render the occupants of the same reasonably comfortable the circumstances of each case being considered
Ail 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
Must receive baggage and issue claim checks
Storage
charges
Baggage must be checked 15 minutes before train leaves
Excursion rates exempted
Must sell tickets at depots
Comfortable cars and waitingrooms
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RULE 10
Corns1 to At junction points railroad companies shall be required to open their depot
be opened waitingrooms for the accommodation of the traveling public at least thirty of trainsriVa minutes before the schedule time for the arrival of all passengertrains
At nonfunction stations At local or nonjunction points all such waitingrooms shall likewise be opened provided that the same shall not be required to be opened nor kept open after ten oclock p m except for delayed trains due before that hour in which case such rooms shall be kept open until the actual arrival of such delayed trains
Delayed trains must be bulletined RULE 11 Whenever any passengertrain on any railroad in this State shall be more than onehalf of one hour behind its schedule time it shall be the duty of said railroad to bulletin and to keep posted at each of its telegraph stations along its line between such delayed train and its destination notice of the time such train is behind its schedule time and the time of its arrival at such stations as nearly as can be approximated RULE 12
Notice to be given of obstructions Whenever there is by reason of accident or otherwise a break or obstruction on the line of any railroad company in this State that will probably delay any passengertrain on said railroad it shair 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 trains before the same shall leave such stations RULE 13
Convenient stopping of passenger trains All passengertrains operated in this State shall at all stations where such trains stop either upon flag or regular schedule be brought to a standstill with such relation to the waitingrooms of the station building or other passenger facilities at said station as will render egress from and ingress to said trains most practicable and convenient for the passengers without reference to the conveninent handling of baggage or other freight RULE 14
Cuns on passenger trains No person shall be permitted to board a train or enter a car in which passengers ride in this State with a loaded gun and all breechloading guns shall be unbreeched on boarding such train or entering such car Conductors of railway trains are authorized to see to the enforcement of this rule and failure on the part of any passenger to comply with the terms hereof shall be cause for ejecting such passenger from the train
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RULE 15
At all stations in this State where baggage trucks are provided all trunks and other personal baggage shall be unloaded from baggage cars onto said bag c gage 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 b expressly forbidden
Provided That the handling of baggage by hand from cars to depot plat forms or other customary places of depositing baggage in such careful manner as will not damage same will be a compliance with this rule
Continuous mileage rates when applicable
Freight to be promptly received
Bills of lading what they must show
Prompt delivery ef freight to consignees
Expense billsf what they mus show
Prompt interchange of freight
Actual weights to govern
FREIGHT RULES
RULE 1
Where in this State two or more connecting lines of railroad are operated hy or under one management or company or where the majority of the stock of any railroad company is owned or controlled either directly or indirectly by a connecting railroad company the lines of such company shall within the meaning and intent of the rules of the Commission be considered as constituting but one and the same railroad and rates for the carriage of freight over such railroads or by any portion thereof shall be computed upon a continuous mileage basis the same as upon the line of a single railroad company whether such railroads have separate boards of directors or not
RULE 2
Railroads shall promptly receive goods offered for shipment and shall when so required by the consignor issue duplicate receipts or bills of lading therefor
Such bills of lading shall show separately and in detail the weight and freightclass of each kind of goods embraced in the shipment and the total rate per hundred pounds per ton or per carload as the case may be to be charged for transporting each class to the destination named in each bill of lading
When such bill of lading is presented at destination to the agent of the railroad that is to deliver such freight to the consignee it shall be the duty of the railroad to deliver said goods either to the consignee or his order upon payment of the freight and other charges lawfully due thereon
The expense bill then issued to such consignee by such railroad shall show separately the weight the rate and the total charge upon the goods embraced in each separate class of freight composing the shipment
RULE 3
All connecting railroads in Georgia shall promptly receive from and deliver to each other all freight intended to pass over their respective lines or parts thereof in order to reach its destination and no railroad shall prevent delay or obstruct either by act of omission or commission the prompt interchange of such freight to the end that the transportation and delivery thereof to the consignee may be accomplished with the greatest practicable dispatch
RULE 4
Unless otherwise specially provided by the rules or classification of the Commission every railroad shall assess it charges for transporting a shipment of any class upon the actual weight thereof and at the lowest rate of freight
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actually in force upon said railroad ongoods of the same class whether such rate he prescribed by the Commission or othewise
Twentyfive cents may be collected however as a minimum charge for transporting any shipment however small subject to Freight Rule Number 27
RULE 5
Any railroad or any line of connecting railroads may reduce any rate for the transportation of freight betweeu any points on their lines that may be less than twenty or more than two hundred and fifty miles apart without making corresponding reductions for distances over twenty and less than two hundred and fifty miles
Provided That where such a reduction is made in a rate for the carriage of freight between any two points more than two hundred and fifty miles apart by any railroad or connecting lines of railroads a similar reduction shall be made for the carriage of similar freights between all other points on said railroads that may be more than two hundred and fifty miles apart to the end that no unjust discrimination may be made against any point or points on said railroadsunder substantially similar circumstances and conditions
RULE 6
Unless otherwise provided by the Commission all freight charges shall be assessed upon the actual weight of the goods transported when such actual weight can be ascertained
In the case of carload shipments such actual weights shall be ascertained by a sworn weigher who shall balance the scales immediately before weighing each car and shall see to it that the car to be weighed is free from all bearing of any other car or cars except where the articles of freight being shipped are loaded on two or more cars lapped
Such sworn weigher shall keep a complete record of such weights and sha 1 attach to the bill of lading issued for such shipment by the railroad company a certificate according to the following form
WEIGHERS CERTIFICATE
Isworn weigher for the
Rail at do certify on oath that I this
day oflweighed car numberof the
Railroad loaded withand that the gross weight of said car was
pounds that the marked weight of said car waspounds that said car
while being weighed was disconnected except where articles lapped and that it was free from all bearing of other car or cars that the scales so used were balanced immediately before weighing said car and that to the best of my knowledge the abovementioned weights are correct
Signed
Weigher forRailroad
At
Minimum
freight
charge
Bates for over 250 miles and under 20 miles
No unjust discrimination to he made
Actual weights to apply
Actual weights how ascertained
sworn weigher duties of
Certificate of weight
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In the event a carload shipment originates at or moves from a point where there is no track scales it shall toe 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 scales of estimated weights shall apply to carload shipments of live stock only in cases where actual weight can not be ascertained but said scale of estimated weights shall apply to and govern such shipments of less than carload lots regardless of what the actual weight may be
LIVE STOCK
One horse mule or horned animal except as specified below 2000 lbs
Two horses mules or horned animals except as specified below in same car and from same shipper to same consignee 3500 lbs
Each additional horse mule or horned animal except as specified below in same car and from same shipper to same consignee 1000 lbs
Stallions Jacks and Bulls eachp 3000 lbs
Mare and Foal together for both2500 lbs
Colts under one year old each1 1000 lbs
Colts Donkeys or Ponies crated each actual weight but not
less than 1000 lbs
Cow and Calf together for both 2500 lbs
Yearling cattle except bulls each 1000 lbs
Yearling bulls each7 2000 lbs
Calves under one year old not crated each 1000 lbs
Calves under one year old crated each actual weight but
not less than1 175 libs
Calves over one year old crated each actual weight but
not less than 0
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
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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
Jacksor Stallions each
Horses or Mules each
Mare and Colt together
Yearling Coltj
Cow and Calf together
Domestic Horned Animals each
Yearling Cattle each
Calves Hogs Sheep or Goatsj
15000 10000 10000
5000
3500
3000
1500
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 150000 will he accepted only under special contract When the value is not stated by the shipper in writing in the shipping order carriers will not be 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
Extra charge for high valuation
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 k
one way only on the same train with any shipment of live stock an attendant regulations 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 wheie 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
LUMBER
Ash black
Basswood and Butternut Chestnut and Cypress
Elm soft
Elm rock
Per 1000 feet Estimated
GREEN SEASONED weights Lumber
5000 3500 canned goods etc
4000 2750
5000 3000
5000 3500
6000 4000
Gum
Hickory
Oak
Poplar
White Pine
Yellow Pine seasoned dressed
Flooring
1316x2 face flat back
1316x3 face flat back
1316x3 face hollow back
1316x3 face flat back
1316x5 face flat back
1216x5 face flat back
all heart face 150 lbs per M heavier
N O S
Ceilings
516x3
716x3
916x3
1116x3
1216x3 7
N O St
Partitions
1316x3 B 0 E 2S
N O S
Drop Siding
Patterns 105 and 106
Pattern 116
Patterns 115 117 and 118
N O S
Bevel Siding
From 1in stock
From 1in stock
Weatherboarding
Square edge from 1in stock
Moulded Base
8in 10in and 12in
Roofers
D M or shiplap in
D M or shiplap 1316in
Boards
S 2 S 1316in from 1in stock
Per 1000 feet
GREEN SEASONED
5000 35b0
6000 5000
6000 4400
4500 2800
4000 2700
Per 1000 feet
2300 lbs
2200 lbs
2050 lbs
2400 lbs
2400 lbs
2300 lbs
2300 lbs
900 lbs
1200 lbs
1600 lbs
1950 lbs
2000 lbs
1500 lbs
2100 lbs
2000 lbs
2000 lbs
2200 lbs
1600 lbs
2000 lbs
1100 lbs 1500 lbs
1400 lbs
2200 lbs
2300 lbs 2500 lbs
2800 lbs
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S 2 S 1116 from 14in stock2900 lbB
S 2 S 1in from l4in stock3000 lbs
S 4 S 3 and 5in2400 lbs
S 4 S7inv2600 lbs
S 4 S 9y2 and 11in2700 lbs
N O S2800 lbs
Training
2x4 to 4x8 S 4 S in3000 lbs
N O S3000 lbs
Yellow Pine Green dressed
Training
2x4 to 4x8 S 4 S iu3800 lbs
Timbers
6x6 and up S 4 S in4000 lbs
Yellow Pine Green Rough
Boards
Under 2in 15500 lbs
Training
2x4 to 4x85000 lbs
Timbers
6x6 and up4500 lbs
Staves Weight per 1000
Straight Sawn Green4000 lbs
Cylinder Sawn Green3 500
Shingles
Green 500 lbs
Dry 450 lbs
Laths
Green 800 lbs
Dry 500 lbs
Tan Bark dry per cord2000 lbs
Tan Bark green per cordJ2000 lbs
Fence Posts and Rails and Telegraph Poles per cord3500 lbs
Clay per cubic yard3000 lbs
Cross Ties Green each 200 lbs
Cross Ties Dry each 250 ibs
Sand per cubic yard 3000 lbs
Stone crushed per cu yard 2500 lbs
Gravel per cubic yard3200 lbs
Stone undressed per cubic foot 260 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
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Fractions how disposed of
CANNED GOODS
2 lbs 2 dozen cans per case 60 lbs
iy 4 dozen cans per case 70 lbs
1Y2 flat2 dozen cans per case 36 lbs
1 lb 12 dozen cans per case 22 lbs
1 4 dozen cans per case 42 lbs
2 lbs I 2 dozen cans per case 42 lbs
3 2 dozen cans per case 65 lbs
6 1 dozen cans per case 65 lbs
1 gallon cans y2 dozen cans per case 45 lbs
1 gallon cans 1 dozen cans per case 90 lbs
Tall 1 pound can 2 dozen cans per case 24 lbs
Tall 2 pound can 2 dozen cans per case 50 lbs
Tall 1 pound can4 dozen cans per case 46 lbs
RULE 8
Fractions tliat occur in the net rate after adding or deducting any percentage applicable to the Standard Tariff shall be disposed of as follows
If such rate applies to Class G or to any other class where fractions are shown 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 Rate65
25 per cent added 16
Totalj81 from which deduct fraction leaving desired
rate of 8 cents
Ex 2Standard Rate95
20 per cent added 19
Total114 Substituting 5 for the fraction the desired rate
is 115 cents
Ex 3Standard RateJ 8
20 per cent added 16
Total 96 Substituting 5 for the fraction the desired rate
is 95 cents
Ex 4Standard Rate55
25 per cent added 13
Total 68 Adding a unit instead of a fraction the de
sired 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
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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
Total204 Deducting the fraction the desired rate is 20
cents
Ex 2Standard Rate18
20 per cent added 36
Total216 Estimating the fraction as a unit the desired
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 freight specific provision is made for a certain percentage oncreTse above the Standard Tariff that percentage alone shall be applied to the Stand how applied ard Tariff in computing rates regardless of any percentage allowed on 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 Percentage article or class of freight specifies a percentage of decrease below the Standard of decrease Tariff that decreased percentage alone shall be applied to the Standard Tariff hW appliedand freight charges assessed on basis of the rate so reduced without regard to tiny percentage of increase that may be allowed an individual railroad on other articles in the same class as shown in the general classification of railroads
No railroad may charge more than the Standard Tariff rate on any article How to apply that in the freight clasification is assigned to a certain class without percent ofncrS age 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 car Artiles ned m Southern Classification provided said last named Classification carries eluded in a specific rating for such article and if not rates shall be assessed as if upon SJanSSlfica the article most analogous to it that is included in the Commissions Freight Classification
RULE 11
Equal facilities to all railroads
Discretionary reduction on these articles
Loading and unloading to be done by shipper
h G It rate not to exceed 0 L
O L rate per 100 lbs must not exceed L 0 L
Flag stations shipments from and to
The several railroad companies of this State in the conduct of their intrastate business shall at all terminal and connecting points to any other railroad company whose tracks are of the same gauge afford under substantially similar circumstances equal facilities for the interchange of freight and upon like terms and conditions whether in carload lots or less without discrimination in favor of or against any and whenever special facilities are afforded to one such railroad company in the interchange and delivery of freight either to consignees or to connecting lines whether upon a special rate authorized by this Commission or otherwise such company shall be bound to afford to all other connecting lines under like and substantially similar circumstances like facilities upon like terms and rates
RULE 12
Railroad Companies may at their discretion reduce rates on Ores Sand Clay Stone Brick Bone Lumber Shingles Laths Staves Empty Barrels Wood Syrup Sugarcane Straw Shucks Hay Fodder Corn in ear Tanbark Turpentine Rosin Tar and Household Goods below the maximum rates prescribed by the Commission provided that in so doing no unjust discrimination be made against any place or person
RULE 13
It shall be the duty of consignors and consignees to load and unload shipments of naval stores in carload lots and any goods in classes L M N O and p and whenever railroad companies are required to do such loading or unloading the actual cost thereof may be collected upon such shipment
RULE 14
In no case shall the amount collected for transporting a less than carload shipment exceed what the amount would be for transporting a minimum carload of goods of the same class over the same railroad between the same points
In no case shall the charge per hundred pounds for transporting a carload shipment exceed the actually current rate per hundred pounds on goods of the same class over the same railroad between the same points when shipped in lots less than a carload
RULE 15
Freight that is forwarded from any points other than a regular agency station except as otherwise provided in Rules 23 and 23A may be billed and freight charges may be assessed thereon as if shipped from the first agency station in the opposite direction or next further removed from the point of destination and likewise freight forwarded to such a point may be billed and freight charges may be assessed thereon as if shipped to the first agency station beyond the point of actual destination
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Provided however that in no case shall any rate be thus made higher than it would be were the mileage rate applied to the distance such shipment is actually transported
RULE 16
For each necessary handling of any extra heavy article either in loading the same on or in unloading the same from cars railroads may collect as a maximum compensation for such service as follows
Under 2000 pounds no extra charge for handling
For 2000 pounds and under 3000 pounds 3 00
For 3000 4000 pounds 5 00
For 4000 5000 pounds 7 00
For 5000 6000 pounds 8 00
For 6000 7000 pounds 10 00
For 7000 and over in proportion Provided That this rule shall not apply to the loading or unloading of portable engines and other machinery on wheels shipped on flat cars
When articles are loaded on an open car on account of being too long or too bulky to be loaded through the side door of a box car they shall be charged at the actual weight and class rate for each article provided that in no case shall the charge for each shipment for one consignee be less than 4000 pounds at firstclass rate
When any article is too long too bulky or too heavy to be carried by ordinary cars its transportation shall be a matter of special contract between th carrier and the shipper
RULE 17
Railioads 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 shoit 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
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
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RULE 19
Ton Definition of
Minimum
carload
Carloads in excess of mini mum weight
Carload
shipment
definition
of
Dapped
lumber
etc
Telegraph material distribu tion of on right of way
Ten miles minimum for short ines
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 companies duly chartered according to law
RULE 22
A railroad company whose line of road does not exceed ten miles in length may assess and collect freight charges on any shipment transported by It between any points on its line as if said shipment were carried ten miles
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RULE 23
A charge of no more than two dollars per car without regard to its weight or contents will be allowed for switching or transferring a loaded car from any point on any railroad to any connecting railroad or to any warehouse side track or other customary point of delivery that may be designated by the consignor within a distance of three miles from the point of starting When in the transfer or switching of a car between such points it is necessary to pass over the track or tracks of any intermediate railroad or railroads said maximum charge of two dollars shall be equitably divided between the railroads at interest
When a charge is made for the transfer or switching of a loaded car between such points no additional charge shall be made for the accompanying movement of the empty car in the opposite direction
A Switching or Transfer service as referred to in this rule means the switching of a loaded car preceding or following a transportation service for which legal freight charges are to be or have already been earned
RULE 23A
The following charges per car without regard to its weight or contents will be allowed for the transportation of loaded cars in intraterminal service 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 S200
Delivering carrier200
3 Fora car loaded on the terminal of one carrier to be unloaded on the terminal of another carrier where three carriers are interested 505 to be divided
as follows
Initial carrier 2 00
Intermediate carrier qq
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
Transfer or
switching
charge
Joint
charges tj he equitably divided
Kmpties returned free
Definition of term
switching
Charges for local intra terminal service
Division of
joint
charges
Use of property by another railroad not authorized
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RULE 25
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
At all of their agencies in Georgia cities and towns having less than 10000 inhabitants each according to the most recently published National census railroads shall receive all freight properly offered for transportation and shall make the usual deliveries of freight to consignees at all times on each day Sundays excepted between the hours of seven oclock a in 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 in and five oclock p m from October first to March thirtyfirst inclusive
In cities having 10000 inhabitants or over according to the most recently published National census said hours shall be from seven oclock a m to six oclock p m during the entire year with the exception of an intermission of one hour from twelve oclock noon to one oclock p m
Nothing in this rule contained shall be construed as preventing such delivery and receiving of freights by railroads earlier or later than the above mentioned hours if they so desire
RULE 26
All goods offered to a public carrier for transportation shall be accompanied by the necessary instructions for the immediate shipment thereof
No railroad company shall be required to accept for carriage any goods unless the same shall be of such character and in such condition and so prepared for shipment as to render the transportation thereof reasonably safe and practicable nor unless such goods or the package 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 duiy 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 1 Fractions resulting from deductions as herein required shall be disposed of in accordance with Freight Rule No 8
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
N0teDisposition of fractions in constructing joint rates by use of Freight
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Rule No 27 Upon consideration the Commission hereby interprets its Freight Rule No 27 to mean that fractions resulting in the deduction of 10 per cent from the locals of each line as required by said rule shall be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of Freight Rule No 8 before combining the factors which constitute the joint rate
RULE 28
When transported by a narrow gauge railroad fifteen thousand pounds shall be the minimum carload weight of any class of freight upon which the Commission has made a rate per carload instead of per ton or per hundred pounds regardless of what the prescribed carload weight of similar freight may be when carried by standard gauge railroads and the freight rate upon such a reduced carload weight shall be less in the same proportion
Where continuous mileage rates apply under the provisions of Freight Rule No 1 of the Commission to two lines of railroad one of the same being of narrow gauge and the other of standard gauge an extra charge of three dollats per carload regardless of the weight or contents thereof may be made for transferring a shipment of brick or lumber from one of said lines to the other in transit
RULE 29
Shipments of freight except articles classified firstclass or higher which are not delivered at destination may be returned between points within this State at onehalf the rate applying in the reverse direction provided that the full amount of freight charges in both directions shall have been paid or guaranteed by owners and provided further that such return is made within ninety days of arrival at destination Billing for the return shipment must show proper reference to the original billing
The foregoing shall not apply on Machinery Agricultural Implements or other articles returned for repairs Provided however that the above rule shall not operate to reduce the minimum charge on single shipments as per Rule No 4
Agricultural Implements and Machinery C L or L C L returned to manrn facturers must be prepaid or waybill must be accompanied by an order from manufacturers for such return
RULE 30
Unless otherwise specifically provided in the Classification any package 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
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Narrow gauge railroads carloadweights
Transfer to and from narrow gauge railroads
Reduced rates on returned shipments
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Mixed
shipments
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 clais
If the articles are in different classes the highest carload rate and minimum weight provided for either of the articles in car shall be charged on all articles that make up the carload actual weight to be charged for if in excess of the specified minimum weight Except that where the actual weight of any one or more of the articles when taken separately or together equals the highest minimum carload weight provided for any one of said articles shipper shall have the option of paying the less than carload rate on such of the articles as he may desire and the highest carload rate as above on the other articles in car
Provided That in no case shall the total charge for any mixed carload of freight exceed the charge that would be arrived at by applying the less carload rate for each article at the actual weight thereof
prescribed by the Storage Rules of this Commission it shall be the duty of the delivering line within fortyeight hours after the receipt of such request provided such line has track scales at that point to have the same reweighed in the presence of consignee or his agent if it be so desired by a sworn weigher who shall furnish to the consignee a certificate showing the gross tare and net weights thereof If the net weight thus ascertained shall differ from the billed weight by more than one per cent of the latter subject to a minimum of five hundred pounds the billing shall be corrected to the reweight
Provided however that no railroad company shall be required to reweigh cars as herein provided for unless the consignee shall at the time of requesting reweight deposit with the agent of the delivering line the sum of two dollars which amount when the billed weight is corrected as hereinbefore provided for Shall be refunded to consignee within twentyfour hours after corrected weights are ascertained
Free time for unloading cars which are reweighed as herein specified provided the billed weights thereof are corrected as set out in paragraph one shall begin at 700 oclock a m on the day following that upon which reweighing was done
For a violation by any railroad company in this State of the provisions of this rule or any of them such railroad company shall pay to the consignee so offended within thirty days after demand therefor is made by the consignee the sum of one dollar per day for each offense for each day that such violation continues
N O or P the lowest carload weight shall be used
RULE 31
Reweighing C I Shipments
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
Overloading ears by shippers
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
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whenever a shipper at a flag station or other station where there are no track scales overloads a car as above charges for transportation may be assessed on basis of ten per cent above the current tariff rate
RULE 33
Whenever a shipper tenders to any railroad express or other transportation company a shipment for transportation between points within this State and gives such company routing instructions it shall be the duty of said company to receive such shipment and forward according to instructions given And if it be necessary in complying with such routing instructions for the shipment to pass over the lines of two or more companies it shall be the duty of the initial company to so deliver to its connections 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 instaface 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 rotated provided that any reparation made upon this account shall in no wise affect the right of shipper to any claimfor 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
Routing
shipments
Penalty for failure to observe routing instructions
Allowance for dunnage
Notice of arrival of goods to be given
Notice
how
served and information given
Free time
STORAGE RULES
RULE 1
The following rules shall govern the collection of all storage and demurrage charges in this State and for failure of either shipper or consignee or railroad company to comply with the terms of said rules the party at fault shall incur the penalties prescribed by the rule or rules violated Provided however that if compliance with the terms of any of said rules by a railroad company be made impracticable by some cause over which said company has no control the time during which compliance therewith is thus suspended shall be counted as free time As to any dispute growing out of this provision however the Commission shall be the sole judge
RULE 1A
Upon the arrival at destination of any and all freights the delivering line shall within twentyfour hours thereafter give to Consignees thereof legal notice of such arrival and the giving of such legal notice as hereinafter defined shall be a condition precedent to the collection by railroad companies of any storage charges upon any shipment notive of arrival of which has not been thus served upon the consignee and no storage charges shall be assessed nor collected other than as authorized by these rules
For failure to give such legal notice of arrival the railroad company at fault shall within thirty days after demand in writing is made therefor pay to the consignee so offended the sum of one dollar per car per day on carload shipments and one cent per hundred pounds per day on less than carload shipments for each day during which the terms of this rule are not complied with
RULE 2
Legal notice as herein understood and intended may be either served by mail or personally and the leaving of notice at the consignees residence r usual place of doing business shall also be considered personal notice In case of carload shipments such notice must show the content 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 amount of charges due thereon
Notice by mail or in person as provided in the foregoing rule may be expressly waived by the consignee in writing under agrment diily signed to accept telephone notice of arrival under which notice free time will be computed from seven oclock a m of the day following the service of such notice File 11480
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
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free period between seven oclock a m and seven oclock p m as the inclemency of the weather may render the removal of the freight in question from the custody of the carrier reasonably impracticable of which in case of dispute the Commission shall judge
Provided however that on cars of coal containing 60000 pounds or more Notice by and loaded in cars the sides of which are three and onehalf feet or more high mailand which do not contain more than two dumps sixty hours free time shall be allowed as above
Where notice is served by mail the tme 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 companyin one day four or more cars that take track delivery each of said cars in excess of cW inUr three shall have seventyeight hours of free time one day
Where consignors ship goods to themselves or their order the above pre 0 scribed written notice duly mailed to the consignee at the point of delivery shall notify be taken and held to be sufficient legal notice whether such consignee aetuallv shipments receives the same or not
Where notice is given in substantial compliance with the foregoing requirements the consignee shall not thereafter have the right to call in question tiafmthe accuracy nor sufficiency of such notice unless within twentyfour hours after pliancereceiving the same he shall serve upon the delivering carrier a full written statement of his objections to the insufficiency of such notice
RULE 3
Subject to these rules and regulations the maximum storage charges that Amounts may be lawfully assessed or collected by railroad companies in this State where that may freight is not removed from their custody within the free time by these rules be charged prescribed shall be
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 m freight depots or warehouses one cent per hundred pounds per day or fraction of a day
Provided That in no case shall the amount so collected on a less than carload shipment be greater than the maximum charge on a carload of freight similarly stored for the same length of time
RULE 4
When a car destined for delivery at a particular point shall be brought within the customary switching limits of the delivering road at the point of Sto destination designated in the bill of lading under which such shipment is car of ried 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
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Cars must be accessible for unloading
Rejected
Shipments
Distant
con
signees
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
RULE 5
A car taking track delivery must be and remain accessible to the consignee for the purpose of unloading the same during the prescribed free time
If during free time a car be removed or its unloading be otherwise obstructed or prevented by the delivering railroad company the consignee shall not be charged with the consequent delay
If the delivering railroad company removes a car after storage begins thereon such car shall upon demand of the consignee be promptly made accessible for the unloading thereof
RULE 6
Where a consignee shall give to the delivering carrier notice of his refusal to accept a shipment of freight properly tendered in pursuance of the bill of lading the delivering carrier shall give to the consignor legal notice of such refusal and if the consignor fails within three days thereafter to give direction for the disposition of such goods he shall thenceforth become liable to such carrier for the usual storage charges to the same extent and at the same rate as such charges are now under like circumstances by the rules of this Commission imposed upon consignees who neglect or refuse after notice of arrival to remove freight of like character
And where a consignee of freight either in carloads or less than carloads shall fail or neglect to remove such freight within six days after the expiration of free time then the carrier shall through the agent at point of shipment so notify the shipper unless the consignee has signified his acceptance of the pi op erty Said notice may either be served personally or given by mail
Provided That where such notice is alleged to have been served by mail and the consignor 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 other than for the said sixday period within
which the carrier is entitled to give such notice
No such notice to the consignor however shall be required of a carrier company where goods are shipped in less than carload lots unless such goods or the packages containing the same shall legibly bear the name and address of the consignor thereof
A consignee who has once refused to accept a consignment of goods shall not thereafter be entitled to receive the same except upon the payment of all chargs for storage which would otherwise have accrued
RULE 7
A consignee whose place of business is located five miles or over from the depot to which his freight is billed shall not be subject to any storage charge thereon until a sufficient time shall elapse after legal notice of the arrival of such freight for such consignee to have removed the same from the cus
tody of the delivering carrier by the exercise of reasonable diligence of which m case of dispute the Commission shall judge
RULE 8
Where loaded ears are detained at the point of consignment for want of proper shippmg instructions or by reason of improper or excessive loading 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
therrrOwnC0mPaseS rClnred farnSh CarS P est
therefor When a shipper flies with a railroad company written application for
a car or cars stating therein the character of freight to be shipped and its deslnation such railroad company shall furnish same within four days Sundays nd legal holidays excepted from seven oclock a m of the day following the receipt of such application
For a Violation of this rule the railroad company at fault shall within thirty days after demand in writing is made therefor pay to the shipper so offended the sum of one dollar per car per day or fraction of a day after expiration of free time during which such violation continues
RULE 10
Whenever freight of any character proper for transportation whether in carload quantities or less is tendered to a railroad company at its customary place for receiving shipments and correct shipping instructions given such railroad company shall immediately receive the same and issue bills of lading therefor And when a shipment is thus received the same must be carried forward at a rate of not less than fifty miles per day of twentyfour hours computed from seven oclock a m of the day following the receipt of shipment I
or 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 that the terms of this rule are not complied with
The basis for any claim filed for a noncompliance with this rule shall be in cases where the shipper specifies the routing the actual route indicated by the shipper and in cases where no routing is specified by the shipper then the route usually used by the railroad companies at interest
Provided however That at divisional terminals or at other points where rehandling of a shipment or transferring same from one car to another is necessary m 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 for loading or unloading at a reasonably accessible point
Detention of cars by shippers
Railroads required to furnish cars when ordered
Railroads must receive and promptly transport freight
Loading
Cars
Railroads
must
promptly
deliver
freights at
destina
tion
Railroads required to deliver cars to cento connections for placing
on its team tracks or on a private track designated toy the shipper or consignee or holds such car or cars for placement order under Storage Rule No 4 free time for the unloading of such car or cars shall be computed as provided in Storage Rule No 2 and free time for the loading of such car or cars shall expire fortyeight hours from the first 700 oclock a m after the same are so placed exclusive of Sundays and 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 and unloading such cai or cars reasonably impracticable of which in cases of dispute the Commission shall judge and after such free period the railroad company may charge and collect from shippers or consignees as long as such car or cars are detained by said shippers or consignees the following demurrage charges
200 per car per day for each of the first five days
500 per car per day for the 6th and each succeeding day
If a 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 400 for each car covering demurrage then due for the two days and upon failure of the shipper to pay this assessment or other penalty for which he has become liable under these rules railroad companies will be excused from placing cars for future shipments until such assessment has been paid
RULE 12
Railroad companies are required to make prompt delivery of all freights upon the arrival thereof at destination For failure to deliver freights at its freight depot or to place loaded cars at an accesible 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 desirq 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
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loaded on a side track of one railroad to be transported to destination by some other line of road
For a violation of any provisionof this Rule the railroad company at fault shall within thirty days after demand in writing is made therefor pay to the consignee or party whose interest is affected the sum of one dollar per car per day for each day or fraction of a day such violation continues
RULE 14
Subject to the provisions of Freight Rule No 23 each railroad company in this State is required to accept from any connecting road of same gauge any and all cars proper for transportation that may be tendered it by such connecting line and shall within twentyfour hours exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays after tender is made place such car or cars at an accessible point for loading or unloading same on any sidetrack on its line that may be designated 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
RULE 15
In computing time Sundays and Legal Holidays will be excluded When a legal holiday falls on a Sunday the following Monday will be excluded
Legal Holidays recognized in the computation of demurrage charges In Georgia are as follows
January 1st
January 19th
February 22nd
April 26th
June 3rd
July 4th
First Monday in September
NovemberThanksgiving Day
December 25th
RULE 16
When a shipper or receiver enters into the following agreement the charge for detention to cars on all cars held for loading or unloading by such shipper or receiver shall be computed on the basis of the average time of detention to all such cars released during each calendar month such average detention and charge to be computed as follows
Section A One 1 credit will be allowed for each first twentyfour hours of free time
car released within the
Railroads required to accept cars from connecting lines for placing
Holidays
Average
Agreement
After the expiration of the free time one 1 debit per ear per day or fraction of a day will be charged for the first five 5 days
In no case shall more than one 1 credit toe allowed on any one car and in no case shall more than five 5 credits be applied in cancellation of debits accruing on any one car When a car has accrued five 5 debits a charge of 500 per car per day or fraction of a day will be made for all subsequent detention including Sundays and legal holidays
Section B At the end of the calendar month the total number of credits will be deducted from the total number of debits and 200 per debit charged for the remainder If the credits equal or exceed the debits no charge will be made for the detention of the cars and no payment will be made to shippers or receivers on account of such excess of credits nor shall the credits in excess of the debits of any one month be considered in computing the average detention for another month
Section C A shipper or receiver who elects to take advantage of this Average Agreement shall not be entitled to cancellation or refund of demurrage or storage charges on account of inclemency of the weather on cars of coal containing 60000 pounds or more additional free time when notice is served by mail where four or more cars are received in one dayor whose place of business is located five miles or over from the depot to which his freight is billed
Section D A shipper or receiver who elects to take advantage of this average agreement may be required to give sufficient security to the carrier for the payment of balances against him at the end of each month
RULES GOVERNING THE ERECTION AND LOCATION OF RAILROAD EXPRESS AND TELEGRAPH DEPOTS STATIONS AGENCIES AND OFFICES
RULE l
It shall be the duty of all railroad express and telegraph companies in this State to establish conduct and maintain such stations offices and agencies for the transaction of the usual and customary business with their patrons at all point on their lines in Georgia where the volume of such business offered shall reasonably justify or where the public service and convenience may reasonably require the same
RULE 2
Each and every depot station office and agency now maintained conducted or used in Georgia by any railroad express or telegraph company doing business in this State for the transaction of business with the public is hereby formally established and located at the point and on the premises where the same is now being so maintained and conducted No such depot station office or agency as aforesaid now established or that hereafter may be established pursuant to orders made by the Commission or voluntarily by such company or otherwise shall be closed removed suspended discontinued or abolished without authority granted by the Commission upon written application
RULE 3
All applications that may be made asking that the Commission will require the establishment of any railroad telegraph or express office station or agency or the construction or improvement of any depot building whether for freight or passengers or for both shall clearly and fully set forth in detail all of the reasons and grounds upon which such applications may be based and in so doing shall give as nearly as may be practicable the following information The population of the town city or other locality in questioh 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 estab lished
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 be shown when desired
telegraph
Tariff and Rules Governing Telegraph Companies
RULE 1
Except as otherwise specially provided no telegraph company shall collect more than twentyfive cents for its service in transmitting any message of ten words or less exclusive of date address and signature between any two points within this State nor more than two cents for each additional word of a day message nor more than one cent for each additional word of a night message and no additional charge shall be made for repeating a messagethat is telegraphing it back to the office where it originated for comparison
RULE 2
Telegraph companies doing business in this State shall in each incorporated town or city in which they maintain offices make delivery to all points within the corporate limits of such town or city of all telegraphic messages to the addressee or to some one authorized to accept the same at his her or their place of business or residence or leave a written notice thereof in case there is no one at such place of business or residence to receipt for the same and such deliveries shall be made without extra charge where the addressees residence or place of business 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 filling with initial office the transmitting company shall where the words necessary to express the filing time added to the word 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
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GENERAL ORDERS AND CIRCULARS
Atlanta August 24 1907
Office of the
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
GENERAL ORDER No 1
fil raad CmPany ding bU8ineSS in this is hereby required to
October 190 2 v Commissi of Georgia during the month of
i aS nearly the 15th of said month as is practicable a ceri ed detailed statement of all transportation issued for the use of any pas senger between points within the State of Georgia during the month of Sen
ternber 1907 for which transportation a rate or charge less than the regular authorized or published rate was paid regular
ta fW iD Seta11 St 0i 811 iree trPrtatIon Issued whatons UPn Wat aceOTmt issued and ween
311 annUa1 quarterlv and otter term passes used on Its line f 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 e sucn
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
ately preceding that during which report is required furnished
By order of the Board
Geo F Montgomeky r at t
k G McLendon
Secretary
Unatrman
Office of the
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
Atlanta September 3 1909
File No 7065
Resolved That General Order No 1 relating to reports of passes etc monthly by railroads be amended so as not to require reporting of trip passes issued to dependent members of families of railroad officers and employees where such officers or employees hold no public office All other transportation
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and free or reduced service shall be reported monthly as contemplated in the original order
The Commission will call for such special reports from time to time as it deems proper
By order of the Board
Campbell Wallace H W Hill
Secretary Chairman
Office of the
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
Atlanta October 21 1909
File No 7065

Okdered 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 November 13th 1917
File No 7330
GENERAL ORDER No 2
General Order No 2 of this Commission promulgated October 25th 1907 is hereby amended to read as follows towit
GENERAL ORDER No 2
The Railroad Commission of Georgia hereby adopts as its own regulations all passenger train service now being maintained in this State and as well all schedules of passenger trains of all railroad companies operating in Georgia and it is
Ordered That no railroad company operating in this State shall be allowed to discontinue any passenger train schedule or service now being maintained without the consent of the Railroad Commission
Ordered Further That no railroad company operating in this Stat shall be permitted to change the schedule of any passenger accommodation or suburban train now or hereafter established more than fifteen minutes nor the schedule of any other passenger train performing local service within this State
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more than one hour except after application to and approval by this Commission of the proposed changes Provided That this authority shall not apply where the proposed change would break connection at a junction point with a branch line or other railroad
Obdeked Fubtheb That no changes of any character in passenger train schedules whether by express approval of this Commission or as above otherwise provided shall be made effective until after notice by publication in some newspaper or newspapers of general circulation in the community or communities affected thereby at least three days in advance of the effective date of such change or changes
Obdebed Fubtheb 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 their passenger trains to and from said station shall also continuously advertise in some newspaper of general circulation in the communities through which its grains operate time table or tables showing the schedule 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 Commission
Albebt Collier C M Candler
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
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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 may be granted but when such is granted it must be promptly reported tv
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
Secretdry Chairman
Office of the
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
GENERAL ORDER No 5
Atlanta October 29 190T
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 thencharters 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 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 sueh 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
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Office f the
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
Atlanta November 6 1907
GENERAL ORDER No 7
Ordered That within twenty days from date all street railroad corporations companies or persons owning leasing or operating street railroads in this State and all telegraph corporations under the jurisdiction of this Commission shall furnish this Commission with copies of their charters rates and rules and that considering the same together with such other information as may then be at the disposal of the Commission the necessity of ordering a public hearing with a view to improving the service with the terms and conditions of such hearing will be considered and determined and due notice given to the companies concerned and their patrons and local authorities
By order of the Board
Geo F Montgomery S G McLendon
Secretary Chairman
Office of the
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
Atlanta November 6 1907
GENERAL ORDER No 8
Ordered That within ten days from this date all dock and wharf corporations companies or persons 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 ft McLendon
Secretary Chairman
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
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and telephone company street railroad company public service corporation and every other company and corporation within the jurisdiction of this Commission shall file in the office of the Commission a complete list of its stockholders as of the date of January 1 1908 showing accurately and fully the name and address of each stockholder and the amount of stock held by each of them respectively in each of said companies and corporations
By order of the Board
Geo F Montgomery S G McLendon
Secretary Chairman
Office of the
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
Atlanta January 8 1908
GENERAL ORDER No 10
Whereas it appears to this Commission that General Order No 3 forbidding free passes and free service as therein expressed has been from its date October 29 1907 generally construed and accepted as including telegraph and telephone companies but doubts having been expressed touching the same and
Whereas all such doubts should be removed and the policy and operation of said order extended therefore it is now
Ordered and declared that said General Order No 3 was intended to include and the same is now expressly so amended as to include and apply to telegraph and telephone companies and further that no electric light or gas company or power company no terminal company baggage or cab company no cotton compress company or other publicservice 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
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
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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 rep resen ta fives 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
Office of the
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
Atlanta August 12 1909
GENERAL ORDER No 12
IN RE Marking L C L Shipments
Complaint having been made to this Commission that some of the railway companies in Georgia are refusing to accept less than carload shipments of brick sewer pipe and other such shipments unless the same are boxed or crated or unless each article composing the shipment is marked with name of consignee and destination it is
Ordered That so far as relates to shipments between points in Georgia said action of the railway companies is unreasonable and 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
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and other articles not specifically required to be packed by the classification of the Commissionthe transportation of which can reasonably be performed without same being boxed or cratedwhich may be offered for shipment without requiring the boxing or crating of same or that each article composing shipment be marked provided that some of the articles shall be properly marked or such other shipping instructions be given the carrier as will afford necessary information for the transportation and delivery thereof
By order of the Commission
Campbell Wallace Geo Hillyeb
Secretary ViceChairman
Office of the
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
Atlanta August 12 1909 GENERAL ORDER No 13
IN RE Capitalization Reports and Rules of All Companies
Subject to the Jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission
Whereas on August 26 1907 the Commission adopted a resolution calling upon all corporations subject to its jurisdiction for reports as to stocks and bonds of said corporations outstanding and
Whereas on November 6 1907 the Commission adopted General Order No S 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
Ordered That the Rate Expert of the Commission be and he is hereby directed to systematize and make proper record of said reports and rules
Ordered Further That the Rate Expert of the Commission be and he is hereby authorized to require such information from all companies subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission as may be necessary in the compilation herein referred to
By order of the Commission
Campbell Wallace Geo Hillyer
Secretary ViceChairman
Office of the
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
Atlanta December 23 1909
File No 9162
Circular No 314 is hereby amended by substituting therefor General Order No 14 which becomes effective this day as follows
GENERAL ORDER No 14
All rates now in effect or which may hereafter become effective which are not higher than the maximum rates prescribed by this Commission whether such rates are the result of voluntary action upon the part of any company
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corporation or person subject to the jurisdiction of this Commission or otherwise are hereby established as the rates of the Railroad Commission of GeorSUCh rates slia11 be discontinued nor raised without the consent of the Railroad Commission first being obtained but all such rates shall continue m force without hindrance the same as other rates prescribed by the mm ssion 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 nd 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 jj Hill
Secretary chairman
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 rates 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 Hill
Secretary Chairman
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Office of the
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
Atlanta February 1 1910 File No 9220
GENERAL ORDER No 16
Ordered That on and after this date each railroad and street railroad in this State be required to notify this Commission immediately upon the happening thereof by wire or such other method as will furnish the speediest information of each derailment or collision on its line in which any person is injured whether passenger employee or other person stating the time place and character of such accident and shall within 48 hours thereafter make a full report thereof in writing to the Commission containing a detailed account of the same the number and if possible the names of the person or persons injured or killed the cause of the accident if ascertained and such other information as may be called ijor 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 accidents in which any person is injured occurring on their lines respectively during the preceding month on forms to be prescribed by the Commission
By order of the Board
Campbell Wallace H W Hill
Secretary Chairman
Office of the
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
Atlanta January 26 1910
File No 9221
GENERAL ORDER No 17
Ordered That beginning February 3rd next each Railroad in this State be required to 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 dr 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
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Office of the
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
Atlanta March 24 1910 m 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 charcter of each accident and shall within fortyeight hours thereafter file a written report thereof on forms to be prescribed by this Commission
Obdebed Fttbtheb That on or before the 15th day of each month each of said railroad and street railroad companies shall make a written report under oath through its proper officer of all accidents in which any person is injured occurring on its line or in its yards in the operation of engines cars or trains during the preceding month on forms to be prescribed by this Commission
By order of the Board
Campbell Wallace jj Hill
Secretary Chairman
Office of the
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
Atlanta August 11 1910
File 9221
GENERAL ORDER No 19
General Order No 17 dated January 26th 1910 is hereby amended so that the reports required to be made to the Commission under the terms of the said General Order shall beginning with the first report week in September 1910 be required only of the following named railway companies and for the stations shown opposite each company named as follows
Name of Road
A W P R R Co
A B A R R Co
A C L R R p0
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
Station to be Reposted
Atlanta West Point
Atlanta Brunswick Fitzgerald Thomasvile Albany Brunswick Savannah Valdosta Augusta Tennille
Savannah
Albany Athens Atlanta Macon Savannah Augusta
Fitzgerald
Athens
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Georgia R R
Ga Fla Ry
G O P R B 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
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 Ma
con Savannah

Cornelia
Valdosta
Collins Rockledge Wadley
Western Atlantic R R Atlanta
W T R R Co Tennille
By order of the Commission
Campbell Wallace
Secretary
Note This order suspended by the Commission on further notice
H W Hill
Chairman
April 28 1915 until
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 m Georgiathe terms governing interstate free transportation prescribed by the Acts of Congress approved June 20th 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 i
Ordered That the terms upon which free transportation can be used m 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 ILL
v Chairman
Secretary
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Office of the
RAILROAD COMMISSION OP 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 accordance 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 Fuses unloaded in or on railroad premises twentyfive 25 cents per 100 pounds with a minim mm charge of twentyfive 25 cents
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 SinallArm 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 101 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 Candler
Secretary Chairman
Office of the
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
Atlanta July 12 1912
File 10663
GENERAL ORDER No 22
On and after October 1 1912 each railroad company operating in Georgia
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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 tostate that the Passenger rules provided in this General Order are the regular passenger rules of the Commission and will be found beginning on page 51 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 t 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 bolized and such explanations made thereof as will indicate the character of the change
Sec 3 No tariff shall contain in excess of four supplements or amendments unless special permission be first obtained from the Railroad Commission of Georgia to issue supplemental or amendatory matter in excess of said four supplements
Sec 4 All tariffs must be filed in the office of the Railroad Commission in accordance with the general rule of the Commission prescribing that advanced rates must be filed ten days before the effective date and reduced rates three days bfore the effective date provided however that the filling 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 officeof 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
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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
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RAILROAD COMMISSIONOF feORGIA
J P Bbown Chairman
H Wabneb Hill l Commissioners
Jos M Bbown
Geo F Montgomeey Secretary
Atlanta Ga July 19 1905 CIRCULAR No 309
Rates on Stoves Stove Plates Stove Furniture and Hollowware including the
Necessary Pipe
Effective with this Circular rates on Stoves Stove Plates Stove Furnitare
and Hollowware including the Necessary Pipe between the points named be
low shall be made upon the following basis
On less than carload shipments for distances less than 100 miles use 6th
class plus one cent for distances in excess of 100 miles use 6th class less
one cent
On carload shipments for distances less than 100 miles use seventyfive per
cent of 6th class plus one cent for distances in excess of 100 miles use seventy
five per cent of 6th class less one cent
BETWEEN
Atlanta Athens Augusta Brunswick Columlbus Dalton Macon Rockmart
Rome Savannah
AND
Adel Empire Pidcock
Adrian Everett Pitts
Albany Fitzgerald Quitman
Americus Fort Gaines Rockmart
Arlington Fort Valley Rome
Athens 1 Griffin Sandersville
Atlanta Harris Savannah
Augusta Hawkinsville Sparks
Bainbridge Haylpw Statesboro
Bremen Helena Stillmore
Brunswick Jesup Swain sboro
Cartersville LaGrange Tennille
Cedartown Macon Thomaston
Collins Madison Thomasville
Columbus Marietta Tifton
Cordele Meldrim Valdosta
Covington Milledgeville Vidalia
Culloden Millen Vienna
Cuyler Montfezuma Washington
Dalton Moultrie Waycross
Dawson Newnan Woodbury
Dublin Offerman Worth
Elberton
To and from all local stations not named above the rates shall be made upon
the lowest combination by the use of the rates herein published
This Circular shall become effective August 19 1905 anl repeals everything
in conflict
By order of the Board
Geo F Montgomeey J P Bbown
Secretary Chairman
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CIRCULAR No 376
Atlanta Ga October 15 1913 Circular No 376 is hereby amended to read as follows
Table of Commodity Rates on Ground Powdered or Pulverized Limestone Whitestone or Marble C L Min Wt 60000 lbs Subject to Freight Rule No 27
Effective November 15 1913 the following rates on ground or pulverized Limestone or Marble are established As the maximum rates of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Distance Rates Distance Rates
In cts per ton In cts per ton
Miles of 2000 lbs Miles of 2000 lbs
5 25 180 110
10 30 190 110
15 35 200 115
20 40 210 115
25 45 220 120
30 50 230 120
35 55 240 125
40 60 250 125
45 60 260 130
50 65 270 135
60 70 280 140
70 75 290 145
80 80 300 150
90 85 310 155
100 85 320 160
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 be in effect on and after November 15 1913 and repeals
everything in conflict
By order of the Commission
Camprell 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
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lines of railway Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company Seaboard Air Line Railway Georgia Southern Florida Railway Company Atlanta Birmingham Atlantic Railroad and Southern Railway Company
Distance Cotton Sea Island in the seed packed Cotton Sea Island in the seed packed
Miles in bags L C L in bags or in bulk
5 8 C L min wt 20000 lbs 80
10 8 80
15 8 94
20 8 99
25 8 105
30 8 140
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
CIRCULAR No 392
Freight Tariff of the Macon Birmingham Railway Company
Atlanta Ga May 11 1913
The Macon Birmingham Railway Company is hereby temporarily removed from Freight Tariff Class D On and after June 1st 1915 and for a period of
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two years thereafter the said Macon Birmingham Railway Company will bo 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 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 Candlek
Secretary Chairman
CIRCULAR No 401
Amended
Freight Rates on Peanuts
Effective April 1 1917 the following rates on Peanuts raw in hull in sacks or in barrels or in bulk in C L min wt 24000 lbs are established as the maximum rates of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Miles Rate
5 5
10 6
15 7
20 8
25 9
3 9
35 10
40 10
45 11
50 n
55 12
60 12
65 13
70 13
75 14
80 14
85 14
90 15
95 15
100 15
110 16
120 16
130 16
140 16
150 17

160 17
170 17
ISO 17
190 18
200 18
210 19
220 19
230 1
240 0
250 20
260 20
270 21
280 21
290 21
300 22
310 22
320 22
330 22
340 23
350 23
360 23
370 23
380 24
390 24
400 24
410 24
420 25
430 25
440 25
450 25
460 26
470 26
The above rates apply in cents per 100 pounds
Class D Railroadsadd 10 per cent
C M Candler
Chairman
CIRCULARS
The following circulars contain the amendments of the rates rules and other regulations published in the 44th Report of the Commission which amendments are carried forward in their proper places in this Report
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
Chas Mubphey Candler Chairman George Hillyeb ViceChairman
Paul B Tbammell
James A Perby
John T Boifieullet
J
J Prince Webster Rate Expert Albert Collier Secretary
Commissioners
Atlanta Ga May 17 1917
CIRCULAR No 402
Classification
The following changes in and additions to the Commissioners Classification
of Freights are hereby adopted
Change item now reading
Fruit oranges lemons and pineapples in boxes L C L 4
Same C L 6
To read
Fruit oranges lemons grapefruit and pineapples in
boxes L C Lf 4
Same C L 6
Change item now reading
Fruit apples in barrels boxes or crates or in bulk C L O
To read
Fruit apples or pears in barrels boxes or crates or in bulk CL O
Add item
Turpentine crude in barrels R
This circular shall be in effect on and after June 1st 1917 and repeals everything in conflict
C M Candler
Chairman
CIRCULAR No 403
Storage Rules
Change Storage Rule No 3 to read
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
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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 he greater than the maximum charge on a carload of freight similarly stored for the same length of time
Change Storage Rule No 11 to read
Where in accordance with the rules of this Commission a railroad company places a car or cars for loading or unloading at a reasonably accessible point on its team tracks or on a private track designated by the shipper or consignee or holds such car or cars for placement order under Storage Rule No 4 free time for the unloading of such car or cars shall be computed as provided in Storage Rule No 2 and free time for the loading of such car or cars shall expire fortyeight hours from the first 700 oclock a m after the same are so placed exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays and such hours on other days during the free period between seven oclock ajn and seven oclock p m when the inclemency of the weather may render the work of loading and unloading such car or cars reasonably impracticable of which in cases of dispute the Commission shall judge and after such free period the railroad company may charge and collect from shippers or consignees as long ns such car or cars are detained by said shippers or consignees the following demurrage charges
200 per car per day for each of the first five days
500 per car per day for the 6th and each succeeding day
If a 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 400 for each car covering demurrage thtn due for the two days and upon failure of the shipper to pay this assessment or other penalty for which he has become liable under these rules railroad companies will be excused from placing cars for future shipments until such assessment has been paid
Add New Rule to be Storage Rule No 15
In computing time Sundays and Legal Holidays will be excluded When a legal holiday falls on a Sunday the following Monday will be excuded
Legal Holidays recognized in the computation of demurrage charges in Georgia are as follows
January 1st
January 19th
February 22nd
April 26th
June 3rd
July 4th
First Monday in September
NovemberThanksgiving Day
December 25th
Add New Rule to be Storage Rule No 16 Average Agreement
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When a shipper or receiver enters into the following agreement the charge for detention to cars on all cars held for loading or unloading by such shipper or receiver shall be computed on the basis of the average time of detention to all such cars released during each calendar month such average detention and charge to be computed as follows
Section A One 1 credit will be allowed for each car released within the first twentyfour hours of free time
After the expiration of the free time one 1 debit per car per day or fraction of a day will be charged for the first five 5 days
In no case shall more than one 1 credit toe allowed on any one car and in no case shall more than five 5 credits be applied in cancellation of debits accruing on any one oar When a car has accrued five 5 debits a charge of 500 per car per day or fraction of a day will be made for all subsequent detention including Sundays and legal holidays
Section B At the end of the calendar month the total number of credits will be deducted from the total numbet of debits and 200 per debit charged for the remainder If the credits equal o exceed the debits no charge will toe made for the detention of th cars and no payment will be made to shippers or receivers on account of such excess of credits nor shall the credits in excess of the debits of any one month be considered in computing the average detention for another month
Section C A shipper or receiver who elects to take advantage of this Average Agreement shall not be entitled to cancellation or refund of demurrage or storage charges on account of inclemency of the weather on cars of coal containing 60000 pounds of more additional free time when notice is served by mail where four or more cars are received in one dayor whose place of business is located five miles or over from the depot to which his freight is billed
Section D A shipper or receiver who elects to take advantage of this average agreement may be required to give sufficient security to the carrier for the payment of balances against him at the end of each month
This Circular shall be in effect on and after June 1 1917 expires by limitation May 1 1918 and repeals everything in conflict
C M CANDLER
Chairman
CIRCULAR No 404
Freight and Passenger Tariff of Americus Atlantic R R Co
The Americus Atlantic Railroad Company is hereby placed in Freight Tariff Class D of the Railroad Commissioners Freight Tariff Classification and Passenger Tariff Class D of Passenger Tariff Classification of the Railroad Commission and said railroad company is allowed to charge for the transportation of freight and passengers no more than the rates prescribed by the Commission for said classes
This circular shall be in effect on and after June 15th 1917 and repeals everything in conflict
C M CANDLER
Chairman
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CIRCULAR No 405
Classification
The following changes in and additions to the Commissioners Classification of Freights are hereby adopted
Change item now reading CR OR
Potatoes L C L in barrels or sacks 6 R
to read
Potatoes L C L in barrels sacks crates or boxes 6 R
This circular shall be in effect on and after October 1 1917 and repeals everything in conflict
C M CANDLER
Chairman
PASSENGER TARIFF CLASSIFICATION OF RAILROADS
Each Company doing business as a common carrier of passengers in this State is allowed to charge as maximum passenger fare the rates prescribed by the Passenger Tariff Class below in which such Company is placed
2 Cents per mile
Western Atlantic R R
2 V2 Cents per mile
Georgia Railroad
Georgia Southern Florida Ry Co Seaboard Air Line Railway Southern Railway Co
Class A
Atlanta West Point R R Co
Class C
Alabama Great Southern R R Co Atlantic Coast Line R R Co
Central of Georgia Ry Co
Charleston Western Carolina Ry
Co
Class D 3
Americus Atlantic R R Co
Atlanta Birmingham Atlantic Ry Co
Augusta Southern R R Co
East Georgia Ry
Fitzgerald Oeilla 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
Cents per mile
Louisville Nashville R R Co Macon Dublin Savannah R R Co Midland Railway
Rome Northern Railroad Co Savannah Atlanta Ry
Savannah Statesboro Ry 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
Class E 4
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
Oeilla Southern Railroad Co Pelham Havana Railroad Savannah Southern Railway Co Shearwood Railway Co
Statenville Railway Co
Sylvania Girard R R Co Washington Lincolnton R R Co
Special Group
Atlantic Waycross Northern R R Co 5 cents per mile maximum charge of 50 cents
Flovilla Indian Springs Ry allowed a minimum charge of 25 cents
Lexington Terminal R R allowed a minimum charge of 25 cents
Louisville Wadley R R Co 4 cents per mile with minimum 50 cents between Louisville and Wadley and 25 cents between Moxley and Louisville and between Moxley and Wadley
Sandersville R R allowed a minimum charge of 25 cents
Savannah Hinesville Western R R Co 5 cents permile minimum charge 25 cents
Talbotton R R Co allowed a minimum charge of 25 cents
Tallulah Falls Ry Co 3 cents per mile
Waycross Southern R R Co 5 cents per mile minimum charge 25 cents
Waycross Western R R Co 5 cents per mile minimum charge 25 cents
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FREIGHT TARIFF CLASSIFICATION OF RAILROADS
For Freight Tariffs See Corresponding Numbers on Opposite Page
Class A
Alabama Great Southern Railroad Co Atlanta and West Point Railroad Co Atlanta Northern Railway Co
Georgia Railroad
Lextington Terminal Railroad Co
Monroe Railroad Co
Union Point White Plains Railroad Co
Western and Atlantic Railroad Co Class B
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co Class C
Atlanta Birmingham Atlantic Ry
Co
Central of Georgia Railway Co Georgia Southern and Florida Ry Co Hartwell Ry Co
Lawreneeville Branch Railroad Louisville Nashville Railroad Seaboard Air Line Railway Southern Railway Co
Class D
Amerieus Atlantic R R Co
Atlantic Way cross Northern Railroad Co
Augusta Southern Railroad Co Bowdon Railway Company
Charleston and Western Carolina Ry Co
East Georgia Ry
Elberton Eastern Railway Company Fitzgerald Oeilla and Broxton Railroad 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 Louisville and Wadley Railroad Co JMacon and Birmingham Ry Co Macon Dublin Savannah Railroad Co
Midland Railway
Milltown Air Line Railway
Millstead Railroad Co
Oeilla Pinebloom Valdosta Railway Co
Oeilla Southern Railroad Co
Rome Northern Railroad
Pelham Havana Railroad Co Savannah Hinesville Western R
R Co
Sandersville Railroad Co
Savannah Atlanta Ry
Savannah and Statesboro Railway Co Savannah Southern Railway Co Shearwood Railway Co
South Gergia Railway Co
Statenville Railway Company
Sylvania Central Railroad Co Talbotton Railroad Co
Tallulah Falls Railway Co
Tennessee Ala Ga R R Co Valdosta Moultrie Western Railroad Co
Wadley Southern Railway Co Washington Lincolnton R R Co Waycross Southern Railroad Co Waycross Western R R Co Wrightsville Tennille Railroad Co
On Stone Granite and Marble viz Blocks and slabs including furniture marble slabs for interior finish and grave and monumental work rough dressed or finished unlettered valuation limited to 20 cents per cubic foot C L Class P plus 25 per cent On sa
L C L 23 of 6 ao
tM B Ry now allowed to charge special scale as per circular hlo 392
10
r
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 f
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 twentyfive per cent added
On Classes B KM 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 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 charg authorized for the lesser distance with the greater percentage Illustrating 50 miles Class G plus 5010i2c 55 miles Class G plus 4010c Carriers authorized to charge for 55 miles Class G10le
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STANDARD TARIFF
PER 100 POUNDS
Dis I
tance 1 1 j 2 I 3 4 1 5 1 6 1 A 1
Miles CtsCts ts Ots Ots JtsjCts J
5 12 11 10 8 V 6 6
10 16 14 13 10 9 8 8
15 18 16 15 12 11 9 9
20 20 18 16 14 12 10 10
25 22 20 18 16 13 11 11
30 24 21 19 17 14 11 11
35 26 23 21 19 15 12 12
40 27 24 22 20 16 12 12
45 29 26 24 21 17 13 13
50 30 27 25 22 18 13 13
55 32 29 26 23 19 14 14
60 33 30 27 24 19 14 14
65 35 32 28 25 20 15 15
70 36 33 29 26 20 15 15
75 38 35 30 27 21 16 16
80 39 36 31 28 21 16 16
85 41 37 32 29 22 17 17
90 42 38 33 29 22 17 17
95 44 39 34 30 23 18 18
100 45 40 35 30 23 18 18
110 48 42 37 31 24 19 19
120 51 44 39 32 25 20 20
130 54 46 41 33 26 21 21
140 57 48 43 34 27 22 22
150 60 50 45 35 28 23 23
160 62 52 46 36 29 24 24
170 64 54 47 37 30 25 25
180 66 56 48 38 31 26 26
190 68 58 49 39 32 27 27
200 70 60 50 40 32 27 27
210 71 62 51 41 33 28 28
220 72 64 52 42 33 28 28
230 73 66 53 43 34 29 29
240 74 68 54 44 34 29 29
250 75 70 55 45 35 30 30
260 76 71 56 46 35 30 30
270 77 71 56 46 36 31 31
280 78 72 57 47 36 32 32
290 79 72 57 47 37 32 32
300 80 73 58 48 38 33 33
310 81 73 58 48 38 33 33
320 82 74 59 49 39 34 34
330 83 74 59 49 39 34 34
340 84 74 59 49 39 34 34
350 85 75 60 50 40 35 35
360 85 75 60 50 40 35 35
370 85 75 60 50 40 35 35
380 88 76 61 51 41 36 36
390 88 76 61 51 41 36 36
400 88 76 61 51 41 36 36
410 91 77 62 52 42 37 37
420 91 77 62 52 1 42 37 37
430 91 77 62 52 I 42 37 37
440 94 78 63 53 1 43 38 38
450 94 1 78 63 53 I 43 1 38 38
460 1 94 j 78 63 53 43 1 38 38
I Per I Per Per I 100 1100 Bbl Lbs Lbs
0 I D E 1 F 1 GT H
Cts Cts 1 Cts Ots Cts 1 Cts 1 Cts
6 4 3 7 9 2 8
8 5 5 9 11 3 10
9 6 5 11 12 3 12
10 7 6 12 14 5 14
11 7y2 e 13 15 5 16
11 7 6 14 15 6 17
12 8 7 15 16 6 19
12 8 7 y2 16 16 6 20
13 s 8 17 17 6 21
13 sy2 8 18 17 7 22
14 9 8 19 18 7 23
14 9 s 19 18 7 24
15 9 9 20 19 7 25
15 9y2 9 20 19 7 26
16 10 9 21 20 7 27
16 10 9 21 20 7 28
17 li 10 22 21 7 29
17 il 10 22 21 8 29
18 n 11 23 23 8 30
18 uy2 11 23 23 sy4 30
19 12 11 24 23 8 31
20 13 12 25 24 8 32
21 13 12 26 25 8 33
22 13 13 27 26 9 34
23 14 13 28 28 9 35
24 14 13 29 29 9 36
25 15 14 30 31 9 37
26 15 14 31 31 9 38
27 16 15 32 33 9 39
27 16 15 32 33 9 40
28 17 16 33 34 9 41
28 17 16 33 34 10 42
29 18 17 34 36 10 43
29 18 17 34 36 10 44
30 19 18 35 38 10 45
30 19 18 35 38 10 46
31 20 19 36 40 10 46
32 20 19 36 40 10 47
32 21 19 37 42 1 io 47
33 21 19 38 42 11 48
33 21 19 38 42 11 48
34 21 20 39 42 11 49
34 22 20 39 44 11 49
34 22 20 39 44 11 49
35 23 21 40 46 11 50
35 23 21 40 46 11 50
35 23 21 40 46 11 50
36 25 23 41 50 11 52
36 25 23 41 50 11 52
36 25 23 41 50 11 52
37 26 24 42 52 11 54
37 1 26 24 42 52 11 54
37 j 26 24 42 52 11 54
38 1 27 25 43 54 11 56
38 27 25 43 54 11 56
38 1 27 f 25 43 154 12 1 56
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STANDARD TARIFF
Per 100 Lbs Per Ton Per
Distance 1 J 1 K 1 M Per Car Load N 0 P 100 Lb R
Miles Cts Cts Cts Cts Cts Cts Cts Cts
5 8 4 1 35 55 5 00 5 50 5 00 4
10 10 5 50 80 6 50 8 00 6 00 5
15 12 5 55 85 7 50 9 00 7 00 5
20 13 6 60 90 8 00 10 00 7 50 6
25 14 ey2 65 95 9 00 11 00 8 00 6
30 15 7 70 1 00 10 00 11 00 8 50 7
35 16 7 75 1 05 12 00 12 00 9 00 7 y2
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 8
50 19 8 90 1 20 14 00 13 00 10 00 9
55 20 8 95 1 25 14 00 14 00 10 50 9
60 21 9 95 1 30 14 50 14 00 11 00 10
65 22 9 1 00 1 35 15 50 15 00 11 50 10
70 22 9 1 00 1 40 16 00 15 00 12 00 11
75 23 9 y2 1 05 1 45 16 50 16 00 12 50 11
80 23 9 1 10 1 50 17 00 16 00 13 00 12
85 24 9y2 1 15 1 55 17 50 17 00 13 50 12
90 24 9y2 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
100 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 ioy2 1 30 1 90 23 00 18 00 16 00 16
130 28 io y2 1 35 2 00 24 00 19 00 16 50 17
140 29 li 1 40 2 10 25 00 19 00 17 00 18
150 30 li 1 50 2 20 26 00 20 00 17 50 18
160 31 12 1 60 2 25 27 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 34 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 2 30 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 00 23 33 23
310 46 17 3 05 3 10 37 00 26 00 23 66 23
320 47 17 3 05 3 20 38 00 26 00 24 00 24
330 48 17 3 15 3 30 38 50 27 00 24 25 24
340 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 j 24
370 52 17 3 28 3 50 40 00 27 00 25 25 j 24
380 53 18 3 41 3 60 41 00 29 00 25 50 j 26
390 54 18 3 41 3 60 42 00 29 00 25 75 j 26
400 55 18 3 41 3 60 42 00 29 00 26 00 1 26
410 56 19 3 54 3 70 44 00 31 00 26 25 28
420 57 19 3 54 3 70 44 00 31 00 26 50 j 28
430 58 19 3 54 3 70 44 00 31 00 26 75 1 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 j 30
DIRECTIONS FOR COMPUTING RATES
For the benefit of those who may not be familiar with the subject the following directions are given for the computation of rates from the Classification and Tariff of the Commission contained in this volume
This can best be done by an actual exampleTake for instance a shipment of dry goods weighing 500 pounds from Savannah to Tennille Ga Tennille being on the line of the Central of Georgia we turn to the distance tables of that company page 166 where the distance from Savannah to Tennille is shown to be 135 miles Turning to page 106 a classified list of railroads in Georgia is found the Central being in Class C and on the opposite page 107 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 111 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 108 and follow down the first column which shows the miles There being no distance of 135 shown the next highest distance governs and opposite 140 miles in the next column this being the column for firstclass the rate is seen to be 57 cents per 100 pounds The road being allowed to add 25 per cent to this class and 25 per cent of 57 cents being 14 cents we find by adding the 57 and 14 together that the maximum rate is 71 cents per 100 pounds or on the 500pound shipment 355
Directions to Agents Regarding the Construction of Joint Rates
Freight Rule No 27 provides that the maximum charge on a shipment which moves between two points both located in the State of Georgia but not located on the same road shall be 90 per cent of the local rate allowed to be charged by each road handling the freight
To illustrate on a shipment of freight taking firstclass the rate from Fairburn on the A W P R R to Covington on the Georgia R R will be arrived at as follows viz Take the A W P rate for firstclass 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 Fairburn to Covington to this add the Georgia R R rate from Atlanta to Covington 41 miles 27 cents less 10 per cent account joint shipment or 24 cents which represents Georgia R R proportion for hauling joint through shipment from Fairburn to Covington making total through joint rate 42 cents
Each railroad companys proportion in handling joint through shipments must be determined before adding together to arrive at the through joint rate and unless otherwise provided by proper division basis among the carriers which do not affect the total through joint rate paid by shipper or consignee the through joint rate will divide between the carriers as made
The attention of agents is called to the fact that many of the roads are allowed to charge greater than the standard rates The classified list will be found on page 106 and on page 107 will be found the percentage of increase allowed to such roads and care should be taken to see that the standard rates are increased to the extent provided before the deduction of 10 per cent in arriving at joint or through rates
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE RAILROAD COMMISSION
OF GEORGIA
Supersedes Classification Contained in 44th Report and all Amendments
Thereto
Revised to April 1 1918
EXPLANATION OF CHARACTERS
1 represents First Class
2 represents Second Class
3 represents Third Class
4 represents Fourth Cass
5 represents Fifth Class
6 represents Sixth Class
1 represents 1 times First Class
D 1 represents Double First Class
3 T 1 represents Three Times First Class
4 T 1 represents Four Times First Class
A B C D E F and H etc represent Classes A B C D B 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
Agricultural Implements N O S C L 20000 lbs owners to load and
unload 4
Agricultural Implements
L C L as follows
Brooders including necessary Lamp boxed
or crated L C L 2
Same C L min wt
15000 lbs 3
Cleaners Cotton Seed 1
Cradles Grain set up 3T 1
Cradles Grain K D in bundles or boxed 1
Crushers Corn or Cob 3
Cultivators K D 4
Cultivators set up3T 1
Cutters Ensilage Straw
and Hay set up 1Y2
Cutters Ensilage Straw and Hay K D and
packed 3
Distributors Guano set
up 1
Distributors Guano K
D 2
Drills Grain set up
Drills Grain K D
packed 3
Dusters Bran set up3T 1
Dusters Bran K D packed 2
Elevators Hay S TJ D 1
OR
6
1
D 1
2
4
D 1 1
1
2
4
D 1
CR I
Same K D 3
Elevators for Cotton manufactured of wood
and iron S U D1 j
Same K D 3
Evaporators Fruit 1
Evaporators Sugar iron
set up 1
Same with legs or rockers detached 2
Fans Grain See Mills Fanning
Feeders and Condensers
Cotton Gin 2
Forks Hay and Manure 3
Furnaces Evaporator 1
Gins Cotton 2
Guano Horns tin N O S D 1 Guano Horns tin crated Harrows and Harrow
Frames 3
Harrow Teeth packed 6
Hay Caps 3
Hoes in bundles 3
Hoes without handles
in barrels or casks 4
Horse Powers K D 2
Horse Powers Railroad or
Endless Chain lYn
Hullers Cotton Seed and Clover viz
S TJ loose or on skids
L C L 1
OR
3
3
3
4
111
CR I OR
CR l OR
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 O L min wt
15000 lbs 3
Kettles pans and pots
cast iron over 27 inches in diameter L O L 4 Same C L min wt
20000 lbs 6
Knives Kay packed 2
Machines Hemp 1
Machines Smut 3
Machines N O S See
Machines i
Machines Mowing and Reaping Binders and Harvesters whether combined or separate
K D L C L 2
Same partly boxed 0
L min wt 20000
lbs 4
Machines Mowing and Reapings Binders and Harvesters whether combined or separated
set up 1
Purifiers Middlings3T 1
Mills Burr stone Portable 3
Mills Cider 4
Mills Corn and Hominy 3
Mills Cotton Seed 2
Mills Cane and Sorghum 5 Mills Fanning set up3T1
Mills Fanning K D 1
Mills with Trains Sugar 3T 11 Mills N O S 2
Mowers Lawn hand
power not packed
Same K D packed handles in bundles Pans Sugar Same as Evaporators Sugar Planters Corn and Cotton K D in bundles or boxes1
1 f
I
2 I
2
4
6
1
D 1
4
1 1 D 1
3
Planters Corn and Cotton set up 11
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 Sulky3T1 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 23 of 6
Presses N O S 2
Pruners Tree in bundles 1 Rakes Hand in bundles 3 Rakes Horse set up 1
Same K D and well
packed
Rollers Field and Road 3
Rollers Sugar 3
Scrapers Road and Pond 3
Scythes in bundles 2 I
Scythes in boxes 2
Snaths Scythe 1 I
Separators Same as Threshers
Shellers Corn 1
Shovels and Spades in
1
5
D 1 2
5
1
3 5 5
4
2
2
bundles
Spreaders Manure set
up
Spreaders Manure K D
boxed
Threshers
Trains Sugar
Wheelbarrows Iron Wheelbarrows RailroadWheelbarrows Wood set
Wheelbarrows Wood K D and packed or bundled
3 I
1 i
2 I
1 I
3T1 Q 1 D1
i y2 i 1 1 I

I 3
112
CR I OR
A
Accoutrements Military 1
Acids N O SD 1
Acids Carbolic
Acids Dry 3
Acids Muriatic and Sulphuric in carboys boxed L C LD 1
Acids Muriatic and Sulphuric in carboys boxed C L 2
Acid Sulphuric in iron
casks 3
Acid Sulphuric in tank
cars 6
Agate Granite or Enameled Ware iron or steel
L C L 2
Same C L 4
Same in mixed C L with tinware same as Tinware
Alcohol Same as Liquor Ale See Beer
Ale Empties See Note under Waters aerated Almanacs and Trade Circulars Same as Printed Matter
Alum in barrels or casks 6
Alum N O S 4
Ammonia Sulphate of
same as Fertilizers Ammonia Waters See Waters
Ammonia Water Casks
returned empty 6
Ammunition N O S 1
Anchors Guy 4
Same N O S 5
Andirons packed 4
Same unpacked 5
Antimony Crude 3
Antimony Metal 4
Anvils 5
Apples green See Fruit Apples dried See Fruit
dried
Apple Butter See Butter Argols in boxes bbls or
casks 4
Arsenic crude in kegs
boxes or barrels 3
Asbestos in boxes kegs bags or bales L C L 2
CR
Asbestos in barrels or
casks L C L 6
Asbestos in bbls or
casks C L l
Asbestos Cement L C L 4
Asbestos Cement C L L
Asbestos Ore L C L 4
Asbestos Ore C L L
Asbestos Packing in rolls
or cases L C L 3
Asbestos Packing C L 6
Asbestos Roofing in rolls
or cases L C L 4
Asbestos Roofing C L L
Ashes or Coal Cinders
In bags barrels or
boxes L C L 6
Same C L min wt
36000 lbs p
Ashes and Meal Cotton Seed See Cotton Seed Ashes Wood apply fertilizer rates
Asphaltum packed L C
L 6
Asphaltum C L A
Automobiles See Vehicles
Axes 5
Axles and Wheels Car
See Iron Bar Band etc
Axles carriage and wagon See Iron Bar
Band etc
Axle Grease See Grease
Babbitt Metal 4
Bacon See Meats
Baggage Army 1
Baggage Personal Effects
in Trunks 1
Bagging in rolls or bales
N O S B
Bagging Oil Press
Bags Burlap 6
Bags Cotton 6
Bags Gunny 6
Bags Paper 6
Bags Traveling 1
Baking Powders See Powder
Bale Rope 5
Balusters See Woodwork
OR
Ct OR
Bananas See Oranges etc under Fruit
Band and Hat Boxes See Boxes
Barilla 3
Bark Ground in bags or
bbls N O S 5
Bark Tan in sacks 5
Bark Tan C L min
wt 24000 lbs P
Barley See Grain
Barley Pearl 3
Barrel and Box Material
C L min wt 24000
lbs P
Barrel and Box Material
L C L 6
Barrels tight half Barrels Kegs and Kits empty except Ale and Beer empties and loose barrels L C L Class It plus 20 per cent
Same C L 10000 lbs P Barrels half Barrels and Kegs empty Ale and Beer estimated weights barrel 100 lbs half barrel 50 lbs
keg 30 lbs E
Barrels loose such as lime sugar cement or flour estimated weight 25 lbs each L C L 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 4 T
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 SD 1
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 E 1
Baskets nested 1
Baskets Cotton Patent
CR OR
combination of Cloth and wood K D and
packed together 6
Baskets or cylindrical basket frames cotton patent combination of cloth and wood S U nested center space filled with bags L C L
Same without bags
Same with or without
bags C L 6
Baskets Grate See Iron
Bath Boilers See Boilers
Bath Tubs See Tubs
Batting Cotton in lots oi 100 bales of 50 lbs each 6
Batting N O S See Cotton
Beans dried in boxes 2
Same in barrels or
sacks D
Beans soya or velvet in sacks or barrels any quantity or in bulk C
L min wt 24000
lbs H
Beans soya or velvetground straight or when mixed with ground velvet or soya bean hulls andor stalks in sacks or bags
any quantity D
Bearings Brass See Brass
Beauxite Ore Same as Clay
Red Cord See Rope
Bed Springs See Springs 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 bbl 180 lbs quarter bbl 100 lbs 8th bbl 50 lbs L
C L 2
Beer and Ale in wood estimated weights as above C L 4
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CO CO
CR
Beer Ale and Mineral water barrels half barrels or kegs empty
See Barrels
Beer Ale and Porter in glass packed L C L securely wired and
sealed or locked 2
Beer Ale and Porter in glass packed C L securely wired and sealed
or locked 4
Beer Ale and Ginger Ale in glass packed securely wired and sealed
or locked L C L 2
Beer Ale and Ginger Ale in glass packed securely wired and sealed or
locked C L 4
Bees in HivesD1
Bee Smokers boxed 1
Beeswax 4
Beet pulp dried in kegs
barrels or in sacks D
Beets in barrels 3
Bellows 1
Bells Bell Metal or Brass 1 Bells and Fixtures viz
Sheet or cast Iron loose or packed L C L 3
Same C L 6
Belting Leather 2
Belting Rubber 3
Belting Stitched Canvas 4
Berries See Fruit
Bicycles See Vehicles
BilliardTables See Furniture
Binders Reapers etc See Agricultural Implements
Binders Boards in Cases 2
Binders Boards in Bundles 5
Bird gravel or sand
Same as Food animal or poultry
Bits and Braces same as Tools N O S fitters Same as liquors Blacking Shoe and Stove See Polish
Black Lead See Lead
Blankets 1
Bleaching Salts Same as Lime chloride of
OR
E
CR OR
Blinds Doors and Frames see Sash etc Blocks Pulley see Pulley blocks under machinery
Blocks Shuttle rough 3 Blooms and Billets see Iron
Blow Pipe Material see Iron
Bluing Laundry
Liquid
In glass or earthenware packed in barrels or boxes 2
In bulk in barrels 4
Dry
In barrels or boxes 1
Blue Stone see Vitriol Blue
Boards binders see Binders Boards
Boats Common wooden
L C L
Boats Common wooden when flat cars are required C L
Boats Racing
Boats row when loaded
in box cars L C L4T1
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
Boats Steam Yachts
min wt 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
D 1
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CR OR
Bows and Shafts see Vehicle Material
Box and Barrel Stuff see Barrel and Box Material
Boxes Hat and Band
packed D t
Boxes Fruit and Baskets 0 L not less than 20000 lbs to be
charged for R
Baskets fruit berry and vegetble 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
Boxes Journal see Iron
Boxes paper empty packed C L min wt
10000 lbs 3
Boxes Match wooden 2
Boxes paper in nests of
two packed
Boxes paper in nests of more than two packed Boxes Paper not nestedBoxes paper folding K
D and shipped flat in bales bundles or crates same as Bags
Paper
Boxes Piano empty returned K D
Boxes Post Office Letter i
Boxes Tobacco empty Boxes Vehicle see Vehicle Materia
Box Straps iron see Iron
Brackets insulator see Telegraph
Brackets wood N O S
finished and boxed
Brackets wood in white made of pine or other
CR OR
wood Brackets Iron Shelf 3 6
packed Brandy See Liquors 3
Bran L C L Bran C L min wt D
25000 lbs Brass N O S in boxes P
barrels or casks Brass Bearings and Cast 1 O
ings packed 2
Brass Flues 2
Brass Scrap loose 2
Brass Scrap packed 5
Brass Valves boxed Brass Vessels in boxes 3
barrels or casks 2
Bread Breeching Metal same as Saddlery Brick Comgmon Pressed and Fire See Rule 12 C L min wt 40000 3
lbs P
Same L C L G
Brick Bath Brick Salt Plain in 6
boxes L C L C
Same C L Brick Salt Medicated in 0
boxes L C L 4
Same C L Brick Machines see Machinery Brimstone same as Sulphur 6
Bristles 1
Brittania Ware Brooders See Agricultural Implements Broom Corn pressed in 1
Bales L C L Broom Corn pressed in Bales C L min wt B
14000 pounds D
Broom Corn and Broom
Handles mixed C L
min wt 14000 lbs D
Brooms any quantity 4 1 s
Brushes Buckets N O S Same as Wooden Ware 1
Buckets Coal 1
Buckets Well Bucks saw See Saw 4
bucks
lie
i
i
3 T 1
D 1
CR
Buckles Turn packed L
O L i 3
Same C L 5
Buckwheat Flour 6
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 0 L 4
Same C L 6
Bungs 3
Burial Cases see Coffins
Burial Vaults cement L
C L 4
Same C L min wt
15000 lbs 6
Burlaps 6
Burning Fluid 1 y2
Burr Blocks finished 4
Burr Blocks rough 5
Butter Butterine and Oleomargarine in cans 1 Butter Butterine and Oleomargarine in kegs firkins buckets pails
boxes and tubs 5
Butter Apple and other
Fruits in wood 4
Butter Trays paper nested same as Bags paper
C
Cabbages packed 3
Cabbages loose C L 3
Cabinet Ware See Furniture
Cages Bird boxed3T1
Cages Bird K D nested
and packedD1
Cake nitre See Nitre
Cake oil See Cotton Seed
Cake salt See Salt
OR
CR 1 OR
Calcicake 5
Calks Toe in kegs 5
Calicoes same as Domestics
Camphene iy2
Camphor l
Candles boxed 4
Candy see Confectionery
Cane seed See Seed
Cane sugar See Sugar Cane
Canned Beef packed 4
Canned Goods N O S 4
Canned Vegetables See Fruit
Cannon 1
Cans empty N O S3T1
Cans galvanized iron for manufacture of ice L
C L 1
Same C L min wt
15000 lbs 4
Cans Glass See Glass
Cans
Milk Shipping
Loose or in packages
L C Lr 1
Loose or in packages
C L min wt 16
000 lbs 4
Milk Shipping returned loose 4
Cans Paper crated 1 y2
Cans tin empty N O
S racked or boxed or
in jackets L C L 1
Cans tin empty to be used for paints and oils
C L min wt 20000
lbs
Cans Fruit and Syrup tin in bulk C L min
wt 15000 lbs
Cans entirely boxed or crated C L min wt
15000 lbs
Same L C L
Cans Tobacco empty 1
Caps Blasting with or without wire attachments in boxesD 1
Caps and Hats 1
Caps Percussion 1
Caps Hay See Agricultural Implements
Capstans 3
IO CO
v
CR OR CR OR
Carbons Electric Light same car with bodies
packed L C L 2 3 to be loaded and un
Carbons Electric Light loaded by owners and
I packed C L 3 at owners risk 6
Carboys See Glass Cars and Locomotives
Cards Cotton and Wool viz
en Hand packed 1 Cars standard gauge
Cards Cotton and Wool on their own wheels
en 1 viz
Cards Playing 1 Basis for calculation of
Cards show boxed See freight
Signs Mileage rates between
Carpeting well covered 1 points governed by this
Carpets Hemp and Rag 2 Classification will be
Carpet Lining See Lin Computed upon the ba
sis of the shortest all
Carriages See Vehicles rail standard gauge
Car mileage freight mileage via available
of a cent per mile routes of transporta
Car mileage passenger 3 tion subject to a mini
cents per mile mum distance of 75
Carrara Same as white miles for each line han
Lead dling and governed by
Cars ahd Locomotives mileage shown in this
viz report
Cars Logging K D or Parlor Sleeping and
set up C L min wt Dining cars 12c per
24000 lbs 6 mile
Cars Logging smaller Box Cab Refrigerator
parts boxed 5 Tank and Track
Cars Logging set up Scale Test Cars 6c
L C L 4 per mile
Street or Tramway op Coaches Baggage Mail
erated either by and Express Cars 10c
steam cable horse per mile
or electric power Stock cars slatted 6c
single HI per mile
Street or Tramway Same N O S 10c per
operated either by mile
steam cable horse or Coal Gondola and
electric power C L Dump cars 5c per
two or more on a car mile
minimum weight 20 Flat Cars 4c per mile
000 lbs 5 Flat cars when one or
Cars hand lever or more flat cars are
crank for railway use loaded on a flat car
S IT L C L 1 the rate will be 3c
S IT C L minimum per mile for those
weight 20000 lbs 5 loaded on the flat car
K D L C L 2 and 4c per mile for
K D released C L the car on wheels
Cars knocked down i carrying the others
e cars from which Locomotives and Tend
trucks or other detach ers including tram HR
able parts have been re engines moved by
moved and loaded on their own power
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CR I OR
CR j OR
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 including tram engs loaded wholly on flat cars owner to load and unload otherwise subject to Rule 14 30c per mile
Not subject to Rule 27 Subject to a minimum charge of 600 and maximum charge of 6000 for entire movement
Ca rtridges metallic or paper not high explosives boxed LJ L 1
Same C L 5
Carts Hand see Vehicles
Cases and Crates Egg see Boxes
Cases CocaCola and Soda
Water empty L C L 3
Cases show see Show
Cases
Cash Registers see Registers
Casing window see Woodwork
Casks Iron see Drums under Iron
Cassia 3
Castings iron see Iron
Castings Plaster D 1
Castor Pomace same as Fertilizers
Catsup in wood 4
Catsup in glass boxed 2
Cattle see Live Stock
Caustic Soda see Soda
Cement in sacks or barrels L C L
Same C L
Cement Building Blocks
See Building Stone under Stone
Cement Glue packed 2
Cement Asbestos see Asbestos
Cement roofing see Roofing
Cereals see Food Preparations
Chain Cotton Woolen and Hempen 2
Chains See Special Iron List
Chain Belting see Machinery
Chairs see Furniture
Chalk 5
Chalk Crayons see Crayons
Chalk Prepared 1
Charcoal in bags barrels
or casks L C L 5
Same in packages named or in bulk C
L min wt 24000
lbs O
Checks See Domestics
Cheese 4
Chert C L min wt
36000 lbs P
Chestnuts see Nuts
Chests Commissary 1
Chests ice see Refrigerators
Chicory 4
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CR I O R
Chimogene same as Oil
coal
Chinaware 1
Chloride of Lime see Lime
Chocolate 1
Chromos same as Paintings
Chufas C L see Nuts
Churns 3
Cider in barrels or kegs B
Cider in glass packed 2
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 board and over and outside of each and every seam in top bottom and sides of box
or
In shipping cases with cleats at both ends extending all around case with strapping wire extending around the case at both ends interlaced in and out through cleats side boards and in frames and with a wire extending around the middle of the case in and out through side boards and crossing all joints on outside
Two additional wires interlaced through the end frames of the case all in such manner that no part of the end frames nor any part of the case can be disturbed without breaking the wires and showing the case to be tampered with
The ends of three wires to meet on outside of case and sealed with approved metal seals
CR OR
or
In wooden boxes metal or wire strapped ends completely encircled by straps or wire secured to each board and for every foot or fraction thereof in length of box an additional strap or wire encircling the box to be secured to each board ends of all straps or wires to be sealed with metal seal bearing
identification mark 1
Note Each metal strap or wire must be of one piece
N O S in boxes3T 1
Not boxed not taken
Cigar Lighters 1
Cigar Boxes see Boxes
Citron 2
Clay in boxes barrels or
casks L C L B
Clay C L See Rule 12
min wt 40000 lbs P
Clay Burnishing packed 5
Clay German 5
Cleaners cotton seed see Agricultural Implements
Clocks boxed 1
Clock Weights see Weights
Clothes Lines see Rope
Clothes Pins 2
Clothing 1
Clothing Rubber and Rubber Goods N O S 1
Clover Seed see Seed
Coal and Coke L C L
in boxes barrels or bags L
Coal and Coke C L min wt 30000 lbs L
Coal RatesAll percentages now allowed Railroad Companies in this State on Coal and Coke in carload quantities are withdrawn and the said companies excepting the Western and Atlantic and Georgia Railroad Companies are allowed to charge for the transportation of Coal and Coke in carload quantities as follows
For fifty miles and under Class L
For one hundred miles and
CR OR
over fifty miles Class L less 5 per cent
Oyer one hundred miles
Class L less 10 per cent The Western and Atlantic and the Georgia Railroad Companies are allowed to charge for the transportation of Coal and Coke in carload quantities as follows
For fifty miles and under
Class L less 10 per cent
For distances over fifty miles Class It less 15 per cent
Coal Cinders See Ashes or Coal Cinders
Coal Oil see Oil
Coal Tar see Tar
Cocoa 1
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 2
Coffee Green single saeks 4
Coffee Green double sacks 6
Coffee Ground or Roasted
in single sacks 3
Coffee Ground or Roasted in double sacks boxes or barrels 5
Coffee Substitutes Cereal Same as Food Preparations cereal
Coffee Mills see Mills Coffins plain or stained
not painted nor varnished wrapped 1
Coffins N O S boxed or
crated J 2
Coffins K D 3
Coffins Metallic 2
Coke see Coal
Collars Horse see Saddlery
Collars paper packed same as Dry Goods
Cologne see Perfumery
Columns wooden solid same as Lumber
Columns fluted and ornamental same as Woodwork
CR
Combs Curry see Currycombs Commissary Chests and Stores 1
Compounds see Soap Powders
Compounds Polishing 3
Conductors or Down Spouts or Leaders galvanized iron or tin see Gutters and Guttering Conduits viz Brick L C L 6
Same C L 23 Electrical insulating tarred Felt paper Indurated Fibre or Porcelain in bundles crates or boxes L C L of 6
2 1
Same C L min wt 20000 lbs Flexible Iron for electric wires L C L 4 1
4
Same C L 6 1
Underground for electric wires earthen I
cement concrete terra cotta or clay L C L 6 I
Same C L 23 of 6 1
Wooden creosoted L C L 4 1
Same C L 6 1
Confectionery candy val
ue limited to 6 cents
per lb and so specified 1
oh Bill of Lading 4
Confectionery eandy value limited to 20 cents per lb and so specified on Bill of Lading 3 1
Confectionery N O S 1 I
Cooking Oil see Lard Coolers and Filters Wa
ter boxed 1 1
Copal see Gum
Copperas in barrels or
casks 5
Copperas N O S 4
Copper in boxes barrels or casks 3
Copper Scrap packed Copper Scrap loose 5
4
Copper Vessels in boxes barrels or casks 2
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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
C rn 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 TL
L C L I 1
Same nested L C L 1
Loose L C L 3T
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 Com
pression
6 Band Cotton 7 cents per 100 lbs
8 Band Cotton 8 cents per 100 lbs
1
3
Cotton in bales J
Cotton Samples 1
Cotton Burnt shipments of burnt cotton are accepted at original weight and cotton rates applied500 lbs to be the average weight per bale when original weight can not be obtained
Cotton Dyed in bales 4
Cotton Gin Lint Flues
See Machinery
Cotton unginned packed in bags less than 2000
lbs L C L 2
Cotton unginned packed in bags 2000 lbs and
over L C L 5
Cotton unginned packed in bags C L min wt
20000 lbs 6
Cotton Sea Island in the seed For special rates see Circular No 383
Cotton Batting see Batting
Cotton Batting N O S 5
Cotton Factory Products
see Domestics
Cotton Oil Mill Rolls see Oil Mill Rolls
Cotton Seed valuable for
planting L C L 6
Same C L G
Cotton Seed common
any quantity G
Note L O L Shipments of Cotton Seed to be sacked Otherwise 20000 pounds to be charged for Cotton Seed Hulls C L min wt 25000 lbs P
Same without percentage L C L G
Cotton Seed Meal Ashes and Oil Cake same as Fertilizers
Cotton Seed Mills see Agricultural Implements
Cotton Seed Oil see Oil
Cotton Stalks pressed in bales same as Hay Fodder and Straw
Cotton Waste same as Paper Stock
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Covers and Safes Cheese Same as Safes and Covers Cheese
Covers Bottle Paper Straw or Wooden pack
ed or pressed in hales 3
Covers Wooden 1
Cracklings 4
Crackers 5
Cradles Grain see Agricultural Implements Cranberries 3
Crates and Cases egg see Boxes
Crates for peaches and apples include wooden or splint inside carriers without tops or handles nested
Crates for peaches and
apples L C L set up 1
Crates for peaches and apples set up C L min
wt 20000 lbs R
Crates for peaches and apples i 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
kegs 2
Cream Tartar in barrels
or hogsheads 3
Crockery same as Earthenware
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 Cross Bars see Iron
Crucibles 3
Crushers Corn and Cob
see Agricultural Implements
Crystals Washing 5
Cultivators see Agricultural Implements
CR I OR
Curbing Well 2
Currants see Fruit Currycombs same as Hardware N O S
Cuteh 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 3T 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 ITnlaundered entirely of Cotton see Garments Cotton
Drills grain see Agricultural Implements
Dross Rosin same as Rosin
Drugs and Medicines N
O S 1
CR OR
CR
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 D 1
Dust Collectors S TJ not
crated or boxed3 T 1
Same crated or boxed D 1 Same K D crated or
boxed 1
Dusters Bran see Agricultural Implements
i 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 J
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
2
Are Light Globes and Bulbs in crates boxes bbls or casks
L C L D 1
Same C L min wt
16000 lbs 2
Dynamos same as Machinery N O S
Meters boxed 1
Meters N O S D 1
Hoods Electric Light iron nested in packages 2
Electrical Instruments Fittings and Fixtures
N O S boxed 1
Elevator Cars passenger
or freight S UD 1
Same K D 3
Elevators for Cotton and Elevators Hay see Agricultural Implements Elevators N O S same as Machinery N O S
Emery value 4 cents per lb 3
Emery N O S 2
Empties dairy returned by the line over which shipment has been made not over 100 pounds 5 cents each for any distance
Enameled Ware 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 5
Excelsior made from
Georgia pine C L min
wt 10000 lbs D
Exhibitors boxed or
crated 3T 1
Exhibitors woven or
crated D 1
Explosives same as Powder
1
3
D 1
1
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Extinguishers Fire hand
glass or grenade packed 12
Extinguishers Fire on wheels same as Engines Fire
Extract Bark for tanning
in wood 5
Extract Bark for tanning
in glass packed 2
Extract of Indigo see Indigo
Extract of Logwood see Logwood
Extract of Malt in glass packed same as Ale
Extract and Essences N
O S 1
F
Facings foundry Apply Soapstone rates
Factory sweepings and cotton waste see Paper Stocks
Fans viz
Electric or Fan Motors packed L C L 1
Same C L 3
Fly metal folding
packed 2
N O S in boxes 1
Fanning Mills see Agri cultural Implements
Mills Fanning
Farina 2
Fasteners box see Iron
Faucets boxed 2
Feathers D 1
Feed mixed composed of two or more of the following articles viz Alfalfa Meal Grain Grain Products including Corn Cob Meal Hay Velvet or Soya Beans Velvet or Soya Bean Meal Cotton Seed Meal Peanut Meal Cotton Seed Hulls Peanut Hulls
Soya or Velvet Bean Hulls Corn Shucks or Husks whether treated with blackstrap mo
CR I OR
lasses or not when in bags or sacks any quantity D
Feeders Cotton Gin see Agricultural Implements Felloes see Vehicle Material
Felt Roofing see Roofing
Felting Boiler 2
Fence Wire and Wood
combination 5
Fencing Wire N O S 5
Fencing Woven Wire See Special Iron List
Fenders Iron See Iron Fertilizer C L min wt 30000 lbs See Note Class M less 10
Same L C L Class K less 10 Not subject to Freight Rule No
27
Including also
Ammonia sulphate of
Ashes cotton seed
Ashes rice straw
Ashes tan bark
Ashes wood
Bones
Bran cotton seed hull Cake cotton seed oil
Cake nitre
Cake salt
Carbonate of Potash
crude
Cassava Pomace
Castor Pomace
Cinders wood
Cyanamid Lime nitrogen
Fish Scrap
Fleshings trimmings and scrapings of
hides
Garbage Tankage dried and ground in bags
Guano
Gypsum Land Plaster Hartsalz Manure Salts Double Manure Salts Muriate of Potash and Sulphate of Potash
125
CR OR
Hoof and Horn Meal Humus Swamp earth
soil or peat
Marl Green Sand in hags or barrels
Meal cotton seed
Mussell or Clam Shell
Dust
Plaster land
Soda Nitrate of
Sylvinit
Tankage and dried
blood
Note Articles enum
erated above may be shipped in mixed carloads subject to minimum C L weight of 30000 lbs at the carload fertilizer rates
Fertilizer including fertilizer materials as above not in bulk L C L Acid Phosphate in bulk C L min wt 40000 lbsapply fertilizer rates less 10
Same L C L and not in bulk C L Apply fertilizer rates Not subject to Freight Rule No 27
Kainit in bulk C L min wt 40000 lbs Apply Fertilizer rates less 10
Same L C L and not in bulk C L Apply Fertilizer rates
Not subject to Freight Rule No 27 Fibre Palmetto and Pine
pressed in bales
Figs in drums
Figs in casks or boxes Figures not Iron packed see Images
Files and Rasps packed Filters see Coolers Finding shoe
Firearms
Firecrackers and Fireworks packed so marked
6
1
2
2
1
1
1
a
4
M f
2 H tS
Fire Extinguishers see Extinguishers
Fireplaces portable including the necessary
pipe I
Fish Canned including
Shell Fish
In glass or earthenware packed in barrels or
boxes L C L
In metal cans in crates In metal cans in barrels or boxes L C L
In packages named C
L min wt 30000 lbs Dry salted in bundles Dry salted packed or in barrels with cloth tops Fresh see meats Pickled in boxes
Pickled in barrels kPs pails or tubs L C L
Same C L
Smoked in boxes
Fishing Rods
Fishing Tackle boxed Fittings Iron Pipe see Iron
Fixtures Bank Store etc see Furniture
Fixtures Gas packed Fixtures Grate packed Fixtures Grate loose Fixtures Tobacco see Machinery
Flax pressed in bales Flax Seed see Seed
CR OR
2
3
3
4
5 2
4
5 j B 3 I D 1 1 I
2
2 3
11 1
I
I
3
Flour in barrels estimated wt 200 pounds
Flour in sacks other than paper 10 lbs per sack
and over
Same less than 10 lbs
per sack
Flour in paper not packed not taken
Flour Buckwheat
Flour Corn L C L
Flour Corn C L min wt 20000 lbs
Flour Sack Material
Flour Selfraising in
packages
Flour Rice
Flues Copper see Copper Flues Iron See Iron
F
6 I 4 I I
C 6 I
C
c
CR I OR
Flues Brass See Brass
FluorSpar L C L 6
FluorSpar C L M
Fly Fans see Fans
Fodder see Hay
Foil Tin in boxes 2
Food Animal or Poultry viz
Dry Aniinal and Poultry Powders Condiments or Tonics in sacks boxes pails with wooden or metal covers drums or
barrels L C L 4
Same C L 6
Animal and Poultry Feed
N O S bulk in sacks D Food Preparations Cereal viz
Grits Corn in boxes 6
Grits Corn other than in boxes same as
Meal Corn
Hominy same as Grits
Same in barrels halfbarrels kegs drums or boxes or in paper
packages 6
Food Preparation N O S
in sacks 5
Food Prepared N O S 1
Food Preservatives packed 3
Foots pitch or tank bottoms Cottonseed See Soap Stock
Forges Portable 3
Forks Hay and Manure see Agricultural Implements
Fountains and Fixtures
Soda including marble
stone and onyx parts y i
packed D 1 1
Fowls dressed B
Fowls live in coops C L a i N
Same L C L i 2
Frames Bed wrapped or
crated 2 3
Frames Door and Win
dow see Sash etc
Frames Picture Mirror or
Looking Glass loose or
in bundles 3 T 1 D1
Same wrapped iy2 l
Same crated or boxed 1 2
CR OR
Frames Mounted with Mirrors or Looking Glasses when shipped separately from other
Furniture 3T 1
Frames quilting see Quilting Attachments
Freezers lee 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 or Pears in barrels boxes or crates
or in bulk C L
Fruit Peaches 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
CE OE
CE I OE
Fruit Oranges Lemons Grapefruit and Pineapples in boxes L C L 4
Same C L 6
Fullers Earth same as Clay Furnaces Charcoal cast iron 3
Charcoal s o 1 d e ring sheet iron 1
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 D 1
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 Eattan E e e d 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 24
000 lbs 4
Chair Seats in bundles or packed min wt
20000 lbs 3 I
Fixtures of either hard or soft wood not including showcases for fitting Banks I
Barber Shops Offices Saloons Stores etc with or without mirrors glass to be
6
4
3
5
4
properly boxed min
wt 12000 lbs
Mattresses Wovenwire or Spring Beds min
wt 12000 lbs
Mattresses Straw Cotton Shuck Hay and Excelsior min wt
12000 lbs
Poles Curtain rough or in the white min wt 24000 lbs Vault or Office Iron or Steel consisting of Filing Cabinets or Cases Shelving Counters Eoller Book Shelves and Tables crated or boxed min
wt 24000 lbs
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 E 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
Bedsteds Iron or Brass
K D
Bed Slats Wooden in bundles or crates Bed Slats Metal in bundles or crates
Bookcases Iron
Bookcases wrapped or crated S IT including Sectional or Elastic Bookcases in set
up sections
Same K D
Bookcases and Desks combination wrapped or crated
2 3
4
4
i
4 5
3 4
2 3
2 3
1 2
3
4
2 1
1
i i
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Buffets see Sideboards Bureaus of Hardwood wrapped or crated Same of common
wood
Cabinets Wooden Revolving for displaying hardware wrapped or crated
Cabinets Kitchen see Safes
Castors Roller packed Chairs Bamboo Rattan Reed or Willow wrapped or crated Chairs Barber Dental Folding Reclining or Surgical S U wrapped or packed
Same K D or folded wrapped or packed
Chairs Camp or Folding Seat
Chairs Auditorium Opera Church etc
packed K D
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 Wooden 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
i y2
m
iy2
D 1
D 1
i y2
OR CR OR
Chairs N 0 S S U D 1 I 1
2 Chairs N 0 S completely K D ll 1 i
3 Chair Seat Material viz Cane Rattan Reed Willow Bamboo or Leather packed or in bales n2 i
1 Chair Seat Matrial Fiber Leather Board or Veneer l 2
2 Chair Seats in bundles or packed l 2
D 1 Chair Splints Wooden packed or in bundles or bales l 2
D 1 Chiffoniers same as Bureaus China Closets wrapped or crated D 1 iy2
1 Church Furniture N O S wrapped or crated S U D 1 iy2
1 Same K D 1 2
Cots Woven Wire S TJ D 1 iy2
1 Same K D or folded 2 3
2 Cots N 0 S of hard wood S U D 1 i
3 Same of common wood 1 2
iy2 Cots N 0 S of hard wood K D 1 2
Same of soft wood 2 3
Couches metal folding K D or folded i y2 1
Cradles or Cribs wrapped or crated S TJ Same K D or folded Cushions Furniture in bales or cases 1 D 1 2
iy2 1
1 Desks and Seats Sehool S TJ i i 2
Desks and Seats School K D 2 3
2 Desks N 0 S wrapped or crated 1 2
3 Display or Wall Cases or Cabinets unglazed in boxes or crates Dressing Cases or Dressers same as Bureaus Easels 1 D 1 1
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1
Filing Cabinets Cases or Boxes crated or
boxed
Fixtures not including show cases for fitting banks barber shops offices saloons stores etc with or without mirrors glass to be properly boxed wrapped or crated I
Footstools See Hassocks Frames Lounge or
Sofa S TJD1
Same backs taken off 1 Hall Stands see Hat Eaeks
Hassocks or Footstools 1 Hat Eacks folding
packed 1
Hat Eacks or Hall Stands N O S wrapped or crated
S TJ H 1
Same K D or with tops detached and secured inside of package crated or
wrapped or crated
S TJ
Marble for Furniture
see Stone
Mattresses viz
Hair Wool or Feather D 1
Spiral Spring not
compressed
Spiral Spring in packages containing two or more compressed not to exceed three inches per mattress in thickness 1
Straw Cotton Shuck and Excelsior 3
Wire entirely taken apart and K D
boxed
Woven Wire
Spring N O S
1
1
2
1
boxed 1 l
Lounges with backs wrapped or c r a t ed J i i
S TJ D1
Same with backs ta
ken off il l
Lounges without backs
1
D1
CE I OE
1 ii D1 I
2
1
iy2
N O S 1
Poles Curtain wooden and Fixtures boxed
or crated 1
Same without Fixtures boxed or crated 2
Poles Curtain N O S and Fixtures boxed
or crated 1
Eacks or Stands Display S TJ D1
Same K D wrapped
or packed iy
Eefrigerators and Ice Chests wrapped or
packed 2
Eefrigerator Material thoroughly K D 2
Safes or Cabinets Meat or Kitchen tin wood or wood and tin combined S TJD 1
Same with legs detached packed 1
Same K D flat 2
Settees same as Chairs Sideboards or Buffets wrapped or crated 1
Sofas and Teteatetes wrapped or crated D 1 Springs Bed see Springs
Spring Beds see Mattresses wire
Stands or Eacks Music
S TJ D1
Same K D flat wrapped or packed llj
Stools Piano wrapped I
or packed 1
Tables Bamboo Eattan
Eeed or Willow wrapped or packed
Tables Billiard and I
Billiard Table Beds boxed or crated 1 I
Tables of hardwood H
O S wrapped or
crated S TJD 1
Same of common
wood 1
Tables of hardwood K
D flat or folded flat 2
Same of common wood 2
2
3
1
iy2
1
3
3
1V2
2 3
2
iy2
iy2
i
i
3 T 1
1
1
CR O
Table Legs Slides Leaves Tops and Supports wrapped or
crated 2
Vault or Office iron or steel consisting of filing cabinets or cases shelving counters roller book shelves and tables crated or
boxed 1
Wardrobes wrapped or
crated S U i y2
Same K D flat i
Washstands of hardwood wrapped or
crated i
Same of common
wood 2
N 0 S of hardwood S U wrapped or
packed D 1
Same of common
wood 1
N 0 S of hardwood K D wrapped or
packed 1
Same of common
wood 2
G
Gambier 4
Game see Poultry Garments Cotton such as jackets or jumpers pants overalls unlaundered shirts and drawers and knitting factory products shipped
m original packages 1
contents to be legibly
marked on each pack 1
age 5 1
Gas in iron buoys requir I
ing flat or gondola car I
minimum weight 5000
lbs each l
Gas for dental purposes I
or for calcium lights I
in cylinders l 1
Gas Liquid Carbonic j
Acid in iron drums or I
tubes carriers option 1
See Note 5
Note Drums or tubes
containing Carbonic Acid I
CR OR
Gras must be plainly marked by proper label or otherwise NOTICE DANGER This package must not be exposed to the sun or stored in a warm place1 Gasoline see Oil
Gauges Steam see Ma
chinery
Gelatine 1
Generators Gas 3
Ginger Ground in boxes 2
Ginger in bags 3
Gins Cotton see Agri i
cultural Implements
Ginseng 1
Girders Iron see Iron
Glass Carboys empty D1 3
Glass Chimneys 2 4
Glass Demijohns empty
not packed 4T 1 3T1
Glass Demijohns filled not packed or boxed not taken
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 i
Glass Oil Cans with
metal jackets packed l
Glass Plate 7y2xl5 feet 1
or under outside meas I
urement D1 I 2
Glass Plate over 7xl5 1
feet outside measure 1
ment subject to min Wt of 1500 lbs 3 T 1 D 1
Glass Roofing and Sky 1
light not Window Glass 2 3
Glass colored stained I
decorated enameled ground figured or etch I
j
ed L C L 1 1
Same C L 1 I 2
Glass Vault Lights rough 1
and heavv 5
Glassware fine cut or en
graved D1 1
Glassware N O S 2 3
R
3
2
1
2
2
3
1
1
2
3
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CR
OR
Glass Window plain colored enameled or
ground L C L 3
Same C L 5
Glucose in half Tbls
bbls or hhds R
Glue 3
Glue Scrap 5
Glycerine in cans boxed
or in barrels 1
Glycerine in iron tanjts 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 Nj 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 I
Grate Bars see Iron
Grate Baskets see iron
Grates see Iron
Grave Stones see Stone
Gravel apply Sand Rates
Grease Axle 6
Grease Car in barrels 6
Grease N O S in buckets tubs kits or kegs
L C L 3
Grease N O S in boxes
barrels or casks 6 I
Grenades packed iy2
Grindstones 6
Grindstone Fixtures packed or in bundles 3 j
Grits Corn same as Meal Corn
Groceries N O S 2
Guano see Fertilizers
4

B
O
1
Guano Horns see Agricultural Implements
Gum Camphor see Camphor
Gum Copal Kowrie and
Shellac 2
Gums N O S 2
Gun Cotton D 1
Gunny Bags See Bags Gunpowder See Powder
Guns Rifles 1 i
Gutters and Guttering galvanized iron or tin viz
Not nested L C L
In nests of two or more
crated L C L
Same C L
Gypsine in cases same as Paint dry in cases Gypsum Land Plaster Fertilizer Same as Fertilizers
Gums Chewing
H
Hair in sacks 1
Hair Cattle for plastering pressed in bales 6
Hair Curled pressed in
bales and Hair Rope 2
Hair Goods manufactured packed in boxes D 1
Hames in bundles or
packed 3
Hammers other than Sledge same as Tools
N O S
Hammocks and Fixtures 1
Hams same as Meat salted
Hand Carts see Vehicles Handles N O S boxed
or crated 5
Handles Broom boxed or
crated L C L B
Handles Broom C L min wt 24000 lbs K
Handles Broom and Broom Corn C L mixed see Broom Corn
Handles Hoe L C L 5
Same C L min wt
24000 lbs K
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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
0 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
Hay Fodder and Straw pressed in bales L C L Heading see barrel and Box Material
Hay Caps see Agricultural Implements
Hay Presses see Agricultural Implements
Head Lights boxedD 1
Hearses see Vehicles
Heaters Steam see Machinery
Heel Plates packed 4
Hemp in bales 3
Herbs see Roots
Hessians in original bales 6 Hides furs peltries and Skins viz
Furs in bags 3T 1
Furs in boxes bundles or trunks strapped D 1 Furs N O S see Skins N O S
D
R
CR OR
Hides dry loose 1
Hides dry tied in bundles or bales any quantity 4
Hides green 5
Hides green salted fi
Peltries see Skins N O S Skins Deer pressed in
bales 2
Skins N O S furs and peltries value limited to 25 eents per lb in bags D 1 1
Same pressed in bales 1
Same N O S D 1
Skins Sheep dry in bales 1
Same green in bundles 2
Same salted in bun dies 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
Hogs see Live Stock
Hogsheads empty double
barrel rate
Hollow Ware loose L
C L 1 1 3
Hollow Ware loose shipped separately from Stoves C L min wt 15000 lbs
3 5
Hollow Ware packed 3 4
Hominy see Food Preparations
Honey in glass or tin boxed 1 3
Honey in comb boxed 1 3
Honey in barrels or kegs 1 5
Honey Extractors crated 1
Honey Section boxes and Frames in crates or boxes 3 4
Hoofs and Horns I K
Hooks Hasps and Staples N 0 S packed 4
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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 haled
Hops in boxes
Horse and Mule Shoes
See Special Iron List Horse Powers see Agricultural Implements Horses see Live Stock Hose Carriarges see Vehicles
Hose Leather
Hose Reels Fire see Vehicles
Hose Reels Garden see Reels
Hose Ruhher
Hosiery same as Knitting Factory Products
Hospital Stores
Household Goods less than carload shipments of H H G must be prepaid or freight guaranTteed
g Household Goods and w old Furniture packed Eh value over 5 per 100 pounds and full value expressed in hill of S lading said valuation only to apply in cases
of total loss
Household Goods and old Furniture paeked 3 value limited to 5 per 100 lbs and so expressed in bill of js lading said valuation 0 only to apply in case a of total loss L C L 2 Household Goods and 2 old Furniture well h paeked value not expressed in bill of lading L C L
Goods and Furniture well
D1
Household w old
CR I OR
D 1
paeked C L min wt 20000 lbs value limited to 5 per 100 pounds said valuation only to apply in case of total loss Household Goods and old Furniture with Live Stock one attends dant to have passage So free on same train as car C L value limEh ited to 5 per 100 g pounds said valuation only to apply in case of total loss
u Explanations
1All Bundles of Bed ding Trunks of Clothj ing Household Goods 3 or similar articles 2 not Furniture will not be received for transportation unless o packed chests of similar articles must 3 be strapped or secure
X ly nailed This does j not apply to C L of Household Goods
2Bills of Lading and WayBills must designate character and number of packages
3These instructions apply to old and secondhand Furniture Clothing Bedding etc not to new articles
Houses portable L C L 4
Same C L 6
Hubs and Felloes see Veliicle Material
Hullers Clover etc see Agricultural Implements
Hullers Pea same as Corn Shellers under Agricultural Implements
Hulls Peanut Soya or Velvet Bean in sacks or bales L C L and in the same packages or in bulk C L min wt 24000 lbs D
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Husks and Shucks in bales See Rule 12 Hydrants Fire Plugs and Water Gates
Ice L 0 L in casks barrels boxes or bags packed in sawdust chaff shavings or straw
prepaid B
Ice C L L
Images and Figures Bronze or Metal packed not Iron Statuary 3 T 1 Incubators See Agricultural Implements
Indigo k 1
Indiigo Extract in barrels 3
Infusorial Earth 3
Ink in wood 4
Ink Printing in wood 4
Ink writing Fluid in
glass or stone boxed 3
Insecticides viz
In Glass packed L C
L 1
In Tin Cans packed or in bulk in barrels N
O S L C L 4
Same C L 6
Lime and Sulphur Solution in barrels 6
Insulators see Telegraph and Telephone Material
Iron and Steel Articles viz
Barrels or Drums
empty 6
Blow Pipe Material viz
Sheet Iron plain or galvanized not nested L C L D 1 j Same side seams closed nested see note packed or wired in bundles
L C L 2
Note 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
CR OR
D
D 1
CR I OR
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
Box Straps or Fasteners packed or in bundles 6
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 1 3
Same unpacked 1 3
Grates packed 2 3
Same loose IV 1
Journal Boxes of 6
Manhole Covers Street
Catch Basin Covers
or Sewer Inlets iron
or steel 1
Weighing each less than 50 pounds loose or in bundles weighing each less than 50 pounds L
C L
Weighing 50 lbs or over loose or in b u n d 1 es weighing each 50 lbs or over L C L
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In barrels boxes or crates L C L 5
In packages or loose straight or mixed
C L min wt 30
000 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 j Sinks without fittings packed
mixed C L 4
Sinks loose or in crates or barrels
L C L 3
Same C L 4
Washstands or Lavatories packed L C 3
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 3
Retorts 6
Roofing packed or in bundles 6
Sad Irons packed L C L 5
Same C L 6
Sash Weights wired any
quantity K
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 originaly intended for use when new
Scrap Sheet in rolls or bundles wired or crated of 6
M
CR I OR
Sheet plain galvanized corrugated or stamped in imitation of brick packed or in bundles 6
Sheet Metal Pipes Tubes or Cylinders parts of machinery or otherwise N O S 1
Shutters and Doors 4
Sponge purifying material 3
Stand Pipe Material K
D of 6j
Statuary Chairs and Lawn Ornaments boxed
or crated 1
Tanks and Tank Material
K D flat or nested of 6
Tires locomotive 6
Tubs Bath and Plumbing
Fixtures see Plumbing Fixtures
Urns 3
Vault and Prison Work 4
Wedges and Sledges pack
or in bundles 5
Same loose 3
Iron N O S boxed or
crated 1
Iron Work Galvanized 2
Iron and Steel Articles as per Special Iron List
L C Lt of 6
Same in straight or
mixed carloads minimum 30000 pounds M Special Iron List viz Architectural consisting of columns pedestals capitals saddles door and window jambs 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
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Bridge Material Castings Guano Distributors Cotton Planters and Cultivators
Chains loose or packed Fencing Woven Wire Grate Bars
Jail Plate
Muck and Puddle Bar Iron
Nails and Spikes in kegs
Picks and Mattocks packed or in bundles Pig Iron
Pipe Cast or Wrought not in coils
Pipe Joints or Fittings packed or not packed Plow Bases Clevises
Coulters Coup lers Cultivator Teeth Discs Foots Standards Frogs Harrow Teeth Heel Bolts Mould Boards Blades Plant Fenders Plates Points Shares Wings Braces and Bars and Plow S h a p es unfinished packed or not packed
Posts fence field or farm with or without equipment or fittings Railway Track Material viz Angle Bars Chairs CrossTie Clamps Fish Plates Frog Filling Frogs Spikes Splice Bars
Switches Switch Chairs Switch Stands Ties Tie Plates Track Braces Rails and Throws Shoes Horse and Mule packed
Staples Fence in kegs Tires Vehicle
Vehicle Material viz Boxes Skeins and Springs
Wheels Car and Locomotive
Wire Common Barbed or otherwise on reels or in coils
Isinglass same as Mica
Ivory
Ivory Black
J
Jack Screws and Wagon
Jacks
Japan Ware
J aponica
J ars Fruit Glass or Earthenware any quantity
Jeans Cotton same as Domestics
Jeans Cotton and Wool
mixed
Jellies in glass packed Jellies in cans boxed Jellies in wood N O S
J ugs 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
In bulk in barrels or in tin cans boxed L
C L
In glass or earthenware packed in barrels or boxes or in tin cans boxed or crated or in bulk in barrels C L
Junk and Jute
Jute Butts
Jute Waste or Tailings
see Paper Stock
Jute Yarn see Yarn
K
Naimt 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
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Kegs Ale and Beer see
Barrels Ale and Beer I
Kettles over 27 inches in diameter see Agricultural Implements i
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
L
Ladders not over 30 ft
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 1
fertilizers I
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 j
oil viz
In glass or earthen
ware packed 1
In tin cans packed or in bulk in iron or steel barrels or drums or in wood B
Lasts packed 3
Laths C L min wt
24000 lbs P
Laths L C L B
Lathing Iron in crates or
bundles L C L 4
Same C L 6
Lead bar or sheet in
boxes 5
Lead in casks or pigs 6
Lead Black in kegs or
bbls 5
Lead Pipe see Pipe
Lead White same as Paints
Leather loose N O S 1
Leather in rolls or boxes 3
Leather Scraps in bales 4
Leaves powdered in
boxes or barrels 1
Lemon or Lime Juice see Juices Fruit
Lemons Oranges see Fruit
Lentils in bags boxes or
barrels 3
Letter Boxes see Boxes Licorice in sticks roots
or mats 3
Licorice in mass boxed 4
Lightning Rods in boxes 3
Lightning Rods in bundles 2
Lightning Rod Fixtures
packed 2
Lime in sacks casks or barrels C L
Same L C L
Lime Chloride of in barrels or casks
Lime Chloride of N O S Lime Liquid prepared for whitewashing canned and packed
Limestone for Furnaces C L jnin wt 40000
lbs
Limestone Whitestone or Marble ground powdered or pulverized L C L same as Fertilizer
For special rates on C L shipments see Circular No 376
Limestone N O S C L min wt 40000 lbs
Lining Carpet
Linseed
Linters see Paper Stock
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CR OR
CR
Lint Flues Cotton Gin
see Machinery
Liquors Whiskey or Domestic Wine in glass packed in boxes or baskets each package weighing not less than
20 pounds 2
Liquors in wood N O S 1 2
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 I H
Liquors Whisky in wood
N O S 2 I 3
Liquors N 0 S in glass packed in boxes barrels baskets or casks 1
Lithographic Stone 1 2
Live Stock Horses and
Mules L C L 1 j 2
Live Stock Horses and
Mules C L 2 N
Live Stock Cattle Sheep Hoes etc L C L without percentage see Rule governing Live Stock 2
Live Stock Cattle Sheep Hogs etc C L without percentage 3
Lockers Trunk metal or metal and wood combined L C L 2
Same C L 4
Lockers Wall metal or metal and wood combined set up L C L 2
Same K D 4
Same K D C L 6
Locks same as Hardware
N O S
Locomobiles same as Carriages
Locomotives and Tenders see Cars
Locomotive Tires see Iron
Logging Cars K D or set up see Cars
Logs hewn or sawn Apply Lumber rates
4
N
Logs N O S Apply Lumber rates
Logs not hewn nor sawn nor piling nor poles and short length blocks round or split when for manufacture and product reshipped per car
of 40000 pounds P
Logwood 2
Logwood Extract of C
L dry 4
Looking Glasses same as Mirrors
Looms see Machinery Lumber Dressed or rough L C L B
Same C L min wt
24000 lbs See rule
12
Lye Concentrated
M
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 3
Boilers Steam 30 feet and over including necessary stack L C
L 1
Boilers under 30 feet including necessary stack L C L See
Rule 14 3
Boilers N O S Same as Machinery NOS Brick Machines 4
Conveyors Spiral L C
L 4
Cotton Gin Lint Flues
C L 6
Same L C L packed 3
Cotton Presses set up see Agricultural Implements
Electrical Machinery Transformers L C L 3
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Same C L min wt 24
000 lbs 6
Engines Calorie Fire
Portable and stationary L C L 2 3
Same C L 4 6
Hoisting K D 4
Machinists Tools Planers Lathes Drill Presses etc 2 3
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 2
Printing Presses set up D 1 1
Pulley and Tackle Blocks 5
Pulley Wheels and Blocks 5
Saw Mills L C L detachable parts unboxed 2 3
Same detachable parts
boxed 4
Saw Mills C L same as Machinery N O S
Shafts Shaft Collars
Shaft Couplings Shaft Hangers Pillow Blocks or Shaft Pulleys without Clutch Attachments
L C L 5
Same straight or mixed C L mim wt 20000
lbs 6
Shingle Machines 2
Stamp Mill Machinery
boxed L C L 5
Same C L 6
Stamp Mill Machinery
loose L C L 4
Same loose C L 5
Stamp Mill Castings L
C L 6
Stamp Mill Castings C
l m
Steam Gauges 1
Steam Heaters see Radiators
Textile Machinery
Beams packed L C L 4 Bobbins Shuttles Spools and Skewers
packed or in bags
L C L 4
Card Clothing packed LCL 1
CR OR
Card Flats packed L
C L 3
Cards hand packed L
C L 1
Cones paper nested paeked or in bags L
C L 3
Cones paper not nested paeked or in bags
L C L D 1
Cylinders parts of Cotton or Woolen Mill Machinery 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
crates L C L 4
Looms Hand
S TJ loose or on skids 112 K D in boxes or crates 2 Loomsother than hand
L C L 1
Looms other than hand
S XL 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
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
L2
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 IJ loose or on skids
L C L 1
S U in boxes or crates
L C L 2
K D in boxes bundles or crates L C L 3
Textile Machinery except Looms straight
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CE OE
or mixed C L or in mixed C L with
Looms minimum wt
20000 lbs 6
Tobacco Screws and
Fixtures 4
Water Wheels Turbine 3 4
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 Eeaping Binders and Harvesters see Agricultural Implements
Machines Sewing not boxed or crated 3 T 1
Same boxed or crated including parts thereof S TJ 1 1
Machines Sewing boxed or crated partly K D with head and box taken off and placed underneath between the legs or with the head folded into the body of
the case 3
Machines see Machinery
Machines Smut see Agricultural Implements
Machines Washing 2
Macaroni 1
Mackerel see Fish
Madder 3
Malt D
Malt in boxes 1
Malt Extract same as Ale
Manganese crude C L
min wt 30000 lbs P
Manganese Ground packed 5
Manila 3
Mantels Iron see Iron
Mantels Slate packed 2 3
Mantels Wood crated or boxed L C L 2
CE OE
Same C L min wt
12000 lbs
Manure Stable C L min
wt 30000 lbs
Maps boxed
Marble and Granite same as stone
Marl same as Lime Marble Dust C L in 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 Eugs Grass hemp hair steel wire rubber and cocoa
N O S
Oil Press Cloth or Matting worn out Same as Bags
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 t
Meat N O S
Meat Bacon and Pork Meat Fresh Beef Sausage Poultry dressed
Fish fresh
Beef Smoked in boxes
or barrels
Beef and Pork Salted in barrels estimated weight 300 lbs Beef and Pork Salted in quarter and half barrels actual weight Pigs Feet and Tripe fresh or pickled Pigs Feet in glass
packed
Shipments of articles enu
3
P
1
4
6
3
1
D
1 3
B B
B
4
B
B
B
1 I 2
W t1
CE I OR
CR I OR
merated under head of Meats in quantities less than 10000 pounds must be in bags bales boxes or crates
Meat Cutters see Machinery
Meats Desiccated see Desiccated
Medicated Brick see
Mileage Car see Car
Mileage
Milk Condensed boxed 4
Milk minimum charge allowed 15 cts B
Millet D
Millet Seed see Seed
Millinery including Hats and the like already made up plumes birds and other material of like character for milli
nery purposes 1
Milo Maize in bags or
sacks 6
Mills Barilla Bark and 4 Cob 4
Mills Cane see Agricultural Implements
Mills Cider see Agricultural Implements
Mills Coffee and Paint
set up 2
Mills Corn see Agricultural Implements
Brick
Medicines and Drugs N
O S 1
Medicines Patent LCL 1 Same C L 1
Melodeons see Musical Instruments
Melons freight guaran
teed C L min wt
24000 lbs
Melons L C L 4
MerryGoRounds LCL 1
MerryGoRounds C L without percentage 6
Meters Gas boxed 1
Meters Gas not boxed not taken
Meters Water boxed 3
Meters Water not boxed not taken
Mica 3 T 1
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 L
C L C
Mill Stuff C L min wt
25000 lbs P
Note The term Millstuff as here used is intended to cover only that part of the wheat product which is neither flour nor bran but embraces sweepings waste flour etc gathered about the mill house not fit to use as any grade of flour and which bears a price somewhat higher than bran as a stock food
Mince Meat 4
Mineral Waters see Water
Mining Cars and Wagons same as Cars Logging
Mirrors 3 feet or under outside measurement packed 3 T 1 2
Mirrors over 3 feet not
exceeding 7xl2 out I
side measurement
packed 3 T 11 1
Mirrors over 7x12 outs i d e measurement
packed 4T 1 D1
Molasses same as Syrup Monuments etc see Stone
Mops N O S 1
Mops packed or bundled 4
Moss in sacks 1 j
Moss pressed in bales 4
Motes Cotton see Paper Stock
Moulders Dust or Sand 5
Mouldings boxed 2
Mouldings in bundles 1 3
Mouldings common foi
building purposes 4
Mouldings N O S D 1 i
Mouldings Iron see Cornices
Mouse Traps see Traps
Mowers see Agricultural Implements
CR I OR
CR I OR
Mucilage packed 2
Musical Instruments viz
Drums 3 T 11
Melodeons Organa cabinet or Pianos
boxed L C L 1
Same L C L not I
boxed not taken
Same boxed wrapped or crated C L minimum weight 8000 lbs 1 j
Organs Pipe K D
boxed 1
Organ Pipes boxed lj
N O S 1
Mustard Ground in boxes 2 Mustard prepared in
glass packed 2
Mustard prepared in
kegs or barrels 3
Mustard Seed 6 j
N
Nails Brass and Copper well packed in boxes
or kegs 3
Nail and Spikes Iron see Iron
Naval Stores see Rosin Turpentine etc
Netting wire N O S in boxes casks crates or
rolls L C L 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 I
Nutmegs 2
Nuts Chestnuts prepaid 3 5
Nuts Pecans in barrels
L C L3
Nuts Pecans in barrels
C L 5
Nuts Cocoa packed or sacked L C L 5
Nuts Cocoa C L 6
Nuts Edible in bags N
O S 1
Same in barrels or casks N O S 2
Nuts Peanuts and Chufas
L C L 5
Same CL 6
Nuts Hickory and Black
Walnuts L C L 4
Same C L min wt
24000 lbs 6
O
Oakum 4
Oats See Grain
Oatmeal See Food preparations
Ochre in saeks barrels
or casks L C L 5
Same C L 6 I
Ochre to be used in manufacture of Fertilizers same as Fertilizers
Oil Cake same as Fertilizers
Oil Cloth 16 feet long or
over boxed 1
Oil Cloth less than 16
feet long boxed 2
Oil Cloth baled 1
Oil Cloth not boxed or baled not in shipping order
Oil Castor in glass
packed 1
Oil Castor in bbls 3
Oil in cans encased in
wood 1
Oil Petroleum and Petroleum Products viz
Benzine Gasoline and Naptha viz
In iron drums or iron barrels a e t u a 1 weight or in metal cans securely packed
in cases L C L 4
Same in straight or mixed C L min wt
24000 lbs or in tank
cars C L minimum capacity of tank but not less than 24000 pounds 6
Coal Oil Crude Oil Distillates Fuel Oil Gas Oil Grease not Axle Kerosene Oil Lubricating Oil not
2
3
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Axle Grease Miners Oil Paraffine Oil Paraffine Wax Petrolatum Refined Oil Residium Road Oil Soap Oil Tailings Transformer Oil and Wool Oil viz
In metal eans without jackets unpacked L C L In metal cans jacketed unpacked L
C L
In metal cans boxed
L C L
In metal eans 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 O L
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
Jn wooden barrels containing not over 52 gallons 410 pounds each the weight of each gallon in excess of 52 gallons to be computed on basis of 7 pounds per gallon
in wooden halfbarrels containing not over 30 gallons 240 pounds each
In square cans completely cased each case containing 10 gallons 80 pounds each
Note 3 Shipments of petroleum grease paraffine wax and petrolatum shall be charged for on basis of actual weight Notes 1 and 2 will not apply
Paraffine wax may be shipped in boxes or bags at the same ratings as govern on shipments in barrels and half barrels
Oil Cocoa in original packages
Oii Cocoa in barrels
Oil Palm Seed crude L
CR OR
C L Class K with 20 per cent added
Oil Cottonseed L C L 5
Same C L without percentage See note R
Note Shipments of Cottonseed Oil in tank cars will be billed at a minimum weight based on shell capacity of tank computed at 7 pounds per gallon
When the shell capacity of tank is 6250 gallons or more settlement will be made on basis of actual weight subject to a minimum weight of 6250 gallons computed at 7 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 ibased on the shell capacity of tank computed at 7 pounds per gallon
One remnant shipment of cottonseed oil in tank cars will be allowed made each season from each mill at the current carload rate subject to a minimum weierht of 24000 pounds
Transportation companies do not furnish tank cars
Oil Kerosene see Coal Oil
Oil Lard and Linseed 3
Oil Lubricating the product of Coal Oil same as coal Oil
Oil Mill Rolls returned for repairs ratiner to apply in both direc
tions 4
Oil Pine same as Coal Oil
Oil Sassafras in glass or I
cans boxed J 3 T 1 D1
Oils in glass or cans packed except Coal Oil and Sassafras Oil 1 2
Oils in jars not packed not taken
Oils N O S in bbls 3
Oil Tank Wagons see Vehicles
Oleomargarine see But ter
Olives in glass packed 1
Olives in barrels or casks 4
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Onions ip sacks L C L Onions in barrels or 5 6
crates Onions in barrels crates boxes or in sacks or in 6
bulk C L Onion Sets same as Onions Oranges see Fruit 6
Ordnance Stores N 0 S Ore Copper see Copper 1
Ores Iron L C L 6
Same C L min wt
40000 lbs Ores samples or speci P
mens must be prepaid Organs see Musical Instruments Outfits graders or con 6
tractors L C L Same C L min wt 2
24000 lbs Same C L min wt 24000 lbs with live 6
stock Outfits House Moving Contractors consisting of capstans second 5
hand chains ropes pulleys jack screws horse power wrenches 1
1

rollers wire cables bolts crowbars pick 1 1
axes shovels saws I
sledge hammers mon
key wrenches blocking 1
etc but not including
machines or machin
ery in mixed ship 1
ments L C L 3
Same C L min wt 20 I
000 lbs 6
Ovens viz
Bakers sectional steel
K D L C L 3 1
Same C L 5 1
N O S S IT not
packed Di
N O S S Upacked 1
N O 5 K I packed 2
Overalls see Garments cotton
Oysters in cans or kegs 4
Oysters shell in barrels Oysters shell in bulk C 5
L K
Oysters in glass packed 1 2
CR OR
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 value3 T 1
Paints Red and White Lead and Linseed Oil
1
D1
In glass or earthenware
boxed 1
Bulk dry in boxes or
eases 5
Bulk earth metallic or dry in barrels casks sacks or kits LCL 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 1
In tin cans jacketed
not packed 2 j
In tin cans boxed crated or packed in barrels 4
Paneling see Woodwork
Pants Jeans Cotton and Wool Mixed in bales or
in cases 3
Paper Bags see Bags
Paper Barrels nested
packed 2
Paper Barrels not nested 4 T 1 Paper Binders Board
see Binders Board
Paper Bottle Covers packed or pressed in
bales
Paper Boxes see Boxes paper
Paper Cans see Cans
Paper
Paper Card
Paper Collars see Collars
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Paper Hangings in bundles 1
Paper Hangings boxed 2
Paper Pads or Tablets and Blank Books with flexible paper backs in bundles crates or
boxes L 0 L 3
Same C L 5
Paper Pasteboard 6
Paper Printing or Wrapping B
Paper same as above in
boxes 2
Paper in rolls for manufacture of bags B
Paper Pulp see Pulp
Paper Roofing see Roofing
Paper Sand and Flint 3
Paper Shirtboards see Shirtboards
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 lad
ing R
Paper Stock wasteCotton Sweepings and
Motes N O S 6
Paper Stock wasteCotton N 0 S 5
Paper Stock w a s t e Woolen Jute or tailings
in bags 6
Paper Stock w a s t e 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 waste
Rags in sacks bbls bales hhds or crates R
Paper Straw Boards 5
CR I OR
Paper Toilet packed or in rolls or bundles Paper Wall any quantity in bundles
Paper Wall any quantity in boxes
Paper Ware N O S
Paper Writing Book or Blotting in boxes Parers Fruit boxed Paris White same as paint
Paste in barrels
Peaches dried see Fruit Dried
Peaches green see Fruit Peach stones packed Peanuts see Huts Also Circular No 401 Peanut Meal and Cake same rates as cotton seed meal and cake Peanut Hulls Soya and Velvet Bean Hulls in sacks or bales L C L and in the same packages or in bulk C L min wt 24000 lbs
Pearl Ash
Peas Cow in bags barrels or boxes see note
NoteBags must be made of burlap not less than 10 ounces per yard or cloth and be sufficiently strong and so closely woven and stitched as to carry contents safely and prevent sifting Bas which have been used for fertilizers or other arti cles containing acids must not be used
Peas N O S in bags
barrels or boxes
Pea Hullers see Hullers Pecans see Nuts
Pegs Shoe in bags
Pegs Shoe in barrels or
boxes
Peltries see Skins
Pencils Slate
Pepper and Spices in
bags
Peeper and Spices N O
S ground in boxes Peeper Sauce see Sauce Pepper
Perfumery
D
5
D
CR OR
CR OR
Petroleum see Oil
Phosphate Rock C L min wt 30000 lbs P Phosphate fruit beverage ready for use and not fountain juices extracts etc in barrels
or kegs B
Photographic Material 1
Pianos see Musical Instruments
Pickers Cotton Raw
Hide 1 2 I
Pickles in glass packed 1
Pickles in barrels or
casks 4
Pickles in cans boxed 4
Picks and Mattocks see Special Iron List
Picture Backing in packages 4
Pictures see Paintings
Pigs Feet see Meat
Pineapples in cans boxed 4 Pineapples in glass
packed 1
Pineapples C L and L i
C L see Oranges etc under Fruit
Pine Straw loose C L
min wt 25000 lbs P
Pins in cases 1
Pins Clothes see Clothes Pins
Pins Insulators see Telegraph Brackets
Pipe Copper Brass or
Metal N O S 1
Pine Copper Brass or Metal N O S boxed 3
Pipe and Tile Drain or
Roofing L C L 5
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
pounds P I
Pipe Earthen not Drain L C L 1
2
3
6
5
Pipe Earthen not
Drain C L 3
Pipe Fittings see Iron
Pipe heating f u r n a c e galvanized iron or tin viz
Crated or boxed not
nested D 1
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
Pipe Lead in casks Pipe Organs K D boxed same as Pianos
Pipe Sheet Iron Spiral Pipe stove side seams closed or elbows loose or wired in bundles L 1
C L D 1
Same in boxes or
crates L C L 1
Same loose wired in bundles in boxes or crates in straight or mixed carloads min wt
12000 lbs 3
Pipe stove side seams not closed nested wired in bundles or in crates
L C L 4
Same in straight carloads or in mixed carloads with stove pipe I
or elbows C L min
wt 20000 lbs 3
Pipe nested and wired i
or crated or otherwise
C L min wt 20000
lbs 3
Pipe Tin boxed 2 j
Pipe Wood L C L 3
Same C L 4
Pipes Tobacco in boxes 1 j
Pitch anv quantity same as Rosin
6
3
6
5
5
5
5
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Planters see Agricultural Implements
Planes same as Tools N O S
Plaster Board wall plaster rates plus 20 per cent
Plaster Wall Cement or C a 1 e i ned including
Plaster of Paris in bbls or sacks L C L B
Same C L L
Plaster Land same as Fertilizers
Plate Tin see Tin Plate Plated or White Ware 1
Plates Paper and Wood
l c l 3
Plates Paper and Wood
C L min wt 24000 lbs 6
Plates Heel see Heel Plates
Plows see Agricultural Implements
Plow Materials see Agri
cultural Implements
Plumbago 5
Plumbers Material N O
S packed 4
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 P
Polishing Powders and Compounds see Powders
Polish Stove and Shoe
packed 4
Polish Stove and Shoe in Glass packed 3
Ponies Shetland same as Live Stock
Porcelain Ware 1
Pork see Meats
Porter same as Ale
Posts split or round C
L min wt 30000 lbs P
Potash N O S 5
Potash Ball package 5
Potash German Muriate of and Sulphate of same as Fertilizers
2
Potatoes L C L in barrels sacks crates or
boxes 6
Potatoes C L 6
Poultry dressed see Meats
Poultry live C L 1
Same L C L
Powder Baking
Powder Bleaching
Powder Gun and other
Explosives L C L D 1
Same C L min wt 5000 lbs 1
Powdered Leaves in boxes or barrels 1
Powders and other Washing Compounds see Soap
Powders Cattle Horse or
Condition 1
Powders Polishing Compounds etc 3
Powers Horse see Agricultural Implements Preserves in glass packed 1
Preserves in cans boxed 4 Preserves in wood N O
SL 3
Presses Cider see Agricultural Implements Presses Cotton and Hay see Agricultural Implements
Presses Copying
Presses Printing see Machinery
Presses N O S
Printed Matter in sheets
boxed prepaid
Prints same as Domestics
Pruners see Agricultural Implements
Prunes in boxes or kegs
Prunes in casks
Pulleys see Machinery Pulp Paper or Wood
Pumice Stone
Pumps hand or windmill iron or steel cast SU Loose wired in bundles barrels boxes or crates L C L
2
2
2
2
4
R
3
3
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Wooden and pump material wooden L C L 3
Pumps powev 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 3
Putty L C L 5
Pyrites L C L prepaid in boxes or barrels B
Pyrites C L Min wt
24000 lbs P
Q
Quartermasters Stores 1
Quicksilver in iron flasks 1
Quilting attachments K
D in bundles 2
E
Eadiators and H e a t e rs
steam or water L C L 3
Same C L 5
Bags see Paper Stock
Easps see Piles
Eailing see Woodwork Eaisins not strapped 1
Eaisins strapped 2
Eakes see Agricultural Implements
Eattan 1
Eat Traps see Traps
Eeapers see Agricultural Implements
Eed Lead same as Paints
Eeeds 2
Eeels viz
Cable empty L C L 3
Same C L min wt
12000 lbs1 5
Hose Garden and Lawn viz
Set up L C LD1
Knocked down packed L C L 1
K D or S U C L 4
Hose Iron K D packed 2
Eefleetors packed D1
Eefrigerators see Furniture
Begins see Paper Stock Eegisters Cash boxed D1
Eetorts Clay 1
Eetorts Copper 2
Eetorts Iron see Iron Eetorts Soda Water 4
Bice
Clean in sacks barrels
6 casks or in cartons in
boxes C
Broken carloads in bags used for brewing purposes
Bough
N O S
Bice Flour see Flour
Bivets Iron see Iron
1 Eobes Buffalo D 1
Bods Nail see Iron
Eods Meat see Hooks
Boilers Field Eoad and Sugar see Agricultural Implements
Boilers Printers 1
Booting Asbestos see Asbestos
Booting Cement and Eoof Coating liquid in barrels or casks L C L 6
J Same C L A
1 Booting Felt or Paper in
bdls or rolls B
Booting or Sheathing Cement and Prepared or Composition Booting sheet same as Boofing Felt or Paper
Note Roofing in rolls each roll containing liquid cement tin roofing caps or nails sufficient to lay the roofing may he carried at the ratings applying on the roofing
Booting Glass see Glass Booting Granite packed 5 Booting Iron see Iron Booting
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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
Note Necessary tools for applying roofing may he shipped in same car at the published rate on such tools
Roofing Slate L C L 6
Roofing Siate C L min wt 30000 lbs See
Rule 12 P
Roofing Tile see Pipe
Roofing Tin in rolls 5
Root Angelica in barrels I
or boxes 1
Roots and Herbsj value not over 10c per pound
L C L 4
Same C L 6
Roots and Herbs value 1
over 10c per pound 3 I
Rope N O S 3
Rope Bed Cord 3
Rope Clothes Line 3
Rope Hair see Hair
Rope Cotton see Domestics
Rope Old 6 I
Rope hemp jute or manilla same as yarn jute or sisal
Rope Wire see Wire
Rosin any quantity Class K less 20 per cent without percentage
Rosin Dross same as Rosin
Rubber Belting see Belting
Rubber Car Springs see Springs
Rubber Clothing and Rubber Goods N O S see Clothing
Rubber Hose see Hose
Rubber Packing see Packing
Rubber old scrap 5
Rugs See Mats Matting and Rugs
Rustic Work not boxed 3T 1
6
R
1
Rustic Work crated 1
Rustic Work entirely
boxed 2
Rye see Grain
S
Sacks same as Bags
Saddlery 2
Saddlery Horse Collars 2
Saddlery Horse Collars other than Leather Saddlery Harness boxed 2
Saddlery Harness in bundles 1
Saddles hot boxed 1
Same boxed 2
Saddletrees not boxed 1
Same boxed 2
Sadirons see Iron
Safes Iron each weighing
3000 pounds or less 4
Safes Iron each weighing over 3000 lbs and not
over 6000 lbs 3
Safes Iron each weighing over 6000 lbs and not over 10000 lbs 2
Safes Iron each weighing over 10000 lbs Special Contract
Safes Kitchen and Pantry see Furniture
Safes or Covers Cheese
boxed 3T l
Sago in bags boxes or
barrels 3 I
Sails 1 I
Saleratus see Soda
Sal Soda 6
Salt in sacks or barrels
L C L C
Same C L min wt
20000 lbs O
Salt Brick see Brick
Salt Cake same as Fertilizers
Salt Table 6
Salts Bleaching same as Lime Chloride of
Salts Epsom in casks or
barrels L C L 5
Salts Epsom C L R
Salts Epsom L C L N
O S 4
Saltpetre L C L 5
4
150
CE OR
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 sep 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 Sawbueks 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 O S boxed
Sawplates paeked
Scales and Seale Beams
set up wrapped
Scales and Scale Beams
K D wrapped
Same boxed
Scrapers Road and Pond see Agricultural Implements
Screens Door or Window wire in bundles boxes
or crates L C L
Screens Door or Window wire C L min wt
15000 lbs
Screws Wood packed Screws N O S packed Scythes see Agricultural Implements
Sea Grass pressed in
bales
Seats Telegraph Pole see Telegraph Materials Seed Cane Sorghum
CR I OR
Seed Corn in boxes 2
Seed Flax 4
Seed Garden i 2
Seed Garden returned over same line by
which originally forwarded 4
Seed Grass and Clover
L C L 3
Same C L 4
Seed Linseed 4
Seed Millet B
Seed Mustard 6
Seed Sunflower 6
Seed N O S 2
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 press ed in bales 6
Sheathing Metallic box I
ed or crated or in bundles wired 3
Sheetings same as Domestic
Sheep see Live Stock
Sheep Skins see Skins
Shellac see Gum
Shellers see Agricultural Implements
Shells viz
Oyster crushed or ground or not crushed or ground in bulk in bags or barrels L
C LL C L fer f tilizer rates
In packages named or in bulk C L min wt 30000 lbs
C L fertilizer rates
Shells Sea L C L prepaid D1 1
Same C L 5
Shingles L C L B
Shingles C L min wt 24000 lbs P
M
2
P
B
5
3
B
1
5
1
1 I
2 4
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Shingles
Metal other than iron steel or tin in boxes
L C L 4
Same C L 6
Iron steel or tin in boxes or crates L
C L 5
Same in packages named straight or mixed C L min wt 20000 lbs 6
Ship Stuff same as Bran
Shirtboards made of pasteboard printed or
not printed 6
Shirting same as Domestics
Shirts 1 I
Shirts and Drawers unlaundered entirely cotton see Garments cotton j
Shoe Findings See Findings
Shoe Lasts see Lasts
Shoe Pegs see Pegs
Shoe Polish see Polish
Shoes See Boots i
Shoes Horse and Mule
see Special Iron List
Shoddy Wool pressed in
bales i 6
Shoddy in bags not
pressed 4 I
Shoddy in crates 5
Shooks and Heading see
Barrel Material
Shorts See Rule 12 D
Shot Bullets and Gran
ulated Steel viz
In bags 2 I
In boxes strapped 3
In double sacks cooperage or drums 5
Shovels see Agricultural Implements
Show Cards see Signs
Show Cases Display or Wall Cases and Cabinets Show Cases glazed or unglazed Display or Wall Cases and Cabi I
nets glazed in boxes or crates S IJ L C L D 1
Same K D L C L l y2
CR OR
Same S U or K D C
L min wt 10000
pounds l
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
I Shuttle Blocks rough 3
Sieves Tin nested packed in boxes 2
Sieves Wire boxed or
crated 2
Signs Card Metallic or
Wood 2 j
Signs Glass same as Glass Colored Stained etc
St Johns Bread in bbls
or boxes 1
Signs Trade boxed freight to be prepaid or
guaranteed 2
Sisal see Yarn
Sizing for factories L C
L 5
Same C L 6
Skewers see Bobbins
Skins Deer see Hides
Slag C L min wt 36
000 lbs P
Slate Mantels See Mantels
Slate Pencils see Pencils
Slate Roofing see Roofing
Slates School boxed
Sledges see Iron
Smoke Stacks Flues or Hoods N O S L C L
Same C L min wt
20000 lbs
Smoke Stacks Flues or
Hoods cut in sections side seams not closed
nested L C L
Same C L min wt
20000 lbs
Smokers Bee see Bee
Smokers
Snaths see Agricultural Implements
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Snuff in casks bbls or
boxes 2
Snuff in jars packed 2
Same not packed D1
Soap Castile and Fancy 2
Soap Common 6 R
Soap Powders and other Washing Compounds same as Soap common
Soap Stock including cottonseed oil foots pitch or tankbottoms residuum of cottonseed oil
refinings Class R without percentage Soapstone Crude C L min wt 30000 lbs See I
Rule 12 Soapstone in kegs barrels casks or saeks L P f
C L 6 j
Same C L A f
Soda in kegs boxes and 5
drums Soda Ash same as Fertilizers Soda Caustic in iron 5 1 1
casks or drums Soda Fountains see Fountains Soda Soda Fountain Retorts see Retorts 6
Soda Nitrate of in boxes Soda Nitrate of L C L same as Fertilizer L C L Soda Nitrate of C L same as Fertilizer C L 1
Soda Sal 6
Soda Silicate of Softener Cotton and 6
Wool N O S 5
Same in barrels B
Solder Sorghum see Syrup Spades see Agricultural Implements 5 I
Spelter in slabs or casks Spices see Pepper Spikes Iron see Iron Spokes and Shafts See Vehicle Material 5
Sponge Spools and Beams Yarn empty without percent D1
age 6
CR OR
Spreaders see Agricultural Implements Springs Bed Furniture in
bundles wired together IY2
Same in barrels or
casks 3
Same in boxes 2
Springs Car N O S 6
Springs Car Rubber
loose 4
Same boxed 5
Springs Vehicle see Special Iron List
Stairwork see Woodwork
Stamp Mill Machinery
see Machinery
Staples Fence see Special Iron List
Starch L C L 4
Starch C L min wt 30
000 lbs
Stationery
Statuary Iron Lawn Ornaments etc See Iron
Statues 3
Staves see Barrel and Box Material
Steam Gauges see Machinery
Steam Heaters See Machinery
Steel not packed
Steel packed
Steel wired or strapped
Steel Bars each 200 lbs and over
Steelyards K D packed
Steelyards unboxed
Stereotype Plates boxed for newspapers from manufacturer 2
Stereotype Plates old boxed returned to
manufacturer 5
Stereotype Plates N O S 2
Stills Worm crated 1
Stone Granite and Marble When shipper
desires to assume risk of loss or damage in I
order to secure lower rate he is required on demand of carrier to sign bill of lading releasing said carrier of liability
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Stone Granite and Marble L C L valuation limited to 500 per cu
bic foot 4
Same valuation not restricted 1
Stone Granite and Marble viz
Blocks and Slabs including f u r n i ture marble slabs for interior finish and grave and monumental work rough dressed or finished unlettered valuation limited to 20 cents per cubic foot C L min wt 25000 lbs P
Same L C L 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
lbs P
Same L C Lof6
Blocks Paving rough rubble and Crushed Stone C L min wt
36000 lbs P I
Same L C L of 6
Curbing C L min wt
30000 lbs P
Same L C L of 6
Monuments and Grave stones lettered valuation limited to 20 cents per cubic foot packed charges prepaid or guaranteed
C L min wt 25000
lbs P
Same L C L of61
Stoneware same as Earthenware
CR
Stools Piano see Furni
ture
Stove Boards boxed or
crated 3
Stove Furniture L C L 1
Same C L 3
Stove Pipe See Pipe
Stove Plates L C L 1
Same C L 3
Stoves and Ranges viz Alcohol Gas Gasoline
Oil or Vapor boxed or crated L C L 2
Same boxed crated or loose C L min wt
16000 lbs 4
Stoves Stove Plates Furniture and Hollow Ware including the necessary pipe L C L 1
Same C L 3
For special rates between junction points see Circuar 309
Straw see Hay Rule 12
Straw Boards 5
Straw Goods 1
Straw Pine See Pine
Straw or Wooden Bottle Covers pressed in bales 3 Stucco same as Plaster
Calcined
Sugar in bags 2
Sugar in double sacks
same as in barrels
Sugar in boxes strapped 4
Same not strapped 2
Sugar in bbls and hogsheads 6
Sugar Cane L C L prepaid
Same C L prepaid
Sugar Grape
Sulphates L C L
Sulphates Ash and Soda
C L same as Fertilizers
Sulphur in boxes L C L 1 Sulphur in bags barrels casks or kegs L C L 4
Sulphur for spraying purposes or for manufacture of Fertilizers C
L same as Fertilizers
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Sumac viz
Ground in bags or bbls
L C L 4
Same C L min wt
20000 lbs 5
Leaf C L min wt
16000 lbs 4
Sumac Extract in bbls or
casks 4
Sweeping Factory see Paper Stock
Swings wooden or wood and iron combined including roller swings L
C L 3
Same C L min wt
20000 lbs 6
Syrup and Molasses viz
In barrels halfbarrels kegs or hogsheads R In tank cars minimum weight 50000 lbs
See Note R
Note Syrup and Molasses in tank cars will be handled at an estimated weight of 117 pounds per gallon where actual weight can not be ascertained
Syrup in cans same as Fruit and Vegetables in cans
Syrups in glass boxed 1
Syrup cane in glass packed 5
Syrups Fountain see Juices Fruit
T
Tables Billiard see Billiard Tables
Tackle Fishing see Fish
ing Tackle
Tacks packed 6
Tailings see Paper Stock
Talc apply Soapstone
rates
Tallow in barrels B
Tallow N O S 5
Tamarinds same as Oranges
Tanbark see Bark
Tanks
Iron or Steel N O S
S IL L C L 3
Same C L min wt
20000 lbs 6
Tin Sheet Iron or Sheet
Steel plain or galvanized viz
With pump hood and measure inside of tank boxed or crated
L C LD 1
N O S S IT L CL D1 N O S K D L C L 2 N O S C L min wt
15000 lbs 4
Tanks Wood set up D 1 Tanks Wood K D packed B
Tank Stuff same as Fertilizers
Tapioca in boxes bbls or
bags 3
Tar Pitch in bbls same as Rosins
Tar Coal in barrels L
C L B
Tar Coal C L See Rule
12 O
Tarpaulins packed in boxes or bales same as Domestics
Tea 1
Telegraph and Telephone Material viz
Poles C L min wt
25000 lbs P
Poles L C L B
Insulator Brackets or
Pins without percentage C L K
Same L C L E
Braces Cross arm Iron of Cross arms with Insulator Pins or Brackets
ets affixed 6
Same without Insulator Pins or Brackets L
C L 6
Same without Insulator Pins or Brackets C
L min wt 24000
lbs P
Insulators Porcelain or
Glass packed 4
Wire see Wire
Seats Pole 4
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Supplies mixed shipments of consisting of
Sal Ammoniac Pencil Zincs Bluestone Muriatic Acid Machine Bolts Washers Hand Axes Pliers Connectors Screw Drivers Linemens Spurs Screws Iron Pole Steps Wire Pointed Tacks or Staples Lightning Arrestors Fuse B 1 o c ks Terminal Heads for Cables Anchor Eods Paraffine Eubber Tubing Cabl Aerial Submarine and Underground and other analogous mate
rials 1
Telephones boxed 1
Outfits for construction or repair of telephone or telegraph line Same as Outfits Graders or Contractors
Wire Copper and Insu
lated L C L 2
Same C L 4
Wire Telegraph other than above same as wire common
Tents Tent Poles and
Pins 2
TerraCotta in packages 3
TerraCotta Architectural C L
TerraCotta Architectural packed in casks tierces etc L C L 3
Terra Japonica 4
Thread Spool Cotton and Silk 3
Thread Cotton Factory products in balls bales or skeins packed in burlaps or cases same as Domestics
Threshers see Agricultural Implements
4 6
5
Tickings same as Domestics
Ties Cotton and Hay E Tile viz
Drain and Eoofing see Pipe
Fire for Lining etc 4
Hollow fireproof L C
L 6
Same C L min wt
25000 lbs P
Marble etc see Stone Paving Cement C L same as Stone Building and Cement Building Blocks
Paving Cement L C
L packed E
Timber N O S rough hewed round split or sawed other than fuel same as Lumber
Tin Block and Pig 5
Tin Foil in boxes 2
Tin Plate in boxes or rolls L C L 4
Tin Plate C L 5
Tin Eoofing see Eoofing
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
24000 lbs P
Tobacco eases and boxes
empty 1
Tobacco Cut in boxes
bbls or bales 1
Tobacco Leaf in cases 1
Tobacco Plug in boxes
or kegs 1
Tobacco Screws and Fixtures See Machinery Tobacco Smoking 1
Tobacco Stems prized 6
Same not prized 1
Tobacco Unmanufactured not prized
Same prized 2
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Toe Calks see Calks Tongues Pickled in barrels or kegs Tongues Smoked Tonqua Beans in boxes or bbls 4 3 1
Tools Edge 2
Tools Mechanic boxed Toothpicks 2
2
Tow in bales 2
Same compressed Toys viz 3
Drums boxed Furniture childrens L 3 T 1
C L Same C L min wt D 1
15000 lbs Hobby Horses entirely boxed or crated L 1
C L Hobby Horses not box D1 I
ed Hobby Horses boxed or crated C L min 3 T 1 1 1
wt 15000 lbs Sleds or Sleighs childrens L C L in 1
bdls Same C L min wt D1
15000 lbs Trunks 1
i
Wax Show Figures Wheelbarrows C h i 1drens in bdls L C D 1
L Same C L min wt D 1
15000 lbs Mixed C L min wt 1
15000 lbs Toys N O S Tracks Eailway portable of iron or wood 1
1
K D L C L 4
Same C L Trains Sugar see Agricultural Implements 6 1
Traps Fly Di
Traps Mouse and Eat 1
Traveling Bags see Bags Trays Butter see Butter Trays 1
Trees and Shrubbery bal
ed or boxed L C L
prepaid or guaranteed Same C L I
Tripe see Meat I
Tripoli 4 1
6
O
CE OE
Trucks Warehouse and
Factory L C L 3
Same C L 6
Trunks single iy2
Trunks nested or filled with merchandise crated or strapped 1
Trunks empty or filled with merchandise corded or wrapped 1
Trunks filled with merchandise not corded or
wrapped D1
Trunks N O SD1
Tubes Sheet Metal see Iron
Trunks Sample D1
Tubs Bath all kinds L
G L 1
Tubs N O S 1
Tubs Bath cast iron C
L 4
Tubs Bath N O S C
L min wt 10000 lbs 2
Tubs Bath see Iron and Steel Articles
Tubs Bath folding wrapped or crated 1
Tumblers packed 2
Turbine and Water Wheels see Wheels
Turnips in barrels or
sacks 6
Turpentine Crude in barrels E
Turpentine Spirits in
packages less than a
barrel 3
Turpentine Spirits in
barrels without percentage E
Turpentine Spirits in
tank cars See Note without percentage E
Note On shipments in
tank cars when the shell capacity of tank is less than 6250 gallons weights will he assessed on shell capacity of tank multiplied by 72 pounds to the gallon When capacity of tank is 6250 gallons or more settlement will be made on basis of actual weight subject to a minimum weight of 6250 gallons multiplied by 72 nounds to the gallon
Transportation companies do not furnsh tank cars
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CE OE
CE I OE
Turpentine Cups viz Earthen Same as
Earthenware
Fibre or Fibreoid L C
L 3
Same C L minimum weight 15000 lbs 5
Iron steel or tin with or without hangers not nested in barrels boxes bundles or
crates L C L 1
Nested in barrels boxes bundles or
crates L C L 4
Nested or not nested in packages or loose C L minimum weight 30000
pounds 6
Twine 3
Type boxed 2
Type Old in boxes barrels or kegs 3
Typewriters boxed DI
U
Umbrellas boxed 1
Urns see Iron
V
Vaults Burial see Burial Vaults
Vehicles and material for Vehicles as follows
In all items under heading of Vehicles the term Wagons is intended onlv to apply to rough cheap farm wagons with or without springs and is not intended for buggies or varnished pleasure or business wagons which articles and articles of like character take same class as Buggies Trotting Wagons etc
Vehicles viz
Automobiles Locomobiles or other selfpropelled Vehicles See notes viz
S U L C L D1 I
K D boxed or well rated L C L 1
S U or K F C L min wt 10000 lbs 1
Note Automobiles or other selfpropelled vehicles too
1
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 Eeels N O S and Hook and Ladder Trucks L C L min wt 4000 lbs each Same C L min wt
20000 lbs
Hose Eeels or Hose
Carts two wheeled 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
Gis7S Sulkies and Trotting Wagons boxed or well crated C L min wt 8000
lbs
Carriages Buggies Gigs Sulkies and Trotting Wagons loose C L min wt
24000 lbs
Carriages Buggies
Gigs Sulkies and Trotting Wagons set up L C L actual
weight
Carriages Buggies Gigs Sulkies and Trotting Wagons L C L K D boxed or well crated value not to exceed 15 ur 100 lbs in case of total loss for which carrier is liable
D1
1
D 1
5 I
5 I
FI I I I
3
3
4 T 1
4
4
3 T 1
1
15S
CR I OR
Carriages Buggies
Gigs Sulkies and Trotting Wagons L
C L K B boxed or well crated value over 15 per 100 lbs in case of total loss for which carrier is
liable D1
Carriage and Buggy Shafts and Poles fully wrapped shipped separate from vehicles D 1
Carriages Childrens
K D in boxes bundles or crates 1
Carriages Childrens
set up boxed D1
Carriages Children s
set up unboxed 3T 1 Cars Railroad see Cars Carts Hand K D and packed or bundled 3
Bump Carts with wheels detached 4
Hearses K D boxed
or crated 1
Hearses set up see Stage Coaches under Vehicles
Oil Tank Wagons S TJ
L C L min wt
4000 lbs B 1
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
V e h i c 1 e Material
Boxes Skeins and Springs see Special Iron List
Vehicle Material
Buggy Bodies Bows
B o u b 1 e trees Felloes Hubbs Rims
Seats Shafts Singletrees Spokes Whif
1
3 T 1
CR I OR
fletrees and Wheels
N O S viz
Finished L C L 2
Same C L 5
In the white L C L 4 Same C L 6
In the rough L C L 5
Same C L 6
Bashes boxed or crated 2
Bicycles Trieycles or Velocipedes viz
Crated or boxed not taken otherwise
L C L 1
Same C L min wt 10000 lbs 3
Velocipedes Railroad 1
Wagons and Carts C
L min wt 24000
lbs 4
Wagons and Carts
Farm or Lumber set up actual weight B 1 Wagons and Carts
Farm or Lumber taken apart and thoroughly knocked down in any auantity actual weight 6
W a g o ns Childrens same as Childrens Carriages
Wagons Street Sprinklers D1
Wagon Parts Wood unpainted K B 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 Besiceated 4
Vegetables in cans see Fruit in cans
Vegetables N O S prepaid or guaranteed
Velvet Bean Hulls in sacks or bales L C L and in same packages
1
1
159
CR
OR
CR OR
or in bulk C L min
wt 24000 D
Veneering boxed 1
Same not boxed D1
Ventilators sheet metal
L C LD 1
Same C L min wt
10000 lbs 1
Vermicelli 1
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
W a s t e 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
nacked 3
Water Coolers and Filters
See Coolers
Waters Aerated Carbonated and Mineral Wa
ters in wood or in galvanized iron cans 6
Same in glass or earth
enware 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 in wooden wire or sheet metal cases barrels or casks in less car loads 6th class carloads minimum weight 10000 lbs onehalf of the rate applying on same when filled and moving in reverse direction
Watermelons see Melons
Wax N O S 4
Wax Comb Foundation
boxed 2
Wax Extractors erated 1
Wedges see Iron
WeightsSash 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
Wheels Well same as Pulleys
Whetstones boxed 3
Whips 1
Whiskey see Liquors
Whiting N O S 5
Whiting in boxes 3
Whiting in barrels casks
4 or sacks dry C L L
Willow Reeds in bales 2
Willow Ware I 1
Willow Ware Baskets
nested 1
Window Casings see Woodwork
Window Shades 1
160
CR
CB I OR
Window Shade Cloth 1
Window Frames see Sash etc
Wind Mills K D in bundles 3
Wine see Liquors
Wines High same as Liquors
Wire Common Barbed or otherwise see Special
Iron List
Wire Binding 3
Wire copper and insulated L C L 2
Same C L 4
Wire Cloth l
Wire Fence See Fencing
Wire Goods boxed N
O S 3
Wire Grass see Grass
Wire Mattresses see Furniture
Wire Hope 4
Wire Sieves see Sieves
Wire Screens 1
Wire Telegraph see Telegraph
Wire N O S 3
Wire Work Racks Stands Vases Signs and Figures boxed or
crated 3 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 by cord See
Rule 12 p
Wood Ashes see Ashes
Wooden Butter Dishes
packed L C L 3
Wooden Butter Dishes C
L min wt 24000 lbs 6 Wooden Covers see Covers I
Wooden Ware N O S 1 I
Wooden Ware does not include Willow Ware
which is D 1 I
Wood Liquor in barrels 3 j
5
D 1
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 Pane ling Window 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
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 2 ft x 3 ft x 6 ft nor
weighing less than 200
lbs 6
Woolen Goods without
percentage 4
Wool Mineral in bags 1
Wringers Clothes packed 2
Same not packedD 1
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
CL 5
Same C L 6
Zinc Cornices see Cornices
Zinc Oxide L C L 5
Same C L min wt
30000 lbs R
Zinc Paints see Paints
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50 co co co h
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
Lakewood Station 496 Oakland City 720
East Point 656
College Park 857
Red Oak 1233
Johnsons Spur 1400
Stonewall 1573
Union City 1707
Fairburn 1881
Phillipsdale 2144
Palmetto 2519
McCollum 3028
Madras 3316
McBride 3723
Newnan 3881
Moreland 4518
St Charles 4651
Grantville 5094
Trimble 5526
Hogansville 5769
Louise 6424
LaGrange 7088
Cannonville 7780
Gabbettville 8010
West Point 8619
ATLANTA BIRMINGHAM ATLANTIC RAILWAY
BRUNSWICK TO BIRMINGHAM
Brunswick 00
Southern Junction 90
Brobston 123
Anguilla 159
Leieht 171
Thallman 211
Browntown 275
Hauger 300
Fendig 312
Needmore 347
Hortense 380
Munson 401
Zirkle 435
Offerman 487
Bristol 555
Coffee 628
New Lacy 675
Mill City 680
Rockingham 702
Alma 734
Guysie 772
Sessoms 809
Nicolls 842
Chatterton 900
Douglas 973
Upton 1001
Bushnell 1049
Ambrose Is 1089
Wray 1120
Osierfield 1169
Fitzgerald 1260
Abba 1334
Arp 1354
Rebecca n 1416
Double Run 1471
Hatley iff 1516
Musselwhite 1580
Cordele 1629
Ross 1670
Vienna 1725
Lilly I 1786
Byromville 1834
Pooling 1859
Fields 1909
Montezuma 1941
Oglethorpe 1957
Bartlett 2009
Ideal 2057
Southland 2088
Rupert 2131
Charing 2181
Mauk 2224
Norwich 2254
Junction City 2304
Paschal 2310
Talbotton 2382
Beall 2431
Woodland 2483
Chalybeate Springs 2543 Manchester 2560
Bullochville 2614
Warm Springs 2620
Durand 2676
Stovall 2732
Knott 2802
LaGrange 2868
Pyne 2931
Abbottsford 2970
GeorgiaAlabama
Line 2998
Standing Rock
Ala 3018
Roanoke Ala 3111
Birmingham Ala 4538
162
ATLANTA BIRMINGHAM ATLANTIC RAILWAYContinued
MANCHESTER TO ATLANTA
Manchester 00 Haralson 289 TTninn City 561
Persico 48 Senoia 344 Dungannon 596
Woodbury 103 Clover 401 Ben Hill 648
Imlac 142 Aberdeen i 428 Stratford 705
Gay 192 Tyrone 473 Bellwood Yard 757
Alvaton 246 Fife 530 Atlanta 779
WAYCROSS TO SESSOMS
Sessoms 00 Bolen 110 Waltertown 195
Murray 41 Haywood 141 Waycross 260
Beach 70
FITZGERALD TO THOMASVILLE
Fitzgerald 00 Kell 296 Sunset 579
Fletcher 4 58 Iniss 322 Murphy 604
Mystic 92 Omega 352 Coolidge 660
Pinetta 115 Orosland 38 9 Merrillville 703
Hansen 154 Norman Park 425 Dillon 740
Harding 181 Barbers 466 Turners 776
Brighton 202 Kingwood 501 Thomasville 808
Tifton 256 Moultrie 524
ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY
SAVANNAH TO SOUTH CAROLINA STATE LINE
SavannahLiberty Montieth 1312 0Learys 1549
Street 000
SAVANNAH TO FLORIDA STATE LINE
SavannahLiberty Allenhurst 36 74 MeKinnon 7155
St 000 38 64 Hortense 7629
Millers 1026 Airnnr 4910 Trudie 7888
Burroughs 1175 Ludowici 46 28 Raybon 8149
Ways 1592 Doetortown 5268 Nahunta 8560
Daniel 1985 J L Breen 5469 Hiekox 8929
Fleming 2420 Jesup Freight 5730 Bachelott 9327
Liberty Lbr Co 2861 Leake 6134 Winokur 9721
McIntosh 3133 Broadhurst 6660 Newell Folkston 10397 11173
JESUP GA TO ALABAMA STATE LINE
Jesup Freight 000 Blaekshear 2967 Manor 5403
Slover 481 Homestead 3250 Argyle 5897
E C Smith 677 Deans Still 3394 Travisville 6124
Screven 1133 Waycross Frt 3988 Drawdys Still 6257
Offerman 1912 Buskin 6519
Patterson 2122 C C Woodall 4847 Rhinesmith
Owen 2561 Glenmore 5102 Hughes 6713
163
ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANYContinued
JESSUP TO ALABAMA STATE LINE Continued
6117 Pidcock 12664 Bainbridge 17932
Du Bout 7345 Boston 13114 Elberton Crate Co 18044
Tryes Siding 8032 Munroe Siding 13479 Gul Guano Co 18046
Stockton 8172 Easons Crossing 13499 Empire Cotton Oil
Naylor 8690 Newark 13819 Co 18083
Delmar 9080 Kuyk 14108 Flint River Milling
Indianola 9384 Thomasville 14326 Co 18181
Truelove s Still 9501 Homer Williams 14884 West Bainbridge 18062
Valdosta 9994 Pine Park 15069 Bainbridge Fertz
1 N Brady Co 10387 Ham Company 15393 Co 18086
Kinderlou 10556 C U Van duzie 15517 Hanover 18517
Ousley 10938 Cairo 15736 Cyrene 18762
Blue Springs 11109 Cannon Stone 16050 Brinsop 19056
Dunden 11175 Whigham 16440 Iron City 19565
Blue Springs Lbr Boydville 16584 Sharp Hagan 19657
Co 11175 Climax 17081 Lela 19873
Quitman 11702 A S Curry 17381 Donaldsonville 20025
Emerson Siding 12152 Farrar Lbr Co 17741 J akin 20695
Dixie 12386 McCaskell Spur 17779 Saffold 21075
WAYCROSS TO BRUNSWICK GA
Waycross 000 Nahunta 2386 Bladen 4108
Colgans Still 742 Lulaton 2866 Jamaica 4401
Sclatterville 1083 Atkinson Mill Co 3062 Anguilla 4647
Hoboken 1501 Atkinson 3213 Pvles Marsh 4899
Yaryan 1745 Harrington Bros 3497 Southern Jet 5290
Blackshear Mfg Waynesville 3561 Dock Jet 553
Co 1822 Coleridge 3770 Brunswick 5848
Caney Bay 2054
WAYCROSS TO ALBANY GA
Waycross 000 Kirkland 3383 Tifton Freight 7082
Deanwood 210 Reynolds Bros 3607 J OConnor 7557
Waresboro 763 Leliaton 3922 Barfield Lbr Co 7615
Sappville 1144 Pine Bloom 4093 Hillsdale 7808
Hasty 1349 Willacoochee 4207 Ty Ty 7968
Fairfax 1552 Glory 4805 Sumner 8575
Millwood 1890 Alapaha 5287 Poulan 8904
Axson 2319 F O Baker 5646 Sylvester 9209
Stewart Siding 2423 Cockran Beckham 5897 Willingham 9644
Dougherty McKey Enigma 5961 Artesia 9872
Lbr Co 2865 Brookfield 6330 Acree 10194
Pearson 3041 Vanceville 6637 Albany 11169
DU PONT TO LAKELAND FLA
Dn Pont 1475 Tarver 2034
Withers 964 Alexanderville 1741 Culbreths Siding 2398
Haylow 1173
MONTICELLO BRANCH
Thomasville 000 Metcalf 1002
104
ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANYContinued
Waycross J B Lewis Astoria Braganza
WAYCROSS TO FOLKSTON
000 M Griffin 1094 TJptonville 2820
365 Ft Mudge 1462 Homeland 3226
615 Knox Scott 1689 Folkston 3410
771 Race Pond 2007
THOMAS VILLE TO ALBANY
Thomas ville
Company Siding
Pasco
Williams
Sou Saw Mill Co Ochlocknee
Hill Smith
Climax
Otisca
Strickland
000 Hansel 1563 Baconton 4251
359 Meigs 1877 45 7Q
589 J M Wilkes 2117 Putney 4965
701 Pelham 2406 Yarborough Son 5132
964 Petty 2803 Abany Junction 5643
1152 Camilla 3222 Abany 5826
1515 Flint 3820
CLIMAX TO FLORIDA STATE LINE
000 Fowlton 861 Faeeville 15 35
200 485 Cumings Chason 1131 Recovery 2161
OTISKA TQ AMSTERDAM
iJsca Walauga 745 Amsterdam 1001
Mize Siding 252
ATLANTIC WAYCROSS NORTHERN RAILROAD
Kingland 000 Woodville 800 St Marys 1100
Scotchville 600 Arnow 850
AUGUSTA SOUTHERN RAILROAD
Augusta 000 Keysville 2653 Mitchell 5926
Neco 504 Padgetts 2853 Halley 6087
Adventure 689 Noah 3010 Agricola 6171
Gracewood 860 Matthews 3134 Chalker 6424
DeBruce 1070 Wrens 3598 Marvins 6888
Melton 1275 Stapleton 4107 Warthen 7084
Hepzibah 1506 Avera 4547 Gilmore 7237
Moores 1589 Rock Comfort 4839 Duggan Spur 7505
Elwood 1713 Gibson 50 67 sn 26
Edie 1844 Kenmore 52 69 8353
Blythe 2176 Beall Springs 5516
Bowdon Junction 000
Earnest 160
BOWDON RAILWAY
Mt Zion 310
Burwell 710
Jonesville 960
Bowdon 1200
165
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY
SAVANNAH TO ATLANTA
Savannah 00
Central Junction 34
Pooler 92
Bloomingdale 123
Meldrim 170
Eden J 193
Marlow 261
Pineora 275
Guyton 303
Tusculum 351
Egypt 404
Oliver 459
Halcyondale 500
Cameron 546
Dover 574
Ogeeche 615
Rocky Ford 664
Scarboro 707
Paramore Hill 742
Millen 788
Cusbingville 830
Millen 00
Lawton 50
Perkins 70
Munnerlyn 105
Dover 00
Clito 51
Statesboro 99
Jimps 154
Register 187
Pulaski 233
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
Junction 1917
Rivoli 1986
Lorane 2031
MILLEN TO AUGUSTA
Idlewood 145
Waynesboro 205
Greens Cut 270
DOVER TO BREWTON
Parish 252
Metter 294
Canoe 344
Stillmore 387
Lexsy 442
Wesley 464
Bolingbroke 2060
Smarr 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
Forest Park2813
Hapeville 2855
East Point 2881
Ft McPherson 2906 Atlanta 2945
MeBean 328
Tahoma 408
Allen 428
Augusta 535
Nunez 475
Covena 534
Norristown 566
Adrian 635
Scott 685
Brewton 769
GRIFFIN TO CHATTANOOGA
Griffin 00
Esmond 45
Rio 80
Vaughn 85
Brooks 128
Chestlehurst 159
Senoia 192
Turin 242
Sharpsboro 259
Raymond 299
Newnan 360
Sargent 417
Whitesburg 470
Banning 484
Clem 542
Carrollton 598
Mandeville 671
Bowdon Junction 681
Bremen 728
Buchanan 805
Felton 879
Dugdown 900
Featherstone 920
Youngs 958
Cedartown 1012
Lake 1061
Relay 1089
Reeseburg 1110
Chambers 1141
Silver Creek 1148
Lindale 1159
Rome 1203
West Rome 1222
Morrisons 1255
Berry Hill 1270
Cochrans Spur1293
Lavender 1310
Sprite 1357
Holland 1400
Taliaferro 1439
Lyerly 1458
Berryton 1495
Summerville 1528
Trion 1573
Wilsons 1633
Martindale 1642
Guild 1666
LaFayette 1708
Warrens 1755
Noble 1766
Pigeon Mtn Jctn 1783 Rock Springs 1795
Chickamauga 1845
Lytle 1878
Missionary Ridge 1899
Rossville 1933
Chattanooga 1934
166
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAYContinued
CHICKAMAUGA TO DURHAM
Thi rfr nm nn prn 00 Wflsts 63 Hinkles 126
32 Lula Lakfl 104 Vulean 144
Cenchat V 56 Durham 172
LYERLY TO WOODYARD
Lyerly 00 Woodyard 402
MACON TO COLUMBIA
Macon 00 Oglethorpe 502 Dowell 1080
Wise 37 Greens Mill 543 Loekett 1121
Rutland 64 Andersonville 595 Walker 1163
Walden 91 Arles 660 Ducker 1190
FI ll flprmnpfi 117 Am or ions 700 Holt 1243
Byron 167 Maddox 755 Leary 1281
Powersvillo 208 Sumter 792 Williamsburg 1334
Thio 230 Smithville 824 Commissary Hill 1374
Bliss 251 Adams 883 Arlington 1410
Ft Vnllfliy 283 Lflfistmrg 950 Bancroft 1478
Masseys Lane 335 Century 990 Peru 1502
Marshallville 359 Forrester 1008 Blakely 1541
Winchester 386 Newsom 1021 Hilton 1644
Barron s Lane 431 Albany 1055 State Lime near
Montezuma 484 Columbia Ala 1664
MACON TO COLUMBUS
Macon 00 Nakomis 357 Paschal 645
Wise 37 BflPchwood 393 Geneva 700
Rutland 64 Reynolds 416 Juniper 736
Walden 91 Bonita 451 Box Springs 771
Echpcormpe 117 Pebble 469 Hpatoi 821
Byron 167 Butler 500 Ordway 867
Powersville 208 Tangent 544 Schatulga 906
Ohio 230 Howard 592 Muscogee Junction 973
Bliss 251 Junction City 639 Columbus 996
Ft Valley 283
FORT VALLEY TO PERRY
Ft Valley 00 Woods 45 Botan 84
Feagan 27 Myrtle 60 Hopedale 92
Diiprpe 73 Perry 124

AMERICUS TO COLUMBUS
Americus 00 Buena Vista 283 Halloca 477
Nacora 66 Elm View 316 Ochillee 526
LaCrosse 86 Kinchefoonee 344 Sand Hill 563
Provo 102 Zellobee 364 Bellefont 576
Ellaville 141 Grlen Alta 384 Esquiline 584
Walls Crossing 183 Ida Vesper 419 Muscogee Junction 614
Putnam 439 Columbus 638
Doyle 237
337
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAYContinued
CUTHBERT TO FORT GAINES
Cuthbert 00 Shanty No 28 77 Pecan 166
Cuthbert Junction 19 Coleman 100 Killen 200
Coles 39 Jones 155 Ft Gaines 215
SMITHVILLE TO GEORGETOWN
Smithville 00 Pachitla 282 Hatcher 501
Edwards 30 Cutbert 348 Wire Bridge 544
Bronwood 82 Cuthbert Junction 367 Georgetown 579
Dawson 142 Springvale 420 State Line near
Graves Shellman 182 Morris 244 454 Eufaula Ala 591
MACON TO ATHENS
Macon 00 Round Oak 280 Madison 726
Mogul 45 Hillsboro 338 Apalachee 819
Sand Pit 67 Adgateville 376 Farmington 889
Van Buren 72 Minneta 425 Bi sh op 920
Morton 156 Monticello 453 Watkinsville 957
Gray 177 Machen 532 Sidney 978
Bradley 209 Shady Dale 540 Whitehall 1008
Wayside 245 Godfrey 610 Athens 1052
Aqua 662
GORDON TO PORTERDALE
Gordon 00 Meda 343 Broughton 645
Ivey 38 Eaton ton 379 Newborn 670
Stevens Pottery 81 Willard 468 Mansfield 695
Carling 153 Apollo 511 Uayston 715
Milledgeville 526 Starrsville 752
Meriwether 247 Machen 558 Covington 807
Dennis 293 Kelly 598 Porterdale 863
Farrar 613
COLUMBUS TO RAYMOND
Columbus 00 Hamilton 241 Harris 451
Nankipooh 74 Tip Top 276 Greenville 495
Fortson 110 Chipley 328 Allie 549
Hines Crossing 130 Meriwether W S Primrose 585
Mobley 150 Springs 370 Luthersville 632
Cataula 162 Durand 400 Bevton f 671
Kingsboro 202 Raymond 729
BARNESVILLE TO THOMASTON
Bamesville 00 Middlebrooks 50 The Rock 85
Wilkinsons 30 Topeka Junction 65 Thomaston 165
16
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAYContinued
SAVANNAH TO TYBEE
PASSENGERClass EPour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTSee table below
BETWEEN SAVANNAH AND ANY STATION
Per 100 Lbs Per Bbl Per 100 Lbs Per Ton Per Cab Load Per 100 Lbs Per Ton 2000 T Kb
1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C D E P G H J K L M N o P R eg O 9 a 3 a
50 45 40 30 25 20 20 20 15 12 20 25 10 2000 2000 100C 75 85
Savannah 00 Estill
fSt Augustine 50 Fort Screven
McQueens 90 Point
Lazaretto 130 Post Office
140 Atlantic Club 168
157 Hotel Tybee 173
163 South End 177
163
CHARLESTON WESTERN CAROLINA RAILWAY
USUfa 00 Martinez 815 Sneads 1432
Bon Air 682 Evans 1196
EAST GEORGIA RAILWAY CO
Register oOO
New Hope 215
Dink 350
Adabelle 600
Undine 1123
Brookland 1350
Hagan 1750
Claxton 1909
Winburn 1868
Dean 2300
Jennie 2625
Moody 2700
Easterling 2825
Coe 3025
Birdford 3225
Glenville 3550
ELBERTON EASTERN RAILWAY
Elberton 000 Bell 1100 Malloryville
Cauthan 600 Rivers 1300 Tignall
Fortsonia 900 Norman 1600
1900
2200
FLINT RIVER NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD
Ticknor 000 Sale City
Smiths Siding 200 Akridge
Terrace 433 Laneys
Hays Siding 596 Hinsonton
810 Cotton
1042 Rogersville
1161 Spence Siding 1370 Pelham
FLOVILLA INDIAN SPRINGS RAILWAY
QQQ Indian Springs

GAINESVILLE MIDLAND RAILWAY
Gainesville 000 Pendergrass 1507 Clarksboro
Candler 681 Holders 1807 Attica
Klondike 814 Jefferson 2234 Oconee Heights
Belmont 933 Arcade 2564 Athens
Talmo 1221 Red Stone 2932
MONROE BRANCH
Belmont 000 Sells 1200
Thurmaek 350 Mulberry 1315 Campton
Braseltons VUU Winder 1728 Walker Park
Hoschton 839 Beddingfield 2192 Monroe
1635
1912
2100
2333
262
3085
3307
3704
4132
2192
2639
2919
3200
169
GAINESVILLE NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD
Gainesville
Clark
Autry Dewberry
Brookton
000 Clermont 1600 Asbestos
700 County Line 1800 Yonah
900 Camp Ground 1900 Nacoochee
1100 Meldean 2200 Helen
1400 Cleveland 2600 Robertstown
3000
3200
3400
3600
3700
GEORGIA RAILROAD
AUGUSTA TO ATLANTA
Augusta 000
Wheless 474
Custer 655
Belair 079
Grovetown 1504
Forrest J 1588
Berzelia 2064
Campania 2322
Harlem i 2454
Sawdust 2568
Dearing 2886
BoneSville 3249
Thomson 3733
Mesena 4299
Camak 4685
Norwood 5055
Wallace 5319
Barnett 5794
Crawfordville 6443
Robinson 7070
Union Point 7609
Greensboro 8320
Thurston 8552
Carey 8932
Swords 9163
Buckhead 9566
Madison 10330
Dorsey 10781
Rutledge 11221
Social Circle 11938
Alcovy 12462
Hazlebrand 12705
Covington 12994
Almon 13360
Conyers 14040
Lithonia 14682
Redan 15034
Stone Mountain 15532 Clarkston 16037
Scottdale 16246
Decatur 16476
Oakhurst Sdng 16605
Kirkwood 16673
Clifton 16730
Atlanta 17076
Lexington
Camak Warrenton
Norris
Mayfield Coleman Culverton Granite Hill
LEXINGTON BRANCH
0 00 Crawford
MACON DIVISIONCAMAK TO MACON
000 Sparta 2384 Browns
358 Glenford 2812 Haddocks
742 Devereux 3176 James
1271 Carrs 3577 Roberts
1734 Oconee Siding 4330 Centaur
1896 Milledgeville 4529 Mogul
2170 Statefarm 4788 Macon
376
5397 5825 6396 6860 7343 7393
7898
ATHENS DIVISIONUNION POINT TO ATHENS
Union Point 000 Stephens
Woodville 472 Hutchings
Bairdstown 679 Crawford
Maxeys 1248
1558 Arnoldsville 1888 Dunlap 2207 Winterville Athens
UNION POINT WHITE PLAINS RAILROAD
Union Point 000 Dolvins 446 Jarralls Crossing
White Plains Jet 159 Siloam 649 White Plains
2635
3030
3207
3906
1165
1356
WASHINGTON BRANCHBARNETT TO WASHINGTON
LOO Hillman 707 Little River 1151
Sharon 413 Ficklin 971 Washington 1744
MONROE BRANCH
Social Circle 00 Gresham 505 Monroe 1010
170
GEORGIA FLORIDA RAILWAY
AUGUSTA GA TO MADISON FLA
Augusta 00 Alston 1118 Willacooche 1770
KeysviUe 259 Uvalda 1154 Bannockburn 1816
Brushy Creek 294 Charlotteville 1174 Crenshaw 1848
St Clair 325 Brick Yard 1216 Weber 1874
Gough 367 Orieo 1220 Whites 1900
Yidette 407 Halls Spur 1233 Delta 1929
Rosier 449 Hazlehurst 1290 Nashville 1944
488 Roper 1340 Sneed 1966
Lawsons Crosing 512 Goldsmith 1365 Allenville 2001
Midville 563 Brooker 1388 Luckie 2030
Stevens Crossing 593 Denton 1411 Ray City 2039
Summertown 616 Ellis 1441 Barrett 2089
Blun 649 Lehigh 1451 Seaford 2123
Modoc 681 West Green 1489 Bemiss 2146
Swainsboro 724 Carelock 1524 Chapman 2176
Wesley 803 Huffer 1540 Valdosta 2224
Lombard 843 Broxton Junction 1584 Wisenbaker 2241
Leman 895 Douglas 1597 Dees 2279
Pendleton 920 Vickers 1650 Briggston 2303
Normantown 934 Bear Creek Clyattville 2327
Billvan 960 St Dia 1672 Olympia 2358
Vidalia 1008 Mora 1694 Smith Fla 2377
Petross 1067 0 Berry 1720 Madison Fla 2504
Sharps Spur 1093 Towanda 1752
MILLEN BRANCH
Pendleton 00 Stillmore 124 Thrift 337
Penhoopee 08 Wade 193 Butts 365
Oak Park 40 Graymont 227 Emmalane
Kenfield 82 Summitt 237 Millen 441
Garfield 294
BROXTON BRANCH
Douglas 00 Broxton 85 Sapps Still 154
Blystone 32 Cliatts 121 McLeans 173
Lotts 54 Pridgen 138 Dickeys Relee 183
MOULTRIESPARKS BRANCH
Nashville 00 Sparks 12L2 Ellenton 220
45 Whitehurst 145 Pineboro 270
Cheek 60 Noia 168 Normans 291
70 Riirnov Hill 180 Kingwood 320
Barnesdale 82 Bayboro 208 Moultrie 342
ADEL BRANCH
Sparks 00 Adel 22
GEORGIA COAST PIEDMONT RAILROAD v
Brunswick 000 Eulonia 3410 Alton 7300
950 Warsaw 3980 Glennville 7590
Broadfield 1320 Tibet 4780 Kicklighter 7770
Darien 1860 Goosepond 5140 Lynn 7910
2160 Brewer 5390 Mendes 8110
Inwood 2270 Ludowici 5690 Bradleys 8290
2530 Gill 6020 Tootle 8550
Hudson 2620 Wefanie 6210 Hughland 8710
q 1 nm q 2760 Roderick 6430 Reidsville 9158
Hill 2880 Donald 6680 Collins 9840
Crescent 2980 Beard Creek 7140
171
GEORGIA FLORIDA ALABAMA RAILWAY
Richland 000 Edison 7767 8234 8541
Dixons 477 Turman
Kimbrough 667 Arlington 5377 Ausmac
Barges 1137 Royrena 5790 Lynn 8714
Troutman 1283 124 Mile Post 5931 Whites Mill 8934
Gore 1590 122 Mile Post 6151 West Bainbridge 9224
Benevolence 1768 Damascus 6366 Bainbridge 9327
Wades 2014 Warrens Mill 6632 Bower 10115
Whites House 2314 Corea 6844 Attapulgus 10553
Cuthbert 2749 Colquitt 7249 Laingkat 10766
Randolph Carnegie 3551 3742 Nicholasville 7607 Florida State Line Tallahassee 10996 13363
Boston
Spengler 4y2 Mile Post Oaklawn 7 Mile Post Barwiek
Hollis
Pavo
Shelly
Ione
GEORGIA NORTHERN RAILWAY
000 Autreyville 207 Bridgeboro 487
302 22Mile Post 223 McPhaul 503
48 Mauzy 237 Gantt 517
57 Moultrie 288 Underwood 53 8
73 Blasingame 335 Nelms 560
906 Schley 338 Ramsey 570
1008 Sigsbee 372 Pecan City 593
1303 Doerun 417 Strom 616
159 Ticknor 432 Shackelford 635
179 Pritchett 459 Albany 678
GEORGIA SOUTHERN FLORIDA RAILWAY
Macon 000
Macon Yard 127
Sofkee 786
Avondale 1061
Elberta 1300
Wellston 1598
Bonaire 2129
Kathleen 2484
Tivola 2898
Grovania 3491
Elko 3839
TJnadilla 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
LaCont 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 Fla 23903
Crawford 24412
Keens 24700
Plummer 25039
Kingsgrove 25425
Hoyt 25663
Grand Crossing 25817 Jacksonville Fla 26178
Melrose 16720
Palatka Fla 28600
172
GEORGIA SOUTHWESTERN GULF RAILROAD
Cordele 000 Warwick 1282 Chehaw 2437
Milldale 638 Oakfield 1753 Beloit 2753
Raines 761 Starr Farm 1928 Stocks 2884
Marshall 976 Philema 2071 Albany 3573
GREENE COUNTY RAILROAD
Apalachee 000 Embee 1000 Pannel 1685
Bostwick 615 Good Hope 1280 Monroe 1969
HARTWELL RAILWAY
Bowersville 000 Air Line 400 Hartwell 1010
HAWKINSVILLE FLORIDA SOUTHERN RAILWAY
Hawkinsville 000 Felder 3354 Gorday 6791
Tippetts 336 Amboy 3639 Alfords 7041
Wallace 698 Worth 4233 Parkersville 7240
Millerville 900 Ashburn 4563 Livingston 7390
1185 4878 Bridgeboro 7625
Pineview 1300 Hobby 5101 Lester 8127
Pope City 1788 Coverdale 5280 Ragan 8353
McCall 2288 Terrell 5469 Greenough 8614
Pitts 2500 5824 Duffee T 8900
Bush 2886 Sylvester 6327 Adelaide 9130
Double Run 3116 Camilla 9561
HAWKINSVILLE WESTERN RAILROAD
Hawkinsville 000 Browndale 800 Duncan
Coates 500 Garnett 1100 Perry
Grovania 1400
1800
2300
LAWRENCEVILLE BRANCH RAILROAD
Lawrenceville 000 Huff 500 Suwanee 961
LOUISVILLE NASHVILLE RAILROAD
BETWEEN MARIETTA AND KNOXVILLE
Marietta 000 Bannister 3303 Ellijay 6711
Elizabeth 195 Ball Ground 3524 Northcutt 7099
Oakhurst 373 Nelson 3873 White Path 7276
729 Tate 4148 Cherry Log 7530
Woodstock 1208 Jasper 4643 Lucius 7691
Toonigh 1587 Westbrook 4872 Blue Ridge 8245
Holly Springs 1803 Talking Rock 5279 Curtis 8791
TJniveter 2005 Cams Mill 5477 Kyle 9229
2365 Whitestone 5708 Etowah Tenn 14354
Keithsburg 2905 Talona 5994 Knoxville Tenn 20364
Gober 3253 Tioga 6116
LOUISVILLE NASHVILLE RAILROADContinued
ATLANTA TO KNOXVILLE VIA CARTERSVILLE
Atlanta 000 Fairmount 6807 Eton 9632
Cartersville 4764 Ranger 7259 Crandall 9941
Junta 4898 Oakman 7714 Fairy 10297
W Mte 5678 Coniston 8249 Cisco 10539
Rydal 6064 Ramhurst 8692 Etowah Tenn 13650
Bolivar 6371 Chatsworth 9228 Knoxville Tenn 19660
MURPHY BRANCH
Blue Ridge 000 Sweet Gum 1158 Murphy N C 2527
Mineral Bluff 469
Wadley Moxlev LOUISVILLE WADLEY RAILROAD 000 Aldreds 670 Louisville 47 1000
MACON BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY
Sofkee 000 Dyas 2454 Woodbury 67 191
Tinley 215 Culloden 3092 Snelson 7217
Skipper ton 380 Yatesville 3552 Harris 75 37
Hardy 752 Upson 4165 Odessadale 8272
Lizella 1270 Blacks 86 92
Montpelier 1744 Thomaston 4892 Robertson 9149
Moran 2018 Crest 5748 LaGrange 9687
Thunder 6175
MACON DUBLIN SAVANNAH RAILROAD
Macon 000 Gallemore 2756 Catlin 59 08
Swift Creek 504 Danville 3121 Minter 6306
Camp Wheeler 78 Allentown 3295 Rockledge 6804
Dry Branch 935 Montrose 3754 Orland 69 76
Winthrop 1070 Haskins 3990 Soperton 76 20
Pikes Peak 1244 Dudley 4244 Tarrytown 8079
Fitzpatrick 1550 Shewmake 4527 Kibbee 84 00
Ripley 1721 Moores 86 14
Jeffersonville 2285 Dublin 5350 Vidalia 9226
MIDLAND RAILWAY
Savannah 000 Wilkins 3108 Bland 5792
800 Foy Island 3218 Portal 6092
3573 Aaron 6592
Clifford 1631 Leeland 3894 Miley 6992
1794 Mill Creek 4276 Garfield 7392
Willbam 2044 Statesboro 4892 Canooehee 7892
Pineora 2235 Colfax 5392 Matlee 8392
Sheffield 2587 Stevens Crossing 8792
MILLTOWN AIR LINE RAILWAY
Naylor 000 Oldlot 500 Darsey 700
Carters 400 Milltown 1000
174
MILSTEAD RAILWAY
29
Conyers 00 Milstead
OCILLA PINEBLOOM VALDOSTA RAILROAD
Gaskins Farm 1200 Grays Mill 2100
liiaays Mobleys Spur Slaters Siding Lax Gaskins Still 300 Metts Siding 1400 Leliaton 200 V 400 Lowthers Still I Spring Head 300 783 Willacoochee 1800 Shaws Still 2700 1087 Pinebloom 1900
Nashville Fred Griner Ashwood Auvil Alapaha Lucy Lake Barrineau Gladys Mixon OCILLA SOUTHERN RAILROAD NASHVILLE TO PERRY 0 00 Melvin 2540 Rochelle 6225 360 Ocilla 2856 Laeey 6568 4 60 Frank 3240 Pope City 6949 5 02 Torminev 3540 Hawkinsville 8737 928 Fitiigerald 3382 Coates 9237 12 80 Irwin 4470 Browndale 9537 16 50 Abba 4766 Garnett 9837 18 20 Van 5068 Grovania 10137 19 65 Salem 5270 Duncan 10537 2356 Talmadge 5472 Ferry 11037 Owensboro 5666
Cairo Gradyville PELHAM HAVANA RAILROAD 000 Cranford 63 Maxwell 125 32 Booth 82 Calvary 153 Reno 105
Borne West Borne Yard Gammon Brayton ROME NORTHERN RAILROAD 000 Armuebee 931 Storys Mill 1474 132 Thomas 1076 Shackleton 1702 433 Crystal Springs 1334 Gore 1877 675 Farley 1990
Sandersville SANDERSVILLE RAILROAD 0 00 Tennille 390
SAVANNAH HINESVILLE WESTERN RAILROAD
Hinesville 000Flemington 200 McIntosh 525
Martins 300
SAVANNAH ATLANTA
Savannah
Central Junction Central Transfer
Pipe Maker
Newtonville
Port Wentworth
Gadleys
Keller
Coldbrook
Jerrills
Blandford
Rahns
Dashers
Springfield
Bethel
Lorenzo
Shawnee
000 Ardmore
314 Kildare
380 Leola
524 Newington
761 Eureka Springs
Sheppards
896 Hunters
1069 White Hill
1464 Kitson
1607 Waters
1769 Syl vania
2036 Lewis
2177 Bascom
2436 Hilltonio
2855 Mill Haven Jet
3067 Millhaven
3389 Murray Hill
Sardis
RAILWAY
3573 Bargeron
3872 Bill Davis
4118 Alexander
4341 Old Church
4495 Waynesboro
4735 Elmore
4886 LeRoy
5095 St Clair
5364 Atwell
5505 Zebina
5751 Wrens
6215 Stapleton
6487 David
6792 Bastonville
7110 Reese
7150 Warrenton
7543 Georgia Junction
7796 Camak
8127
8206
8542
8953
9618
10043
10443
10844 11248 11673 12015 12427 12792 13157 13565 14130 14237 14470
Lanier Norden Buia Hayman
Letford
Cuyler Blichton Eldora Olney Ivanhoe
SAVANNAH SOUTHERN RAILWAY
00 Letford
22 Strumbay
43 Willie 68 Duke
93 Strain 221
122 Lida 226
148 176 Titi 250
00
LETFORD TO SPIERS
Spiers
SAVANNAH STATESBORO RAILWAY
000 Hubert 418 Stilson
653 Areola
853 Truckers 1059
1238 Brooklet 1615 Grimshaw 1940 Pretoria 2100 Statesboro
37
2400
2640
2834
3260
SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY
GEORGIA AND ALABAMA
Savannah 000
Williams 970
Watley 1200
Ottawa 1250
Meldrim 1730
Cuyler 1983
Arden 2178
Ellabelle 2394
Lanier 2680
Norden 2894
Pembroke 3200
Reka 3527
Groveland 3923
Palaky 4140
Daisy 447i
Claxton 4884
Hagan 5064
Bellville 53O6
Manassas 5578
Collins 6L15
Danton 6345
Ohoopee 6830
LJons 7464
Stacers 7564
Vidalia 7984
Higgston 8354
McGreggor 8734
Ailey 8984
Mt Yernon 9164
Oehwalkee 9464
Glenwood 9644
Stuckey 10074
Alamo Erick 10354 107 24
McRae
Helena 113 64
Aults 118 60
Milan 193 Q4
Calvin Rhine Copeland Abbeville Kramer Rochelle Pitts 12860 13264 13500 13904 14430 14824 153 34
Seville Listonia Penia 15714 16060 16314
176
SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAYContinued
GEORGIA AND ALABAMAContinued
Cordele 16814 Huntington 19124 Richland 22704
Coney 17424 Gatewood 19520 Randalls 23100
Daphne 17660 Americus 19864 Lumpkin 23584
Flintside 17860 New Point 20330 Louvale 24334
Cobb 18054 Salters 20760 Union 24754
DeSoto 18524 Plains 20894 Omaha 25454
Leslie 18654 Wise 21430 Montgomery Ala 33760
Parkers 18860 Preston 21894
SAVANNAH TO SOUTH CAROLINA STATE LINE
Savannah 000 Rincon 1910 Cl vn 32 50
Meinhard 1110 Stillwell 2490 Columbia S C 14170
Exley 1580 Berrys 2980
COLUMBUS TO ALBANY
Columbus 000 Brooklyn 3230 Dawson 6550
Esquiline 520 Alstons 3700 Mercer 6770
Masseys 800 Richland 3900 Sasser 7250
Ochillee 1100 Saville 4400 Stevens 7500
Hurley 1350 Kimbroughs 4500 Armenia 7700
Durkins 1600 Weston 4810 Saline 7800
Cusseta 1850 Leveretts 5180 Palmvra 8250
Manta 2250 Chambliss 5410 Vasons 8400
Renfroe 2800 Parrott 5640 AThariy 8800
Yoemans 6150
ABBEVILLE TO OCILLA
Abbeville 000 Forest Glen 930 Fitzgerald 2180
Cortez 410 Bowens Mill 1240 Whitley 2680
Browning 570 Queenland 1580 Ocilla 3080
Lula ville 1760
ATLANTA TO CALHOUN FALLS S C
Atlanta 2860 Hull 7920
Howells 300 Lawrenceville 3450 Colbert 8410
Deerland 560 Dacula 4050 Comer 8960
Armour 670 Auburn 4510 Berkeley 9520
Mina 710 Carl 4620 Deadwylers 9820
Wallace Mill 910 Winder 5160 Oglesby 9970
Emory 1000 Russels 5290 Ethridge 10290
Belt Junction 1110 New Timothy 5620 Elberton 10730
North Decatur 1120 Statham 5950 Middleton 11310
Montreal 1530 Bogart 6350 Pearl 11620
Tucker 1800 Cleveland 6720 Heardmont 11750
Lilburn 2360 MeLeroy 6880 Calhoun Falls S C 12410
Luxomni 2520 Athens 7290
ATLANTA TO BIRMINGHAM
Atlanta 000 Dallas 3045 Grady 5352
Howells 300 Alexander 3350 Cedartown 5945
Fdna 826 Hanlin 3653 Akes 6419
Rice 1251 Divide 4082 Esom 6890
Floyd 1441 Rockmart 4664 Birmingham Ala
Powder Springs 2012 Fish 5177 18th St 16598
Hiram 2484
177
SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAYContinued
ROCKMART TO CARTERS VILLE
Rockmart 000 Taylorsville 899 Browns 1683
Aragon 403 McGinnis 1127 Ladds 1944
Portland 480 Stilesboro 1353 CartersviUe 2282
Deatons 672 Shelman 1587
LOGANSVILLE LAWRENCEVILLE BRANCH
Lawrenceville 530 Logansville 1033
SAVANNAH TO FLORIDA STATE LINE
Savannah 000 Brickstone 3990 Hayner 7470
Anderson 910 Warsaw 4190 Gleneoe 7690
Burroughs 1100 Townsend 4580 Waverly 7980
Ways 1520 Cox 5220 White Oak 8360
Belfast 2020 Altamaha 5370 Woodbine 8810
Limeriek 2380 Everett 5850 Colesburg 9120
Dorchester 2690 Ford 6370 Seals 9490
Riceboro 3150 Thalman 6590 Kingsland 9990
Jones 3880 Bladen 6940 Jacksonville Fla 13720
Leeland SHEARWOOD 000 Alderman RAILWAY 800 Nevils 1500
Moores Siding 300 Watersville 900 Overbrook 1900
Brooklet 500 Davis 1100 Edna 2100
Cromleys 600 Denmark 2200
Harville 1400 Claxton 2700
SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY
ATLANTA TO CHATTANOOGA
Atlanta 00
Peyton 71
Chattahoochee 79
Oakdale 93
Nickajack 123
Mableton 151
Austell 183
Powder Springs 231
Hiram 282
Dallas 342
McPherson 398
Braswell 448
Beattys Switch 472 Rockmart 512
Aragon 545
Long 551
Ravenel 563
Seney 591
Byrd 608
Brice 623
Chambers 668
Silver Creek 676
Lindale 690
Atlanta Junction 708
Rome 731
Forrestville 748
Berwin 779
Bauxite 793
Atlanta 00
Peyton 71
Chattahoochee 79
Oakdale 93
Nickajack 123
Mableton 151
Austell 183
ATLANTA TO BIRMINGHAM Lithia Springs 208
Douglasville 268
Winston 320
Villa Rica 381
Temple 443
Shannon 819
Pinson 834
Plainville 867
Reeves 909
Oostanaula 924
Sugar Valey 977
Hill City 1005
Carbondale 1039
Phelps 1079
Dalton 1129
Waring 1181
Varnell 1221
Cohutta 1263
Chattanooga 1530
d Arlington Vineyard 504
Bremen 53L
Waco 560
West 603
Tallapoosa Hoopers Tank 636
678
Birmingham 1673
178
SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANYContinued
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 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 Sage s 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 Shiloh 338 Jolly 671
Gentian 59 Pinedale 369 Reidsboro 684
Col Quarry Track 96 Nebula 376 Williamson 718
Flat Rock 103 Strannahan Spur 387 Rover 742
Midland 137 Warm Springs 420 Central Coal Spur 753
Ellerslie 182 Raleigh 462 Griffin 794
Ossahatchie 199 Woodbury 510 Towalaga 874
Byrds Spur 207 Molena 564 Luella 910
Waverlv Hall 235 Neal 591 Greenwood 944
Oak Mountain 280 Concord 635 McDonough 979
ATLANTA TO SOUTH CAROLINA LINE
Atlanta 00 Flowery Branch 438 Alto 738
Armour 59 Oakwood 475 Kitchens Siding 754
Crosskeys 107 Gainesville 532 Baldwin 765
Chamblee 134 New Holland 551 Cornelia 779
Doraville 147 White Sulphur 591 Mt Airy 798
Norcross 194 Lula 656 Ayersville 866
Pittman 226 Bellton 666 Currahee 901
Duluth 258 Yonah 699 Toccoa 931
Suwanee 307 Sanatorium 722 Deercourt 984
Buford 371
ATLANTA TO BRUNSWICK
Atlanta 00 Locust Grove 352 Virgin 822
PnsftlnTifl 28 Jenkinsburg 401 Macon 872
Constitution 59 Jackson 455 Reids 968
Henrico 77 Flovilla 505 Phillips 983
Conley 94 Cork 538 Bullard 1035
Till fin 126 Berner 595 Adams Park 1075
Rev 144 Juliette 640 Ettrick 1095
Stockbridge 185 Macon Stone Westlake 1136
Mahers Quarry 200 Supply Co Track 68J2 Ainslie 1161
Tunis 223 Dames Ferry 716 Newberry 1183
240 Popes Ferry 740 McGriff 1202
McDonough 280 Holton 789 Coley 1222
179
SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANYContinued
ATLANTA TP BRUNSWICKContinued
Cochran 1262 Lumber City 1816 Whaleys 2375
Empire 1319 Ocmulgee 1829 Odessa 2397
Dubois 1349 Hazlehurst 1889 Gardi 2414
Gresston 1365 Johnsonville 1940 Bennetts Still 2424
Eastman 1448 Graham 1952 Pendarvis 2446
Godwinsville 1499 Pine Grove 1985 Grangerville 2470
Chauncey 1546 Prentiss 2016 Mount Pleasant 2516
Suomi 1559 Baxley 2048 Everett 2553
Achord 1602 Wheaton 2087 Belle Yista 2578
Helena 1634 Surrency 2143 Hunters Spur 2600
McRae 1648 Brentwood 2192 Zuta 2613
Scotland 1698 Odum 2252 Walburg 2631
Towns 1748 Burnett 2263 Sterling 2654
Wilcox 1795 Nesbit 2301 Gignlatt 2686
Lowery 1803 Jesup 2348 Brunswick 2745
TOCCOAELBERTON
Toccoa 00 Lavonia 185 Harper 409
Hayes Crossing 47 Bowersville 240 Hard Cash 421
Rastanollee 72 Cannon 264 Dewey Rose 439
Avalon 111 Royston 308 Goss 464
Martin 121 Vanna 352 Elberton 506
Bowman 383
ATHENS BRANCH
Athens 00 Commerce 184 Mays ville 258
Center 73 Wilsons Church 209 Gilsville 317
Nicholson 115 Lula 390
CLEVELAND AND COHUTTA BRANCH
Cleveland Tenn 00 Marble Switch 87 Red Clay 127
Blue Springs 58 Weatherly 109 Collutta 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
Fairbanks 33 Oreburg 104 Gadsden Ala 560
Huffaker 61 Coosa 132 Attalla Ala 613
Mt Hope 160
BETWEEN ROME AND SELMA
Rome 00 Vans Valley 131 Prior 220
Six Mile 53 Cave Spring 151 Etna 230
Cunningham 86 Hematite 195 Fearing 237
Yancey 106 Oremont 204 Selma Ala 1955
180
SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANYContinued
VILLA RICA BRANCH
Villa Rica 00 V C C Co s Mines 29
SOUTH GEORGIA RAILWAY
Adel 000 Kennedy 1800 Quitman 2750
Pine Valley 440 Studstili 1980 Roundtree 3150
Greggs 630 Spain 2180 Baden 3220
Barney 1080 Fodie 2208 Empress 3540
fMarchman 1400 Shiver 2400 Shore 3620
Mopren 1570 Ileo 2690 Florida State Line 3740
Edmondson 1720
Statenville STATENVILLE RAILWAY 000 Mercer 500 Christian 900
Bohannon 400 Touchton 700 Haylow 1400
SYLVANIA Svlvania 00 CENTRAL RAILWAY ZeiVler 55 COMPANY 98
Waters 17 Wnndeliff 78 Rofikv Ford 145

TALBOTTON RAILROAD
Talbotton 000 Pasohal 663
TALLULAH FALLS RAILWAY
Cornelia 000 Tallulah Park 1850 Bethel 327
Demorest 438 Tallulah Lodge 1977 Clayton 3471
Habersham 602 Tallulah Falls 2090 Mountain City 3775
Clarksville 731 Joy 2529 York Siding 3972
Hills 888 Lakemont 2631 Rabun Gap 4054
Ann an dale 1074 Wiley 2785 Dillard 4159
Hollywood 1298 Bovard 2980 Franklin N C 5720
Turnerville 1605 Tiger 3137
TENNESSEE ALABAMA GEORGIA RAILROAD
Chattanooga 000 High Point 1417 Hillsdale 2810
168 Kendriek 1543 Scruggs 2864
Sou Extension Yds 263 Maliicoat L 1700 Broneo 3153
Alton Park 349 Cooper Heights 1828 Sharpe 3316
St Elmo L 543 Cassandra 2005 McConnellsville 3495
Woodburn Ga 634 Kensington 2188 Hawkins 3575
784 Archer 2297 Harrisburg 3724
Flintstone 844 Estelle 2416 Teloga 3964
Moonsboro L 923 Owl Hollow 2488 Merritt 4162
Eagle Cliff 986 Shinbone 2660 Chelsea 4273
1109 Marsh 2726 Menlo 4622
Costello 1273 Horine 2780 Coe Junction Ala 4867
Ironeo 1326
L Less carload freight can only be hahdled
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VALDOSTA MOULTRIE WESTERN RAILROAD
Valdosta Q00 Masons
Troupville 620 Morven
Cates 870 Scruggs
Golden 1160 Joyce
Tillman 1270 Simpson
Berlin
1500 Troy 8040
1730 Weldon 3330
2200 Evelyn 3570
2350 Georgia Nor Jctn 4000
2500 Moultrie 4180
2850
WADLEY SOUTHERN RAILWAY
WADLEY TO COLLINS
Wadley 000 Swainsboro 1980 Aline 3970
Greenway 455 Gary 2330 Corsica t065
Blundale 832 McLeod 2650 Cobbtown 4550
Dellwood 1417 29 Mile Post 2900 Jarrells 4950
Stillmore 3308 Collins 5300
Wadley 000
Pinetucky 600
Ennis 1051
Tom 1278
WADLEY TO ROCKLEDGE
Kite 1476
Hodo 1700
Meeks 2053
Odomville 2470
Adrian 2738
Rixville 2920
Orianna 3300
Rockledge 3685
WASHINGTON LINCOLNTON RAILROAD
Washington Logan Quiney 000 Florence 270 Metasville 537 Lovelace 715 Langston 1053 Lineolnton 1300 1572 1960
WAYCROSS SOUTHERN RAILROAD
Hebardville Waycross Grundy 000 Lavinia 200 Fredel 500 Atwood Olive 800 Moneta 1000 Walker 1200 Hopkins 1500 1700 1800 2000
WAYCROSS WESTERN RAILROAD
Waycross 000 Kineva i 6 00 1600 Dickerson 1800 Duvton 2900 3100
Durango Pine Valley India 2100 Sirmans 3775
1000 Sandy Bottom 1300 Mexico 2300 New Grade 2500 Milltown 4120 4450
Harley 2700
Atlanta
Simpson Street Howells
Bolton
Gilmore
Viniigs
Smyrna
Marietta
lizabeth i
WESTERN ATLANTIC RAILROAD
000 Noonday 095 Kennesaw 299 Lena 688 Acworth 949 Hugo 1113 Allatoona 1498 Bartow 2043 Emerson 2178 Etowab
2615 Cartersville 4759
2864 Tunta 4811
3202 Rogers 5089
3459 Cass 5237
3903 Bests 5534
4007 Kingston 5867
4820 Cement 6055
4301 Halls 6363
4596 Adairsville 6850
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WESTERN ATLANTIC RAILROAD
McDaniels 7471 Rocky Face 10390 Chickamauga Tenn
Calhoun 7805 Tunnell Hill 10682 12602
Resaca 839 Catoosa 11301 Boyce 13202
Tilton 9030 Ringgold 11452 Chattanooga 13681
Dalton 9900 Graysville 12028
ROME BRANCH n nn Fvfs 705 Brick Yard 1539
1115 Rome 1800
Freeman 1238
WRIGHTSVILLE TENNILLE RAILROAD
Tennille Lindseys Peacocks
Harrison Donovan
Wrightsville Idylwild Meadows Lovett
000 382 582 945 1331 2551 Dexter 4826
Brewton 2786 Alcorns 3233 Chester 5188 5457
Dublin 3627 Yonkers 5875
Southwestem June Roddy 6110
1654 tion 3840 Empire 6418
1932 Harlow 4165 Baileys Park 6775
2149 Vincent 4363 Sparrows Spur 6996
2378 Springhaven 4620 Hawkinsville 7506
Dublin
Southwestern Junction
Cheeks Still
Tingle
SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION
000 Mayberry Rentz 850 1055 Petway Plainfield 1879 2057
000 Cadwell 1493 Southerland 2334
333 517 Batson 1751 Eastman 2854

Rules and Orders of Commission
RELATING TO
TARIFFS and CLASSIFICATIONS
GOVERNING
EXPRESS COMPANIES
Rates of Commission are maximum rates
Duty to accept and transport shipments
Routing
shipments
Tariffs changes in Dosting 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 bis name and address on all packages of firstclass matter and in the event of his declination so to do charges must be prepaid
A receipt of the form prescribed by the Commission must be given for all matter received Shippers must be requested to state nature of the shipment and declare the value thereof which value when given must be inserted in the receipt and marked on the package In the event shipper declines to declare the value the express company is to stamp or write in ink on the receipt Value asked but not given or words to that effect
RULE NO 3
Whenever a shipper tenders to any express company a shipment for transportation between points within this State and gives such company routing instructions it shall be the duty of said express company to receive such shipments and forward according to instructions given provided there is such an established route and transfer points operated in connection therewith
RULE NO 4
Each express company shall keep conspicuously posted at all of its stations offices and agencies in Georgia a copy of all publications showing the classification rates and rules fixed for express companies with such explanations as are necessary for a full understanding of the same When any change is made in such publication of rates rules or classifications either by such company voluntarily or pursuant to an order of the Commission such compahy 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 9be made without the consent of the Commission first being obtained rioi 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 local
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address must be charged for on the aggregate weight as if in one package provided however that when such shipments average less than 10 pounds per package charges shall 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 gross weight of each shipment at the time it is received for transportation
When the volume of traffic is so large as to make it impossible to weigh each separate package without delaying the forwarding estimated weights may be used for shipments of articles of food provided they closely approximate the actual weight such estimated weights will be arrived at by weighing a number of packages of the same size and containing the same commodity the average weight to be adopted as the estimated weight
RULE NO 7
The rates governed by this Classification are based upon a value of not exceeding 5000 on each shipment of 100 lbs or less and not exceeding 50 cents per pound actual weight on each shipment weighing more than 100 lbs and the liability of the express company is limited to the value above stated unless a greater value is declared at time of shipment and the declared value in excess of the value above specified is paid for or agreed to be paid for under the schedule of charges for excess value
When the value declared by the shipper exceeds the value of 5000 on a shipment weighing 100 lbs or less or exceeds 50 cents per pound on a shipment weighing more than 100 lbs the charge therfor will be at the rate of 10 cents on each 10000 of such excess value or for any fraction of 10000 The amount of any C O D bill for collection from a consignee shall be considered a declaration of the value of the shipment unless a greater value is declared
These rates apply only to shipments of merchandise jewelry and valuable papers
RULE NO 8
In the event of nondelivery of a shipment arising out of loss or destruction of a shipment the express company shall immediately give written notice thereof to both consignee if known and the consignor if known In the event of nondelivery of a shipment by reason of consignees refusal to accept it written notice thereof must immediately be given to the consignor at destination jiffi
Weights
Valuation
charges
Duty to notify shippers and consignees of delivery or nondelivery
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Prompt return of 0 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 be paid or satisfactorily disposed of within 30 days after claim supported by proper papers is made therefor
Closing Express offices RULE NO 12 No express office where express business is done in this State shall be discontinued or abolished without first obtaining the consent of the Commission upon application duly filed by said company wherein shall be stated the reasons therefor
Free relivery limits RULE NO 13 It shall be the duty of express companies to have published a free delivery limit directory which shall show in alphabetical order all cities or towns in this State at which they do business the name of each office to be followed with a statement as to whether a Free Delivery Service is maintained at said office or not Where a free delivery service is maintained 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
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At each point where delivery is made by localexpress 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 he subject to the additional charge of such local express companies The charge for this service is usuallycents per package hut 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 provided that it shall not be necessary to give such notice unless the carrier is directed by the shipper so to do in writing or printing attached to the package
This shall not apply where there is no commercial telegraph office open for business at either initial or destination point at the expiration of the time fixed herein
Should the carrier sell such shipments on the order of the shipper in any manner not pointed out by law it shall be entitled to a commission for such services of ten per cent of the amount realized
The carrier shall not await answer to its said telegram to the shipper longer than two hours after which time it shall act in reference to said shipments in accordance with its duty under the law
Should the said shipment perish or become damaged because of the carriers observance of the requirements of this order it shall not be liable in damages therefor if not otherwise at fault
The carrier shall reice such shipments only when directed to do so by the shipper and when it is practicable so to do and when shipments are reiced same shall be done at actual cost and at the expence 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 nondeliverv of fresh fish shipments
ISO
GEORGIA EXPRESS RATES
The Railroad Commission of Georgia has within the past three years revised or remodeled its entire structure of express rates rules regulations and classification applicable to Georgia intrastate traffic and as information to the ship ping 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 imcomplete 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 piace 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 than one
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railroad additional charges shall be allowed Under 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 he 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 represnts 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 that 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 average 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
In Re Revision of Express Rates in Georgia
Atlanta June 9 1914
File No 9462
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 traflic and
Whereas at said hearing the express companies represented to the Commission that they were willing to establish on Georgia intrastate express business the same rules practices and rates with certain modifications as to subblock rates as has been prescribed by the Interstate Commerce Commission to apply on interstate traffic and
Whereas the Railroad Commission of Georgia having closely followed and studied the result of the Interstate Commerce Commissions investigation and order which said order makes material departures from the old method of constructing and stating express rates and
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Whereas various State Commissions have adopted the plan and method ordered into effect by the Interstate Commerce Commission on interstate traffic and
Whereas uniformity is much to 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
Hates of Commission are Maximum Bates
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 hny 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 followed with
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a statement as to whether a Free Delivery Service is maintaind 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
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
Ail 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 he Refused
No express company subject to the jurisdiction of this Commission shall accept for transportation or transport between points in this state shipments of explosives inflammable articles and acids except in accordance with the terms prescribed by the rules and regulations of the Interstate Commerce Commission governing the transportation of such articles
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Closing Express Offices
No express office where express business is done in this state shall be discontinued or abolished without first obtaining the consent of the Commission upon application duly filed by said company wherein shall be stated the reasons therefor
Express Companies required to give notice of nondelivery of Fresh Fish
Shipments
All express companies operating in this state and which hold themselves out as carriers of fresh fish shall give notice to the consignor of the failure or refusal of the consignee to receive such shipments when the same have remained on hand four hours during daylight after arriving at point of destination said notice to be given by filing a telegram to that effect with a telegraph company doing a commercial telegraph business between points of origin and destination provided that it shall not be necessary to give such notice unless the carrier is directed by the shipper so to do in writing or printing attached to the package
This shall not apply where there is no commercial telegraph office open for business at either initial or destination point at the expiration of the time fixed herein
Should the carrier sell such shipments on the order of the shipper in any manner not pointed out by law it shall be entitled to a commission for such services of ten per cent of the amount realized
The carrier shall not await answer to its said telegram to the shipper longer than two hours after which time it shall act in reference to said shipments in accordance with its duty under the law
Should the said shipment perish or become damaged because of the carriers observance of the requirements of this order it shall not be liable in damages therefor if not otherwise at fault
The carrier shall reice such shipments only when directed to do so by the shipper and when it is practicable so to do and when shipments are reiced same shall be done at actual cost and at the expense of the shipper
The shipper shall pay the going and return charges on shipments which are returned under this order together with the telegraph tolls
Ordered further That all express companies operating in this state make effective the Interstate Commerce Commissions scale of first and secondclass express rates with modifications of the Interstate Commerce Commission block into sixteen 16 subblocks with rates on firstclass in each subblock to be not in excess of 50 cents per hundred pounds and other modifications in rates as contemplated in the modified subblock plan submitted by the express companies and hereby approved by the Railroad Commission of Georgia with the following exceptions as to commodities
Milk The present rules and rates applicable on milk shipments in cans to be continued
MW
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

Note Fish The Commission from its investigation into the proposed fish rates and from the evidence submitted at the hearing is not satisfied that the rates herein established on fish are exactly fair to both the shipper and the express companies or that the same are too high or too low but in order to determine specifically and correctly as to this particular item hereby orders the Southern Express Company to keep separate and apart from its other transactions in accounting for a period of one year such data as will enable the Commission to make such further changes as might be necessary at that time provided the information furnished indicates that some further change is necessary The information desired furnished by the Express Company is the number of shipments the number of packages the amount of revenue received the amount paid transportation companies for haulage privileges the number and amount of claims filed the number and amount of claims paid and such other detailed data as will enable the Commission to determine what the expenses of other operations are in connection with the movement of this particular 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 arid regulations in conflict with the above shall be and the same are hereby repealed
By order of the Commission
Campbell Wallace C M Candler
Secretary Chairman
Express Rates on these commodities to be constructed on basis of sixty 60 Per cent of the FirstClass Express Rates
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 of Georgia adopted an order in reference to a revision of express rates on traffic moving within the State of Georgia in which it was among other things ordered as follows towit
Ordered further That all express companies operating in this State be and they are hereby notified authorized and required to make the above rates rules classification etc effective August 1 1914 and no advance in rates exchange 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 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 m 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 filea 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 sam it is now
Ordered That the said tariffs filed by the Southern Express Company decreed 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 311914 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 t e compilers as to some of the bases for constructing express rates under the original orders of June 9 1914 and some other errors in the tariff as filed it is now
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Ordered That new tariffs be filed under said order of June 9 1914 to become effective on or before September 15 1914 said order being amended so that the subblock basis of rates on intrastate traffic shall be as follows
1
2
3
4
5
6 to 8 9 to 15
Subblock haul Scale 0 or 50c per
0 50e per
1 55c per
2 60c per
5 75c per
Inc 7 85c per
11 105c per
100 lbs 100 lbs 100 lbs 100 lbs 100 lbs 100 lbs 100 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
Auburn Ga I Block Subblock Block Subblocb
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 Candler
Secretary Chairman
till
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
Okra
Plums
Carrots
Grapefruit
Limes
Parsnips
Radishes
Cauliflower
Parsley
Spinach
Celery
Kumquats
Melons NOS boxed or crated Squash
By order of the Commission
Lettuce
Pepper
Bananas
Eggplant
Lemons
Oranges
Pineapples
Tangerines
Campbell Wallace Secretary
C M Candles
Chairman
I9S
RULES GOVERNING APPLICATION FOR
APPROVAL OF STOCK AND BOND ISSUES
RULE 1
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 outside of the right of way and the cost of same the weight of the rail a schedule of equipment both motive power and cars of every description and the cost of same a description of repair and machine shops and also a statement or best attainable estimate of the number of cubic yards of excavation and embankment in the construction of its roadbed Said petition shall also give a general description of its station buildings bridges and other structures
In cases of applications by or in ibehaif of a railway company whose line is not aready built but contemplated and in cases of applications by or in behalf of a railway company whose line is at the time partly constructed or is to be extended then description and explanations are to be set out mutatis mutandis and as nearly so as practicable to the same effect and intent as hereinabove provided touching existing roads
RULE 3
Said petition whether by railroad company or any other applicant shall also contain in addition to full description of its property a sworn statement in detail of the financial condition of the company giving the amount and kinds of the capital stock bonds and other obligations outstanding the consideration on which the same were issued clearly and fully stated the rate and amount of dividends declared thereon and all other items of outstanding indebtedness and as to all whether and how secured and if secured by mortgage or pledge a copy of the instrument shall be annexed to the petition and said petition shall also contain a statement of the amount of any of its stock held by other corporations and the names of and the amount held by each and all facts needed to show that the capitalization and proposed capitalization of said company is lawful and legitimate and does not violate either the laws or the Constitution of this State or the United States
Application must be sworn to
What applications must show
Application by roads not built
Financial
statement
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Information need not be repeated
Tabulated statement of desired issues
Use of pro ceeds from desired issues
Property to be acquired
How service is to be improved
Copies of all contracts to be filed
Capitalizing
franchises
etc
In case the petitioning corporation or party shall have already or previously made and filed a report to this Commission showing its capitalization and financial condition in compliance with the standing order on that subject the matter thus already reported need not be again repeated in the application but may be made part thereof by appropriate form of reference with any new facts or data added to bring the recital down to date
RULE 4
Said petition shall contain a statement of the amount and kind of stock which the corporation desires to issue and a tabulated statement of bonds or notes which the corporation desires to issue the terms and rate of interest and whether and how to be secured and if to be secured by a mortgage or pledge a copy of the same shall be attached
RULE 5
Said petition shall contain a statement of the use to which the capital to be secured by the issue of such stock bonds or notes is to be put with a definite statement of how much is to be used for the acquisition of property how much for the construction and equipment of power plants how much for car sheds and the completion extension or improvement of its facilities or properties how much for the improvement and maintenance of its service how much for the discharge or lawful refund of its obligations or for lawful corporate purposes falling within the spirit of section 8 of the Act approved August 22 1901
RULE 6
Said petition shall contain a statement in detail of the property which is to be acquired with its value a detailed description of the construction completion extension or improvement of its facilities set forth in such a manner that an estimate may be made of its cost a statement of the character of the improvement of its service proposed and the reasons why the service should be maintained from its capital if it is proposed to discharge or refund its obligations a statement of the nature and descriptioh of its obligations including their par value and the amount for which they were actually sold and the application of the proceeds arising from such sale
RULE 7
Said petition shall contain a statement showing whether any contracts have been made for the acquisition of such property or for such construction completion extension or improvement of its facilities or for the disposition of an 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 well as a statement showing how much money or other thing of value has been received by the corporation under such contract
RULE 8
Said petition shall contain a statement showing whether any of the outstanding stock or bonds or notes as contemplated in the Act of August 22 190 have been issued or used in capitalizing any franchise or any right to own operate or enjoy any franchise or any contract for consolidation or2 lease or for
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sei vices rendered or to toe rendered or a bonus to any person or persons natural or aranciai and if so stall state the amount and character thereof and the franchise right contract or lease services or bonus so capitalized
RULE 9
If the stock is to toe issued toy a new corporation to be formed by a merger or consolidation of two or more other corporations the petition shall contain a complete description of the properties to be consolidated and a complete statement of the financial condition of the corporations so consolidated of the kind set out herein in Rule No 3
Consolidation op merger
RULE 10
Attached to said petition must be a certified copy oi the charter if granted
DubUehlTTa aCCUrate ClminS t0 VIUme and mge U be fund he
published laws or a copy of the petition filed with the Secretary of State or
any court and a certificate of Incorporation issued by the Secretary of State or court if incorporated under a general law duly certified copies of all certifl cates statements or records which modify change or extend l powers of such corporation purposes oi
Reference where chartered by general law

obedfence totoelww V detoU aCtS done by corporation I m b t e laws of the State applicable to such desired issue or increase of cnplied
men the wf Tc fUUy and affirmative show that all require
ments of the laws of Georgia have been fully complied with
RULE 12
forTfiT S6 the metbod aad tastrumentalities proposed Pine g int0 effect Wlth safety to the petitioners and the public the purposes makefurther
s ated ana for complying with all conditions imposed by law Tby the ZT 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 niace for
of the applicant or on its own motion prescribe a shorter ntle f IT tag aud modify its directions for publication aclafngly iT T
ents and contracts as the Commission shall at anv time hefeee r
the application require and must establish to the sfac 5 D
siou that the proposed issue of stocks bonds not Z 6 f018
edness is for the benefit of the Iwl er evidence of indebt
Denent ot the public service and is otherwise lawful
Hearings before Commission
Notice of Hearing
Applicant to produce witnesses
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All proceeds must be used for purposes approved
RULE 14
On the conclusion of the hearing or so soon thereafter as circumstances permit the Commission will make up its opinion and frame its order upon the facts appearing in each instance and the law applicable thereto Each application will be kept open and further order may be made from time to time as may be needful for the security and protection of all concerned and for a due compliance with law and the orders of this Commission All bonds and stocks when authorized by the Commission and the proceeds of the same must be used for the purpose or purposes authorized and for none other under pain of the penalties in such case provided by law
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RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD AS TO DUTIES OF COMMISSIONERS AND EMPLOYEES
RULE i
The regular public meetings of the Commission shall begin on the second and fourth Tuesdays in each month at ten oclock A M and there shall be such other meetings as may be called by the Chairman on his own motion or on request of any two members and of which meetings due notice shall be given
The order in which the Commission will assign cases for hearing will be as follows
All requests for assignment of cases filed in the office prior to the second Tuesday in the month will be Scted 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 assignments of cases received subsequent to the second Tuesday in the month and prior to the fourth Tuesday in the same month will be acted on and the cases assigned for hearing at the meeting of the Commission to be held on the second Tuesday in the following month or some subsequent date
RULE 2
It shall be the duty of the Chairman to preside at all meetings of the Board to preserve strict order to procure at all times the correct meaning and sense of the Board to conduct the business of the Commission when in session under the parliamentary rules adopted by the Board as set forth in Rule No 10
The Chairman shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Board shall conduct its correspondence attend at the office of the Board as required by law see that all orders and rules of the Board are duly carried into effect and that all officers and employes perform thqir duties as required by said orders and rules and as required by law
The Chairman is authorized to issue at any time orders setting down causes or pending matters for a hearing to issue in the name of the Commission process and notice to persons or corporations to be affected by proceedings before the Commission to issue orders requiring the production of books writings and documents to be used upon hearings investigations or business before the Commission to issue any and all such other orders of an interlocutory character as may be necessary or proper for preparing and expediting hearings before the Commission
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
Duties of Chairman
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RULE 3
Vice
Chairman
Duties of Rate Expert
Commissioners to reserve opinions until executive session
Standing
Committees
There shall he a ViceChairman who shall act in the absence or inability of the Chairman
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 bekept a file or files as complete and up to date as is practicable of all rates and rate sheets arranged in best and easiest form for correct and ready reference and to submit all needful views and recommendations on such conditions and problems or questions as may be referred to him from time to time or on his own suggestion as may be in his judgment needful for the public interest or for the interest of parties concerned
It shall be his duty to furnish to the Commission expert information and advice on all matters brought before it involving rates and to attend for that purpose all the hearings where any question of rates is or may be involved
He shall perform such other duties torching general or special work of the Commission whether pertaining to his own or any other department as may be required by the Commission or by law
The assistant in his department shall be under his direction for the due performance of his duties as such subject to the direction of the Commission
RULE 5
Every member of the Board will in all cases reserve his opinion and in no way commit himself in advance touching the merits of any matter or question to be passed upon by the Board or that should be dealt with by it until the facts and evidence is all submitted and the Board considers the same in executive session In all matters which relate to the making of rates and which may become the subject of litigation no member shall make any statement after such matter has been decided by the Board which may be or is liable to be treated as an admission prejudicial to the action of the Board In all cases and on all questions any member may file his dissenting opinion when in the minority or his reasons and grounds for his opinion yhen in the majority
RULU 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
RULE 7
It shall be the duty of the Secretary to record all proceedings of the Board in the book of minutes He shall be the custodian of all the books and papers of the Board and shall systematically care for and preserve the same for ready reference and the correct transaction of the Boards business He shall see to the correspondence of the Board under direction of the Chairman and of the Board as by these rules provided He shall nominate all employees in his department for ratification by the Board and shall have control of them in the performance of their duties under these rules and shall see that the office is systematically and neatly kept and open for business during business hours namely from eightythirty A M to one oclock P M and from two oclock P M to five oclock P M each day except Sundays and legal holidays and on Saturdays from eightthirty A M to twelve oclock noon
He shall have charge of the expenditure of the funds provided for the expenses of the Board and its employees under direction of the Board and shall keep an accurate account of the same submitting such accounts with proper vouchers to the Auditing Committee or as may be called for by the Chairman or by the Board or by said committee from time to time
RULE 8
A majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business
RULE 9
When any action of the Board is to be promulgated or published the same shall be recited as By the Board and shall be authenticated by the official signature of the Chairman and the Secretary When any matter is published by a member or officer of the Board the same is his individual act or declaration and not the act of the Board unless recited on its face that the Board has so ordered or decided
RULE 10
At every regular meeting of the Board the following shall be the order of business unless otherwise ordered by a majority of the members present in each instance
1 Noting absentees and ascertaining quorum present
2 Corrections and approval of the Minutes
3 Special orders
4 Report of Committee on Auditing and Accounts
5 Reports of Standing Committees in their order
6 Report of special committees
7 Recommendations by the Chairman
8 Petitions and communications
9 Unfinished business
10 New business
11 Adjournment
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j
Duties of Secretary
Office hours
Quorum
Official
Orders
Order of business
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RULE 11
Parliamentary rules
Hules may be altered
Matters not covered by rules
Attorney to Commission
The rules governing the Senate of the State of Georgia for the time being where applicable are the rules for the government of this Board in its deliberations
RULE 12
These rules and regulations may be altered or amended at any time by a vote of a majority of the Board provided notice of proposed alteration or amendment shall have been given at the last preceding regular meeting of the Board Or the same may be altered or amended at any regular meeting of a full Board by unanimous vote without any previous notice
RULE 13
In all matters not specifically mentioned or provided for in the foregoing rules action may be had as under established usage and the law the Board may order according to the facts and the necessities of the case in each instance
RULE 14
The Attorney to the Railroad Commission shall have charge of all litigation to which the Board may be a party or in which the Commission is concerned acting or being associated with the Attorneygeneral in special cases or matters provided by law
Said Attorney shall be the legal advisor and counsel of the Commission in all matters of special legal knowledge or skill when called on or needed for the correct conduct of the business of the Commission
OPINIONS OF SPECIAL ATTORNEY
JAMES K HINES Special Attorney
DEMURRAGE LIABILITY OF SHIPPER OR CONSIGNEE FOR DEMUR
RAGE CHARGES ACCRUING ON SHIPMENTS HELD UP IN ACCOUNT OF EMBARGOES ISSUED BY CARRIERS
June 11 1917
File 13337
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga
Gentlemen I have the letter of your Rate Expert of the 5th instant enclosing the papers in the above file and I note that you wish my opinion upon the question whether Easterling Brothers are liable for the demurrage charge demanded by the Central of Georgia Railway Company under the facts contained in the papers in this file
Easterling Brothers are shippers of beauxite ore from Andersonville Georgia At one P M on March 9 1917 this carrier placed a car to be loaded by this firm with this material At that time the agent of the carrier at Andersonville did not know of an embargo on shipments of this ore destined for Suspension Bridge N Y
At about seventhirty A M on March 13th the agent at Andersonville notified the shippers that his company would not accept this car of ore for Suspension Bridge N Y on account of an embargo and asked them to change the destination of the car which they refused to do
At one P M on March 13th the car was offered for shipment to Suspension Bridge N Y and the agent then told the shippers that his company would not accept this shipment for that destination on account of an embargo
On March 17th the agent requested the shippers to unload and release this car They declined to do it This request was repeated on the 17th and 18th and each time these shippers declined to unload and release this car
At four P M on March 29th instructions were given this agent to accept and forward this car and the same moved from Andersonville on March 30
1917
Because the shippers refused to unload and release this car the carrier demands the payment of 7700 for demurrage Is this demand legal and just
I think it is faily inferrable from the facts stated that this car was loaded before the agent at Andersonville notified Easterling Brothers that the Central of Georgia Railway Company would not accept this car for shipment because of an embargo
When and under what circumstances can a carrier charge damage against shippers
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It is competent for a common carrier whose customers at their option have the privilege of unloading for themselves the vehicles in which their freight is shipped to adopt and enforce a reasonable regulation as to the time within which the vehicles may be unloaded free of any expense of storage and to fix a reasonable rate per day at which storage will be thereafter charged for the use of such vehicles
Miller vs G R Bk Co 88 Ga 563
Miller vs Mansfield 112 Mass 260
By parity of reasoning although I find no cases in point the carrier may have the right to adopt a reasonable regulation requiring shippers to remove from their warehouses and cars freight which the carriers find it impossible to transport by reason of some act of God the public enemy an unusual and unprecedented volume of freight or a carriers embargo occuring after such freight is put in warehouse or loaded in cars
But where goods are tendered to a carrier for transportation it is bound to advise the shipper as to any cause likely to delay transportation which cause is within its knowledge or within its fair and reasonable means of knowledge and not within the knowledge of the shipper and if it fails in its duty in this respect a delay in the transportation of the goods will not be excuse and that too irrespective of the nature of the cause
10 Cor Jur 290 291
Bussey vs Memphis etc R C 13 Fed 330
Hillvwell vs Grand T R Co 7 Fed 68
St Louis etc R Co vs Vaughan 88 Ark 138
Kansas etc R Co vs Ayers 63 Ark 331
Great W R Co vs Burns 60 111 284
Daonst vs C etc R Co 149 Iowa 560
Chesapeake etc R Co vs OGara 144 Ky 561
Cincinnati etc R Co vs Webb 46 S W 11 2 Ky L 330
Young vs Maine C R Co 113 Me 113
Di Giorgio Imp etc Co vs Pa R Co 104 Md 693 703
Ala etc R Co vs Hayne 76 Miss 538
Dawson vs Chicago etc R Co 79 Mo 296
Unionville Produce Co vs Chicagoetc R Co 168 Mo A 168
Thero vs M P R Co 144 Mo A 161
By parity of reasoning if a carrier delivers a car to a shipper to be loaded for shipment and does not notify the shipper of any cause likely to delay transportation which cause is within its knowledge or within its fair and reasonable means of knowledge and not within the knowledge of the shipper and the shipper loads such car and tenders it to the carrier for transportation such carrier will be liable for any delay in its transportation without regard to the cause of such delay
In the present case it appears that the agent of the carrier at Andersonville did not know of the alleged carriers embargo but it does not occur that the carrier itself did not have knowledge or fair and reasonable means of knowledge of such embargo Failure to notify these shippers of this embargo be
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fore they loaded this car would not excuse the carrier for failure to transport it and will not authorize the carrier to charge demurrage for delay pending the existence of the alleged embargo
In the absence of statute regulation of the Interstate Commerce Commission provision of its published tariff reasonable regulation or custom a carrier has no right to charge demurrage for delay in unloading a car which has been loaded by a Shipper and tendered to the carrier for transportation
Yours truly
James K Hines Special Attorney
STOCK AND BOND ISSUES
Power of Commission to approve bond issue where said bonds were sold under mortgage executed prior to the date of the Commissions authority over such issues
June 25 1917
File 10807
Railroad Commission oe Georgia
Atlanta Ga
Gentlemen From the papers in this file it appears that the Columbus Power Company on March 22 1906 executed and delivered to the Commonwealth Trust Company a first mortgage for the purpose of securing an issue of four million dollars of five per cent gold bonds the same to consist of four thousand bonds of the denomination of 100000 each and all bearing interest from date April 2 1906
This mortgage provided that the maker should contemporaneously with the xecution and delivery thereof execute and deliver to said trustee all of said bonds that the trustee should upon satisfactory evidence of the record of the said mortgage forthwith certify and deliver to the Treasurer of the mortgagor or on his order 1650000 face value of said bonds that the trustee should thereafter from time to time certify and deliver to the Treasurer of the Power Company 1350000 the face value of said bonds when the Power Company shall have acquired or made permanent extensions additions betterments or improvements upon the mortgaged property to the extent of the actual cost of such extensions etc and then only lipon the vote of the directors of the Power Company from time to time directing the issue and certification of such bonds
The mortgage further provides that the trustee shall thereafter certify and deliver to the Treasurer of the Power Company or on his order 1000000 of the face value of said bonds when the Company shall have acquired or made extensions etc to the extent of eighty per cent of the actual cost thereof upon the vote of the Board of Directors of the Company from time to time directing the issue and certification of such bonds
You wish my opinion upon this question Has this Commission jurisdiction and power and is it in duty bound to approve the bonds of The Columbus Power Company which it now seeks to issue under the provisions of its said mortgage and to validate the issue of such of its bonds as it has sold and
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disposed of without the consent of this Commission since the passage of the Act of August 23 1907 which requires companies subject to its jurisdiction to secure the approval of this Commission before issuing stocks and bonds in view of the fact that said mortgage was executed and said bonds were executed and delivered to the trustee prior to the passage of the Act of August 23 1907
Before issuing their stocky bonds notes or other evidences of debt payable more than twelve months after date thereof all corporations or companies subject to the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Georgia must secure orders from the Commission authorizing such issues the amounts thereof and the purposes and uses for which the issues ar authorized
Code Civil Sec 2665
In my opinion to issue bonds and stocks is to sell or pledge them The issuing of bonds and stocks takes place when the maker first delivers them to a purchaser or pledges for value or makes a contract in reference to their disposition which a Court of Equity will compel the specific performance of
Opinion 35 Annual Report of Railroad Commission of Georgia Page 51
The Commission has full authority and power to pass upon the issues of bonds and stocks which were not issued as thus defiriM prior to the passage of the Act of August 23 1907 The mere fact that bonds have been executed and delivered to a trustee who is required under the mortgage or deed of trust to deliver them to the mortgagor or maker of such deed upon certain conditions upon a vote of the directors of the mortgaging company directing the issue and certification of such bonds does not deprive the Commission of jurisdiction over this matter
Bonds are not issued in the meaning of the Act of August 23 1907 when they are merely executed and delivered to th trustee but only when they are executed and delivered to the purchaser
In re Valley Telephone Company P U R
In re Death Valley R Co Cal Com P U R 1917 A 642
If under the mortgage in this case the Columbus Power Company had lost control of these bonds and had nothing further to do with the issue thereof the same having been delivered to the trustee for specific purposes over which the Power Company had no control then such transaction would have been so far completed that this Commission would not have jurisdiction over the matter
Opinion 38 Annual Report of Railroad Commission of Georgia page 25
If there is anything in this opinion which conflicts with the views herein expressed I hereby recant the same The true law is stated in my opinion just above referred to
The next question is Can you approve the bonds issued by this Company without your consent and approval
I have held that you are without power to validate an illegal issue of securities This seems to be the view held by the other Commissions x Re Oakland E R Co Cal Com
P U R 1915 A 643
Re Escondido Utilities Co Cal Com
P U R 1915 A 1071
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Res Conway E L P Co N H Com
U R 1915 E 931
Re Death Valley R Co Cal Com
P U R 1917 A 642
While you have no power to approve or validate an illegal issue of securities it has been held by other Commissions that you can authorize the issuing of new Securities to take the place of the securities illegally or improperly issued
Re Oakland A d E R Co Cal Com
P U R 1915 A 643
Re Escondido Utilities Co Cal Com
P U R 1915 A 1071
Re Conway E L d P Co N H Com
P U R 1915 E 931
I am not impressed with the reasoning by which this conclusion is reached It seems to me that it is whipping the devil around the stump
If securities which have been illegally issued are surrendered and cancelled then the Commission would be authorized to consider the approval of bonds for any of the purposes within the purview of the Act of August 23 1907 and could approve bonds which this Company could deliver in the place of such illegal bonds
In view of the fact that this Company applied to the Commission for the approval of bonds which it has issued and in view of the fact that the Commission held that it was without jurisdiction to approve the same I recommend that the Commission consider and approve or disapprove the bonds of this Company already issued and those sought to be issued If on investigation the Commission finds that it would have approved the bonds already issued and that it ought to approve the bonds which this company now seeks to issue then I advise the Commission to approve both sets of bonds under the facts and circumstances of this case
Yours truly
James K Hines Special Attorney
TELEGRAMS PROPER CONSTRUCTION TO BE PLACED UPON THE METHOD OF COUNTING SUCH COINED OR CODE WORDS AS ABANDA
August 14 1917 File No 13371
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga
Gentlemen On May 9 1917 J W Dillon sent the following telegram Everett Seed Co
Atlanta Georgia
Ship via abanda today fifteen bushels seed pinders
The Western Union Telegraph Company charged the sender for the use of the word abanda as for four words on the ground that this arbitrary word
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is a comfbination of the initials of the Atlanta Birmingham Atlantic Railroad and the word and
The Telegraph Company has a rule that all groups of letters when such groups are not dictionary words will be counted at the rate of five letters to a word When such groups are made up of combinations of dictionary words of one of the specified eight languages each dictionary word so used will be counted as one word
Subsequently the company promulgated the following rule The provision of Rule 4 that when groups of letters are made up of combinations of dictionary words each dictionary word so used will be counted as one word applies to cases where initials or initials and connectives are obviously combined into one word instead of being written separately for the purpose of evading the proper count
Was this company justified in charging Dillon for abanda as for four words
If Rule 4 and the above modification thereof are valid regulations then the Company was justified in making this charge
Does this regulation of the company conflict with Rule of the Commission governing telegraph companies This rule is as follows Except as otherwise specially provided no telegraph company shall collect more than twentyfive cents for its service in transmitting any message of ten words or less exclusive of date address and signature between any two points within this State nor more than two cents for each additional word of a day message nor more than one cent for each additional word of a night message and no additional charge shall be made for repeating a messagethat is telegraphing it back to the office where it originated for comparison
What are the meaning of the words in this rule Is it confined to dictionary words with well defined meanings or does it embrace those words and artificial words
Words are the common signs that mankind make use of in declaring their intentions to one another
40 Cyc 2800
jLake County vs Rollins 130 U S 662
Pea Patch Island Case 30 Fed Cases 18311
Words are vehicles of thought
Clearwater vs Bowman 72 Kan 92 94
A word is a part of speechthe expression of a mental idea or conception
In re Holt 1 Ch 711 722 65 L J Ch 410 74 D T Rp N S 225
A meaningless collection of letters is not a word in the ordinary sense
In re Holt 1 Ch 711 722
A word is a combination of particular sounds by which men communicate with each other
Dedirrian vs Yacuban 72 Fed 1010
If we apply the ordinary signification to the term words abanda is not a word It is not a part of speech It is not a combination of particular sounds by which men communicate with one another It is not a vehicle of thought for the general run of mankind
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It is true that in the construction of statutes and of the rules of the Commission the ordinary signification shall be applied to all words To this rule there are certain exceptions Words of art or words connected with particular trades or subject matter have the signification attached to them by experts in such trades or with reference to such subject matter
At the timethe Commission promulgated this rule it was customary to use code words and artificial words The purpose of the use of such words was twofold One purpose was to conceal the meaning of the message and another purpose was to curtail the cost of messages by giving to a code or artificial word a meaning which it would take many words to express
In promulgating this rule the Commission was dealing with a particular subject matter to wit The charges for messages couched in dictionary words or artificial words The rule declares that unless otherwise specially provided telegraph companies can charge for a message of ten words or less only twentyfive cents between points in this State In promulgating this rule the Commission must have had in mind the common use of code words and artificial words as well as of words of accepted meaning and definition
If I am correct in this there is a collusion between this regulation of the Western Union Telegraph Company and the rule of the Commission The regulation of the telegraph company must yield to your rule
This is a small matter The controversy is over six cents but many a mickle makes a muckle So I am of the opinion that the telegraph company was not justified in charging Mr Dillon for four words because of his use of the artificial word abanda
Yours truly
James K Hines Special Attorney
DISCRIMINATION CONTRACTURAT RELATIONS BETWEEN THE GEORGIA FLORIDA AND SOUTHERN BELL TEL TEL COMPANY WITH REFERENCE TO THE TRANSPORTATION OF MATERIALS AND ISSUANCE OF FREE PASSES
August 15 1917 File 13518
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga
Gentlemen
In re Contract between Georgia and Florida Railway and Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
I have examined the papers touching this matter and the decision in th case of Baltimore Ohio Railroad Company vs Western Union Telegraph Company 241 Fed 162 It may be profitable to briefly review the rulings of the Commission upon the subject of free transportation and on transportation for pay other than money
On October 29 1907 the Commission passed General Order No 3 whereby it prohibited railroad companies and other common carriers subject to its jurisdie
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tion from issuing or honoring any free ticket free pass or free intrastate transportation for passengers between any points in this State except upon the terms provided by the Hepburn Act
On January 8 1908 the Commission passed General Order No 10 whereby General Order No 3 was extended to telegraph telephone electric light gas power terminal baggage cab cotton compress and other public service companies or persons subject to its jurisdiction
On October 7 1910 the Commission passed General Order No 20 whereby the terms upon which free transportation can be used in Georgia were extended in the same manner and to the same extent as provided for in the Act to regulate commerce as amended by the Act of Congress June 18 1910
Byc this Act of Congress of June 18 1910 Section 1 of the Interstate Commerce Act of February 4 1887 was amended so as to make the latter Act apply to telephone telegraph and cable companies but with a proviso that it should not prevent them from entering into contracts with common carriers for exchange of services This Act further provided that the clause preventing free transportation of passengers should not be construed to prohibit the privilege of passes franks or the exchange thereof with each other for the officers agents employees and their fateiilies of telegraph companies and other common carriers
As above stated the Commission in its General Order No 20 adopted the provisions of this Act of Congress
Under the provisions of these General Orders exchange of services between telephone companies and common carriers is not prohibited They simply prohibit free services but subsequent to the adoption of General Order No 20 the Commission on June 26 1916 adopted the following rule
The Commission hereby disapproves of contracts or agreements between public service corporations under which services are to be rendered each other upon any other basis than published and legally established rates or tariffs applicable to all traffic or services under like conditions
Under the general power conferred upon the Commission to make rules and regulations prohibiting unjust discriminations I am of the opinion that the Commission was clothed with authority to make this latter ruling and this latter ruling repeals so much of General Order No 20 as is in conflict with this ruling
The opinion in the case of Baltimore Ohio Railroad Company vs Western Union Telegraph Company above referred to correctly interprets the Act of Congress of June 18 1910 but is not controlling upon the power of the Railroad Commission of Georgia to make regulation touching free service and the exchange of services between the companies and persons subject to its jurisdiction
So I am of the opinion that under your ruling of June 26 1916 railroad companies and telephone companies cannot make contracts for the exchange of services
1 return herein the papers in this file
Yours truly
James K Hines
Special Attorney
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TELEGRAMS PROPER CONSTRUCTION TO BE PLACED UPON THE METHOD OF COUNTING SUCH COINED OR CODE WORDS AS
ABANDA
Supplementary opinion
September 11 1917
File 13371
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga
Gentlemen I bave the letter of your Rate Expert of the 4th instant in reference to the controversy between Mr J W Dillon and the Western Union Telegraph Company over the charge by the latter for the word abanda in a telegram sent by the former
I note that you wish me to advise you if in view of Mr Worthens letter enclosed in Mr Websters letter to me I have any further suggestions to make in this matter
When you adopted your rule fixing telegraph rates in this State telegraph companies were transmitting messages couched in both dictionary and artificial words You fixed a rate for both classes and the regulations of the telegraph companies must yield to your ruling
It is suggested by Mr Worthen that I overlooked in my former opinion the clear distinction between plain evasions and artificial words which latter he defines as arbitrages made by an artificial arrangement of letters used in lieu of dictionary words as a symbol for the translation given in some definite code He further adds that It is never by any chance a combination of dictionary words run together for the purpose of evading the established rules for counting as attempted in the present case
He further states that If however it should happen that the word abando should appear in any regular published code in general commercial or private use as the arbitrary for the expression Atlanta Birmingham Atlantic we would count the same as only two words on demonstration of the fact that it was a regular code word and not a combination of devised words for evasive purposes
I did not hold in my former opinion that a party could run dictionary words together for the purpose of evading proper charges on a message The plain distinction to which Mr Worthen refers is based on his companys rules
What I did hold was that your rule covers dictionary code artificial and arbitrary words If the sender of a message chooses to use a dictionary word a code word an artificial word or an arbitrary word then the company can only charge him for such word and not for all the words the parts of which he may have used in coining his artificial or arbitrary word Besides to permit one patron to use arbitraries found in some definite code and to deny another arbitrages not so found amounts to unjust discrimination
I adhere to the opinion heretofore given in this matter
Yours truly
James K Hines Special Attorney
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CLAIMS DAMAGES LIABILITY OF CARRIER FOR DAMAGES ARISING ACCOUNT WEATHER CONDITIONS
September 22 1917
File 13563
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga
Gentlemen I have your letter of the 12th inst enclosing the papers in the above file
It appears that on February 1 1917 Talmadge Bros Co shipped to Bagwell Burton from Athens Ga to Canon Ga 3 bags of Irish potatoes These potatoes peached their destination promptly but were frozen in transit Is the Southern Railway Co over whose line they were shipped liable in damages to consignees
Where the destruction of or the injury to the goods is due to their inherent nature or quality or to defects therein the carrier is not liable if its own negligence did not occasion or contribute to this injury
10 C J 121
L N R Co v McHan 144 Ga 683
So Ry Co v Williams 139 Ga 357
Penn R Co v Ooetchius 135 Ga 170
Brown v Clayton 12 Ga 564
Thus the carrier is not liable for losses or injury due solely to such causes as fermentation decay spontaneous combustion putrefaction explosion warm weather or freezing
10 C J 122
Foucher v Wilson 68 N H 238 39 LRA 431
Rixford v Smith 52 N H 355
Lawrence v Debreens 1 Black 170
Penn R Co v Ooetchius 135 Ga 170
The carrier will not be liable for loss by freezing weather unless by some fault or negligence on his part
The Aline 19 Fed 875
Schwartz v Erie R Co 106 S W 1188 32 Ky L 777 15 LRA NS 801
Wright v Minneapolis etc R Co Ill Miss 167
CalenderVanderhoof Co v Chicago etc R Co 99 Minn 295
Vail v Pacific R Co 63 Mo 230
Woolf v American Express Co 43 Mo 421 97 AM Dec 406
Wing v New York etc R Co 1 Hilt N Y 235
McOraw v Baltimore etc R Co 18 W Ya 361
A railroad by its contract to safely carry does not insure perishable freight against the effect of the temperature encountered by it during the period ordinarily required for its transportation unless the circumstances under whicn the contract of carriage is made are such as to imply an undertaking to that effect on the part of the carrier
Brenninson v Penn R Co 100 Minn 102 10 Am Cas 169
It has been held that the freezing of a shipment of apples in transit in the
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lattitude of Southern Ohio in December cannot be attributed to the act of God or to any inherent nature of the fruit which cannot be guarded against but is due to the negligence of the carrier
Louisville etc Packet Co v Long 34 Oh Cir Ct 72 88 Oh St 569
The circumstances might be such as to impose upon the carrier the duty of protecting perishable articles against freezing Under such Circumstances the law might imply a contract on the part of the carrier to do so
Under certain circumstances carriers must furnish such facilities as is customary in the transportation of this kind of freight For discussion of this phase of transportation see my opinion of August 2 1911 39th Annual Report of the Railroad Commission of Georgia p 235
I return herein the papers in this file
Yours truly
James K Hines Special Attorney
SWITCHING DUTY OF LOCAL STREET CAR LINE AT AUGUSTA TO PERFORM SWITCHING SERVICE ON BASIS OF RATES PRESCRIBED BY THE RAILROAD COMMISSION FOR STEAM RAILROADS
October 5 1917
File 13581
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga
Gentlemen I have your letter of the 1st inst enclosing the papers in the above file
The AugustaAiken Railway Electric Corporation receives cars of freight from the various railroads entering Augusta at the Gwinnett Street crossing and delivers them to consignees at sidings on its lines including the Hill Coal Company at the Hill Coal Company siding and the Augusta Arsenal at the Augusta Arsenal siding The Augusta Arsenal siding was constructed under contract with the U S Government in 1908 whereby the latter was to pay to said company 1000 per car for each car moved from the Gwinnett Street crossing to the Augusta Arsenal regardless of the number of cars moved
The Hill Coal Company has a contract with the AugustaAiken Ry Elec Corp by which the former pays the latter 800 for each car transported from the Gwinnett Street crossing to the Hill Coal Company siding
The published tariff of the railway company provides for a charge of 1000 when only one car is moved at a time and 750 per car when two or more cars are moved at the same time
The Hill Coal Company siding and the Augusta Arsenal siding are both within five miles of the Gwinnett Street crossing but the Augusta Arsenal siding is one mile further from the Gwinnett Street crossing than the Hill Coal Company siding
I note that you wish my opinion upon the questions whether this practice is not unjustly discriminatory against the Augusta Arsenal and whether the Rail
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way Company is not a common carrier which under the law must issue through bills of lading I will deal with the first question in the first instance with reference to intrastate movements
All unjust discriminations in freight charges are prohibited and made criminal
Code Section 2629
General Rule 2
Freight rates in this State are based on the Standard Tariff Mileage Groups the first consisting of five miles and for all movements in the first five miles whether for the whole distance or less the charges are the same
The distance from the Gwinnett Street crossing to the Hill Coal Company siding is not given but supposing this distance to be four miles and the distance from the Gwinnett Street crossing to the Augusta Arsenal to be five miles it might be plausibly argued that there was no unjust discrimination as the Service performed was different and the charge per mile of transportation was the same
The charge of 800 from the Gwinnett Street crossing to the Hill Coal Co siding if the distance is four miles is at the rate of 200 pe mile and the charge of 1000 from the Gwinnett Street crossing to the Augusta Arsenal siding if the distance between these points is five miles is at the same rate of 200 per mile So it might be very plausibly argued that these rates instead of being discriminatory are exactly just
But under our system of rate making all shippers within a given mileage group are entitled to the same rates and any departure therefrom is an unjust discrimination
I next deal with this question in reference to interstate shipments Under the Act to regulate Commerce as amended Sec 1 it is provided that all charges made for any service rendered or to be rendered in the transportationof passengers or property or in connection therewith shall be just and reasonable and every unjust and unreasonable charge for such service or any part thereof is prohibited and declared to be unlawful
By Section 2 of this Act it is provided That if any common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act shall directly or indirectly by any special rate charge any person or persons a greater or less compensation for any service rendered or to be rendered in the transportation of property than it charges any other person or persons for doing a like and contemporaneous service in the transportation of a like kind of traffic under substantially similar circumstances and conditions such common carrier shall be deemed guilty of unjust discrimination If this companys published tariff provides for a charge of 800 per car to the Hill Coal Company siding and a charge of 1000 per car to the Augusta Arsenal siding then this practice might not amount to unjust discrimination for the service rendered the Augusta Arsenal might not be regarded a like service under substantially similar circumstances
If both services are alike and under substantially similar circumstances then this difference in rates would be unjustly discriminatory
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I am inclined to think if the supposed distances are correct this difference would not be unjustly discriminatory but as a matter of law under the facts appearing in the papers in this file this practice cannot be declared unjustly discriminatory
This is a matter which must be passed upon by the Interstate Commerce Commission and not by you
The contract between the Railway Company and the Augusta Arsenal for the payment of 1000 per car moved is not binding and is made subject to regulation as to intrastate rates and practices by this Commission and as to interstate rates and practices by the Interstate Commerce Commission
I will now consider the second question upon which you ask my opinion
One who pursues the business of transportation constantly or continuously for any period of time or any distance of transportation is a common carrier
Civil Code Sec 2712
Under this definition the AugustaAiken Railway and Electric Corporation in this particular is a common carrier It pursues this line of transportation constantly has done so continuously for some time and for these distances
Being thus a common carrier this company when it receives property for transportation from a point in this State to a point in another State must issue a bill of lading therefor
Sec 20 of the Act to Regulate Cdmmerce as Amended
When it receives property for intrastate transportation it is likewise required to issue a through bill of lading
Civil Code Sec 2634
Freight Rule 2
The question whether a movement of freight is interstate or not depends upon the essential nature of the movement and not on the form of bill of lading
McNeil v So Ry Co 202 U S 543
So Pac Term Co v Interstate Vom Com 219 U S 498 527
Ohio R Com v Worthington 225 U S 110
La R Com v T P Ry 229 U S 336 341
Carriers and shippers cannot change the essential nature of the movement by contract or the form of the bill of lading and are especially prohibited from so doing by the Act to Regulate Commerce
I return herewith the papers in this file
Yours truly
James K Hines Special Attorney
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ROUTING RIGHT OF SHIPPER TO INSIST UPON ROUTING SHOWN IN BILLLADING EVEN THOUGH PHYSICAL CONNECTION DOES NOT EXIST AT POINT OF INTERCHANGE DESIGNATED
November 9 1917
File No 13666
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga
Gentlemen I have your letter of the 2nd inst enclosing correspondence in the above file From this correspondence it appears that the Milltown Air Line Railway Company and the Waycross Western Railway run to Milltown but there is nq physical connection between them L C L shipments are drayed from the M A L Railway to the W W Railway at this point the dray charging 3 cents per 100 lbs Wholesale merchants at Valdosta have been making shipments from that town to local stations on the W W Ry via Atlantic Coast Line Ry to Naylor Milltown Air Line Ry to Milltown and the W W Ry to destinations Shipments by this route make quicker time than by the A C L to Waycross and the W W Ry to these destinations
The Waycross Western Ry refuses to accept L C L shipments which the Milltown Air Line Ry drays from its depot and tenders to it for shipment unless the freight thereon is prepaid to both agency and nonagency stations on its lines while it receives such shipments from the Atlantic Coast Line Railway over its lines to the same destinations without requiring the freight on such shipments to be prepaid
Again the Way cross Western Ry charge full locals on these shipments coming by dray from the Milltown Air Line Ry although they move on through bills of lading from Valdosta issued by the A C L
I note you wish my opinion on the question whether these practices of the Waycross Western Ry are legal under the laws of this State and the rules of the Commission Is the W W Ry justified in these practices or is it a sinner against the law and your rules
When conditions are substantially the same the denial by a carrier to one of its connections of the same facilities for the interchange of freight accorded to another connecting carrier which practically deprives points on its line of the opportunity of competition in service and rates is an unjust discrimination
A T d 8 B v D d N O R 110 U S 667
B d O v Adams Express Co 22 Fed 404
Ala d Va Ry Co v Miss R Com 203 U S 496
Diamond Mills Co v B d M R Co 9 I C C R 311
Wadley Sou R Co v State 137 Ga 497508
Wadley Sou R Co v Georgia 235 U S 651
While a carrier can demand prepayment of freight from its connecting carriers and its patrons it cannot make such requirements of one connecting carrier when it does not demand prepayment of freight from another connectihg carrier under substantially the same conditions and such discrimination is unjust and unlawful
Wadley So R Co v State 137 Ga 497
General Rule 2 of the Commission
So I am of the opinion that this practice of the Waycross Western Railway is illegal
Is the Waycross Western Railway right in requiring the full local rates from Mill town to points of destination on its line on through or joint shipments from Valdosta over the Milltown Air Line Railway to Milltown to be thence transported to such destinations on the line of the former company
These charges are in violation of your Freight Rule No 27
Yours truly
James K Hines Special Attorney
ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER RATES DISCRIMINATION RIGHT OF LOCAL UTILITY PLANT TO DISCRIMINATE IN FAVOR OF THE U S GOVERNMENT THE STATE GOVERNMENT OR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT IN CHARGING RATES FOR ITS SERVICE
December 7 1917
File 12819
Railboad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga
Gentlemen I have Chairman Candlers letter of the 30th ult enclosing papers in above file
On March 10 1917 the Savannah Lighting Company entered into a contract with the United States Government to furnish light to the United States Marine Hospital Post Office Court House and Custom House at Savannah Ga at the rate of c per K W hour
In this contract it is provided that the rates agreed upon are subject to any changes ordered or approved by the State Public Service or Utilities Commission in accordance with State laws and that the Department shall receive the benefit of any reduction in rates which may be made to the public during the term of the contract
On June 13 1917 the Railroad Commission fixed certain maximum rates which the Savannah Lighting Company could charge for furnishing electric current to the public in Savannah on or after August 1 1917
In your order fixing these rates is the following provision
All special rates whether in the form of contract for definite periods or informal in excess of these prescribed rates are declared to be illegal the rates prescribed are maximum rates and cannot be exceeded Should the Savannah Lighting Company have outstanding contracts verbal or written which are at less than the rates prescribed they must be abrogated as unlawfully discriminatory and made to correspond with the Commissions scale or the same special rates given to all of the public
You wish my opinion upon two questions first is the Savannah Lighting Co entitled to receive from the U S Government the larger rates fixed by
you as the maximum rates which said company can charge under its contract with the Government Second does the above quoted provision of your order affect and abrogate this contract between the Savannah Lighting Co and the United States Government
In answer to the first question I am of the opinion that the Savannah Lighting Company is not entitled to receive from the U S Government the maximum rates fixed by your order The contract between the Company and the Government provides that the rates therein stipulated shall be subject to any changes ordered or approved by you in accordance with State laws and the Department shall receive the benefit of any reduction in rates which may be made to the public during the term of this contract
There is no stipulation in this provision that the Savannah Lighting Co is to receive any advance in rates which may be charged to the public in view of changes in rates which might be made by you Such right can only be implied but will such implication be indulged in the absence of apt language to that effect The language must fairly bear such construction Taken altogether this contractual provision means this This contract is made subject to changes in rates which may be charged the public under the order or approval of the Railroad Commission of Georgia in accordance with the laws of said State if there is a reduction in such rates in which event the Department is to have the benefit of such reduction
Furthermore your order only fixed maximum rates and the lighting com pany is at liberty to charge less than these maximum rates if it charges all customers under the same or similar circumstances the same rates Your order did not establish a fixed or actual rate The purpose of your order was twofold first to fix reasonable maximum rates and second to prevent unjust discriminations between customers of the lighting company
I come now to consider the second question and to give you my opinion thereon
Does Par 5 of your order hereinbefore quoted embrace this contract between the lighting company and the United States Government I am of the opinion that it does not In the first place your orders do not embrace the State or the United States unless these are specially named upon the familiar principle that general statutes do not bind the State unless expressly mentioned therein
State v Garland 29 N C 48
State v Bd of Pul Works Ohio 36 Oh St 409
State v Brewer 64 Ala 287
U S v Herron 87 U S 20 Wall 351 21 L Ed 235
Your orders when lawfully made have the force and effect of laws and I see no reason why the above canon of construction should not apply to them
In the second place you were dealing with rates to the public in contradistinction to the State or the United States and your purpose was to give to all individual patrons of this company and its rival like rates and facilities under substantially similar circumstances Your purpose was to strike down unlawful discriminations among individual patrons
So you by General Rule No 20 provide that the terms upon which free transportation can be used in Georgia are the same as those named in the Act to Regulate Commerce as amended June 18 1910
By this Act it is provided that nothing therein shall prevent the carriage storage or hauling of property free or at reduced rates to the United States State or Municipal governments
So I am of the opinion that furnishing service to the United States Government at a lower rate than that charged to individual patrons does not constitute unlawful discrimination and that a contract for such reduced rates does not come within the purview of paragraph 5 of your order above referred to
Yours truly
JamesK Hines Special Attorney
ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER RATES DISCRIMINATION RIGHT OF LOCAL UTILITY PLANT TO DISCRIMINATE IN FAVOR OF THE U S
GOVERNMENT THE STATE GOVERNMENT OR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT IN CHARGING RATES FOR ITS SERVICES
Supplementary opinion
January 3 1918
File 12819
Hon C M Candler Chairman
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga
My dear Sir Your letter of the 24th ult enclosing letter from Mr J J Cummings president of the Savannah Lighting Company came duly to hand
I note that you wish my opinion upon the question raised by Mr Cummings and that is whether a public service corporation can where it furnishes free service or service at reduced rates to municipalities counties the State or the United States discriminate between such recipients of its bounties
In my former opinion I held that it was not unjust discrimination for such company to furnish free service or service at reduced rates to the United States Government This opinion was based upon the principle that all the public receives the equal benefit of such service and for this reason it would not constitute unjust discrimination for such company to furnish reduced service to the United States Government when they charge higher rates to its private patrons
Where such company cant grant free service or service at reduced rates can it discriminate between the recipients of its bounties I think it can For instance it could give reduced service to the United States Government and not give it to the State Government it could give such service to the State Government and not give the same to a municipal government In other words such companies are at liberty to select the beneficiaries of its bounties
It seems to follow that if such companies can give to one and refuse to another free service or service at reduced rates then it can give to both service at different reduced rates
It may be well to add some further reflections upon this subject This Com
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mission is not wholly without power to regulate public service companies in this matter
The Commission is expressly required to see that such companies establish and maintain such public service as may be reasonable and just The Commission can require adequate service
Civil Code Sec 2663
If the granting by such companies of free service or service at reduced rates would prevent such companies from furnishing to their patrons reasonable and adequate service then the Commission could regulate the granting of such bounties
If it became necessary to prohibit the granting of such bounties in order to secure reasonable and adequate public service the Commission could probably prohibit such grants The Commission could do this not on the ground that such bounties constitute unjust discrimination but on the ground of the necessity to do this in order to permit such companies to furnish reasonable and adequate service
In the grant of free service or service at reduced rates to the Government such bounties must be confined in their scope If the Government engages in enterprises outside of governmental functions and in the prosecution of such enterprises uses the service of such companies then it is subject to the same regulation as other private patrons are subjected For instance if a municipality engages in furnishing light and power to individuals then the rates paid for light and power are subject to regulation by the Commission
I return herein the papers in this file
Yours truly
James K Hines Special Attorney
MUNICIPAL CONTRACTS AUTHORITY OF COMMISSION OVER RATES OF A MUNICIPAL PLANT WHERE SUCH MUNICIPAL PLANT SERVES PATRONS OTHER THAN IN CITY OWNING SUCH PLANT
Supplementary opinion
March 9 1918
File 13050
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga
Gentlemen Chairman Candlers letter of the 23rd ult came duly to hand and I have given considerable thought and investigation to the matter therein referred to
I adhere du bitante to my opinion on municipal light plants to the effect that they are not subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission as long as they are operated for the service of their inhabitants
I also adhere to my opinion to the effect that when a municipality goes outside of its territorial limits under its charter powers and undertakes to furnish light to residents outside of its corporate limits this latter service and the rates charged therefor are subject to regulation by the Commission
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Iii the ownership and control of its own public utilities a city acts in its proprietary character as distinguished from its governmental capacity
Helena Consolidated Water Company vs Steele 20 Mont 1 27 L A R
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Public Service Commission vs Helena P U R 1916 F 389391
In such case the city stands upon the same footing with an individual or private corporation furnishing such service to a municipality and its inhabitants
Mulligan vs Miles City 51 Mont 374 L R A 1916 C 395
Public Service Commission vs Helena P U R 1916 F 391
If this be so then it follows that the service furnished by the City of Sandersville to the City of Tennille and to individuals outside of the municipal limits of Sandersville falls within the provisions of General Order No 14 and cannot be discontinued without the prior consent of this Commission unless this matter is controlled by contract between these two cities
It likewise follows that the City of Sandersville cannot discontinue service to some members of the public outside of its municipal limits and continue it for others similarly situated
I do not believe that the Commission has power to compel the City of Sandersville to render service indiscriminately if it should be necessary to make additional investments for that purpose
For a number of years past the City of Sandersville by contract has furnished to the City of Tennille an amount of electricity sufficient to light a certain number of lamps in the latter City for the purpose of lighting the streets in Tennille under certain conditions
The last of these contracts was made in February 1917 for a term of one year with provision for renewal by the resolution of the Councils and Mayors of both municipalities in regular meetings for a term of one year at a time
Under this contract the City of Tennille grants to the City of Sandersville during the life of said contract the exclusive right to use the poles crossarms wires and other apparatus and the exclusive right to use the streets and alleys of the City of Tennille for the transmission of electric current for private customers at their residences places of business and elsewhere
The City of Tennille under said contract further grants to the City of Sandersville the right to sell and furnish to individuals firms or corporations in the City of Tennille both at their residences and places of business light and electricity to consumers in Sandersville
The City of Tennille further grants to the City of Sandersville upon the completion of said contract or any renewal thereof the right to remove all meters trapsformers and other property furnished by the City of Sandersville under this contract
It is unnecessary to go further into the details of this last contract between these two cities which expired in February of this year I have recited the above terms for the purpose of giving some insight into the nature of this contract and previous contracts between these two cities upon this subjectmatter
What effect does this contract have upon the power of the Commission to regulate the business of the City of Sandersville when it undertakes to furnish light and power to customers beyond its corporate limits
If I am right in the conclusion that it stands upon the same footing as an individual or private corporation as to this business and is subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission then its contracts must be made subject to the power of the Commission to regulate this business The Rules and Regulations of the Commission must be read into these contracts as part and parcel thereof
These contracts providing for service and fixing rates for said service are subject to be changed or modified by the Commission and as above stated the Rules and General Orders of the Commission must be read into them and made a part thereof
So while under this last contract the City of Sandersville only agreed to furnish electricity to the City of Tennille for one year unless the contract was duly renewed there must be read into the contract the provision of General Order No 14 that the City of Sandersville cannot discontinue this service without first obtaining the consent Of the Commission
When the City of Sandersville devotes its property to a public use other than that of serving its own inhabitants its subjects such property to public control and regulation and then becomes subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission All of its contracts pertaining to such service and fixing rates are subject to the regulatory power of the Commission and are subject to modification change or annulment
Union Dry Goods Co vs Georgia Public Service Corporation 142 Ga 841
Union Dry Goods Co vs Georgia Public Service Corporation 145 Ga 658
Railroad Commission vs L N R Co 140 Ga 817
L N R Co vs Mottley 219 U S 467
Dawson vs Dawson Telephone Co 137 Ga 62
The rights and duties of the City of Sandersville and its extrate nitorial customers are subject to State restriction and cannot be removed from the power of the State by making a contract about them Such contracts carry with them the infirmity of the subjectmatter
Hudson County Water Co vs McCarter 209 U S 349 357
Yours truly
James K Hines Special Attorney
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 the 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 13th 1917
File 12819
IN RE COMPLAINTS OF CITIZENS AS TO ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER RATES PRACTICES AND SERVICES IN SAVANNAH AND
VICINITY
Candleb Chairman
In June 1916 numerous citizens of Savannah users of electric current for lighting and power purposes complained to the Commission as to the rates practices and services of the two electric light and power companies doing business in that city
A preliminary order of the Commission dated July 11 1916 sufficiently states the character of these complaints It is as follows
Whebeas this Commission has received petitions in writing from numerous citizens of Savannah reciting that they are users of electric current for lighting and power purposes and
Whebeas petitioners allege that present conditions as to electric light and power rates prevailing in Savannah are more or less chaotic and unstable and in many instances unlawfully discriminatory rates prevail and
Whebeas said petitioners further request this Commission to institute such proceedings as are necessary to investigate practices prevailing in the rates charged in the city of Savannah arid vicinity for electricity for lighting and power purposes and that it prescribe just and reasonable rates for electricity for lighting and power purposes to be observed in said city and vicinity and
Whebeas this Commission has official knowledge of the fact that the Savannah Electric Company and the Savannah Lighting Company are furnishing electricity to the public in Savannah and vicinity for lighting and power purposes it is therefore
Obdebed That the Savannah Electric Company be and is hereby directed to file with this Commission on or before August 15 1916 duly verified by oath of its proper official a full complete and correct scaie of its regularly established and published prices for electric current for lighting and power purposes in the city of Savannah and vicinity
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Ordered Further That at the same time and in the same manner the said company shall tile a detailed description and statement of every service or supply or contract for service or supply of electric current for lighting and power purposes varying from or at any other price or rate or for any other considerations different from such as are provided in the regularly established and published scale of prices required to be filed in the preceding paragraph together with the reasons for such variations in or departures from the same in effect between it and any member of the public in Savannah or vicinity at the time of filing such report ol statement
A similar order was directed to the Savannah Lighting Company
In due course and in accordance with the terms of these orders answers were filed by the respondent companies
These answers substantially admitted the allegations as to the preferential and discriminatory rates practices and services and unsatisfactory conditions resulting from sharp competition between the two companies occupying the service field
After consideration thereof the Commission employed the engineering firm of Solomon Norcross to make an appraisal of the properties of the two companies and a study of their respective businesses and of conditions generally in Savannah
Thereafter upon further consideration of the record and of the reports of Messrs Solomon Norcross the Commission issued the following order towit
The record in the above entitled matter considered and the complaints therein contained relating to the rates and practices of the Savannah Electric Company and the Savannah Lighting Company each engaged in supplying the public in Savannah and vicinity with electric current for lighting and power purposes it is
Ordered That each of said companies towit the Savannah Electric Company and the Savannah Lighting Company in the order herein named be and is hereby directed to show cause before this Commission at its offices in the State Capitol at Atlanta on Tuesday January 2 1917 at 10 oclock A M
1 Why this Commission should not prescribe just and reasonable rates for the supplying to the public by each of said companies of electric current for lighting and power purposes and just and reasonable rules and regulations to govern their public services and practices
2 Whether such just and reasonable rates when so prescribed bv this Commission shall be observed by each of said companies as maximum rates not to be exceeded by either or whether they shall be observed as actual rates not to be varied from by either of said companies except with the prior authority of this Commission
3 What is the fair value of the properties at this time useful and used by each of said companies in serving the public in Savannah and vicinity with electric current for lighting and power purposes
4 Why this Commission should not issue and enforce as by law pio
vided orders prohibiting any unlawful discriminations in the rates or practices of either of said companies which may be shown in the record or hereafter proven to exist
It is further directed that a copy of this order be served on each of said companies and on the Mayor of the City of Savannah by U S mail
Obdebed Fubtheb That a copy of the report as to the value condition practices and business of said companies made to this Commission by its duly commissioned engineers Solomon Norcross be mailed to each of said companies and that said companies shall have the right and privilege to file exceptions and submit evidence as to any part or all of said reports that they may desire
In response to this order answers were duly filed Each company admitted that this Commission should prescribe just and reasonable rates and regulations concerning their public services and practices and should issue and enforce such orders as would prohibit unlawful discriminations
Each contended that its own appraisal represented the fair value of its properties rather than the appraisal submitted by the Commissions engineers
The Savannah Electric Company insisted that the Commission is without authority of law to prescribe actual rates for public service corporations under its jurisdiction but that such rates as may be prescribed as just and reasonable should be observed as maximum rates not to be exceeded by either company The Savannah Lighting Company contended that such rates as may be prescribed as just and reasonable should be observed by each company as actual rates not to be varied from by either company except with the prior authority of the Commission
The case as finally submitted to the Commission presents but one substantial issue and that the legal problem raised in question number two of the Commissions order of December 20 1916 as above quoted
The question thus raised is important The Commission has given to it earnest consideration
The right of governmental regulation of the rates and services of respondents arises out of the fact that they have devoted their properties to public use This right of regulation can be exercised only in the interest of the public and only to the extent that the public is interested in its use
This Commission is an administrative agent of the Legislature and vested only with such powers as the Legislature has expressly or by fair implication conferred upon it
Paragraph 1 Section 2 Article 4 of the Constitution of this State is as follows
The power and authority of regulating freights and passenger tariffs preventing unjust discrimination 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 to prohibit said roads from having other than just and reasonable rates and enforce the same by adequate penalties
In the Act approved October 14 1879 the General Assembly undertook to discharge the duty imposed upon it in this Constitutional mandate by creating this Commission and prescribing its powers and duties
Section 5 of this ACT is in part as follows
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 the railroad companies doing business in this State on the railroad thereof Shall make such just and reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary for preventing unjust discriminations in the transportation of freight and passengers on the railroads in this State
Section of the same ACT is in part as follows
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
Section 3 of the ACT of 1879 provides that if any railroad corporation Shall charge collect demand or receive more than a fair and reasonable rate it shall he deemed guilty of extortion
The Act of the General Assembly approved August 22 1907 provides that The power to determine what are just and reasonable rates and charges is vested exclusively in said Commission
This Act also extended the power authority and jurisdiction of the Commission over electric light and power companies
The foregoing quotations from the Constitution and from the Act of 18 9 creating the Commission confirm the statement made in the first SemiAnnual Report of the Commission under date of May 1st 1880 towit
The objects of the law were obvious viz The prevention of extortion and unjust discrimination
Paragraph 4 Section 2 Article 4 of the Constitution of this State Code Section 6466 is as follows
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 lesson competition in their respective businesses or to encourage monopoly and all such contracts and agreements shall be illegal and void
This Constitutional provision Code Sect 6466 had in view the encouragement and fostering of competition in its fullest sense and expressly forbade the Legislature from authorizing any transactions between corporations which would defeat or lesson competition The anticipated benefits of competition could only be reflected in rates and services Having safeguarded the public against unreasonable and unjustly high rates the framers of the Constitution evidently had in mind the securing for the public the lowest rates and
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best service that competition might bring about The Constitutional framers were evidently distrustful of even regulated monopoly
The first Commission organized under the Act of 1879 adopted this view of our public policy as to rate regulation as shown by the two following rules
1 As to Passenger Rates Railroads are restricted to the above rates as maximum rates only and have full liberty to reduce these rates on all and every character of passenger service at their option Circular No 11 December 11 1880
2 Regulations Concerning Freight Rates The freight rates prescribed by the Commission are maximum rates which shall not be transcended by the railroads They may carry however at less than the prescribed rates provided that if they carry for less for one person they shall for the like service carry for the same lessened rate for all persons except as mentioned hereinafter and if they adopt less freight rates from one station they shall make a reduction of the same per cent at all stations along the line of road so as to make no unjust discrimination as against any person or locality Freight Rule No 6 1880
In its Second SemiAnnual Report November 1880 the Commission refers to Rule 6 above as the most important regulation adopted by the Commission in regard to competition
The Supreme Court of Georgia has adopted a similar construction of the powers conferred on the Commission and their limitations This Court in Georgia Railroad et al vs Smith et al Railroad Commissioners 70 Ga 697 said
The object of the Constitutional provision and the legislative enactment was to give proper protection to the citizen against unjust rates for the transportation of freights and passengers over the railroads of the State and to prevent unjust discriminations even though the rates might be just It was not expected that the Legislature would do more than pass laws to accomplish the ends in view When this was done its duty had been discharged
The Court also said in Southern Railway Co v Atlanta Stove Works 128 Ga 218
We recognize the carriers rigiht to manage its internal affairs by reducing its tariff below the Commission rate and that such low rate affords no basis for an arbitrary reduction of the Commissions maximtim standard to the voluntary low rate of the General Rule No 3 of the Commission in effect today declares
All of the rates prescribed by the Commission are maximum rates which shall not be exceeded by any company Any company may charge less than the prescribed maximum rate provided no unjust discrimination results
This is substantially the same as Rule 6 promulgated by the Commission among the first rules it published
Almost without exception every circular prescribing rates issued by the
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Commission since its creation bas in terms declared the rates prescribed to be maximum rates
It is true our law requires public service corporations to observe the prescribed rates but the Courts and the Commission have without exception interpreted this to mean that the prescribed rates are observed when they are not exceeded This construction is apparently sustained by the fact that the law prohibits in terms the charging demanding or collecting of rates in excess of the prescribed rates and declares such acts to be illegal
There is in our opinion nothing in our laws which prohibits a public utility from giving the public the benefit of a lower rate than may be prescribed by the Commission should it appear to the interest of the corporation in the exercise of a sound business policy so to do provided of course it does not unlawfully discriminate in so doing
We are of the opinion that ouf public policy as evidenced in the Constitution and Statutes of the State and as uniformly followed by the Courts and the Commission has been to encourage corporations to so favor the public
The one restriction about this privilege or option clearly stated both in the law and the rules of the Commission is that prohibiting unjust discrimination in the giving of rates less than the maximum prescribed This Commission has no more mandatory duty imposed upon it than that of prohibiting unjustly discriminatory rates or practices and its powers in this respect are broad and ample But even these powers should be so exercised as not to interfere with the duty the corporation owes the public to serve it efficiently and upon reasonable rates
The Commission will accompany this opinion with a schedule of maximum rates to be observed by the respondent companies in this case
In preparing this schedule we have undertaken to follow the well established principle that the patrons of a public utility when divided into classes are entitled to rates relatively as well as inherently reasonable No one of these classes should bear more than its share of the cost of the service rendered theentire public The utility should not be allowed to serve one class at less than the cost of the service or at actual cost and look to some other class to recoup its losses or to secure a fair profit
The Commission therefore will provide in its order that if the utility charges any class of patrons a lesser rate than the maximum prescribed by the Commission for that class a like percentage of reduction shall be given all other classes Such a provision follows the principle laid down in General Rule No 3 of the Commission and is consistent with the past policy of the Commission
The record in this case clearly shows gross discriminations arising out of the fact that each of the respondent companies has in effect numerous flat rates in addition to their meter rates
In order to end the unjust discriminations and abuses arising out of the use of both flat and meter rates it will be ordered that the giving or contracting for flat rates or any other than meter rates shall be wholly discontinued
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he record further shows gross discriminations and abuses arising out of t e supplying by each of the respondents to numerous individual patrons of
aM eXtra CMrge WMe otherTare
The Commission condemns such discriminatory practices and preferential
hM Wil1 nclude order in the premises such prorista TwU prohibit their continuance
U 1Sfn0t iPurpoSe of the Commission in the accompanying order to faor either of the competing companies in Savannah Our purpose is to protect the public against extortionate rates and from unjust discrimination
These companies are entitled to such reasonable rates as will afford them with conservative business management a fair return upon the fair value of the property used and useful in serving the public
We believe the rates we shall prescribe will earn such a return They are maximum rates not to be exceeded by either company
The scale prescribed by the Commission when made effective by the companies will bring about increased cost of lighting and power current to many consumers These consumers have heretofore been enjoying rates below the
hl0h JeTeJImaDy CaS6S SBd lralefeIlsy Preferential Other patrons ave been forced to pay relatively unjust rates and to bear more than their share of cost of service burdens
fTlUtdeI a mUCh nger COntinuance of rate conditions now existing one or ot of the companies now serving Savannah will be bankrupted and unable to serve the public efficiently if at all
Stable rates are as essential to the public welfare as to these companies welfare and our purpose has been to establish stable and reasonably fair ates without violating what we believe is the well defined public policy of
the State as to fair competition and to end all unjust discriminations and preferences
IN RE NORRIS N SMITH vs ROME RAILWAY LIGHT COMPANYCOMPLAINT AS TO STREET CAR FACILITIES IN ROME GEORGIA
U appears from this complaint that the Rome Railway Light Company
is a public utility corporation operating a street car system in the city of Rome
and vicinity
That until about two years since it operated continuous routes or lines
over and upon three public bridges in the city of Rome two of which span the
the Etowah River and one the Oostanaula the last known as the Fifth Avenue Bridge and those over the Etowah as the Second Avenue Bridge
That about two years ago the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Floyd County in the interest of the public safety determined upon the removal of said bridges and the erection of new and more substantial bridges in their stead in accordance with the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of Georgia approved August 15th 1914 authorizing such removal and
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reconstruction and prescribing the methods by which these ends were to be accomplished
That the Fifth Avenue Bridge over the Oostanaula River and the Second Avenue Bridge over the Etowah River have been completed and for some time past open to traffic and that the Broad Street Bridge is now in course of erection but not yet completed
That the Rome Railway Light Company is not operating its cars over the two completed bridges and that the public in Rome is suffering great inconvenience by reason of such failure
The Commission issued a rule directing the Rome Railway and Light Company to show cause why it should not be directed to operate its cars over the two bridges already completed and over the third bridge when completed so as to afford the public such facilities as were enjoyed by it prior to the removal of the old bridges Copies of this rule were served upon the city of Rome and the County of Floyd
The Rome Railway Light Company hereafter to be referred to as the Railway Company admitted the facts as above stated setting up also the manner in which it had obtained and used itanchises on the old bridges prior to August 15 th 1914
That under an Act of the General Assembly of Georgia approved August 15th 1914 the title and control of said bridges was vested in Floyd County and said County was authorized and empowered to condemn and remove the said bridges and to erect upon the sites thereof new bridges and repealing and annulling the Railway Companys rights and franchises to operate its cars over the new bridges
That the County authorities acting under and by virtue of the authority conferred in said Act gave notice of their intention to remove the old bridges and erect new bridges and entered orders relative thereto requiring the Railway Company to pay onethird of the actual cost of removing the old bridges and erecting the new before it could operate its cars over the new bridges
That in passing said orders the County authorities acted arbitrarily and afforded the Railway Company no opportunity to be heard as to the reasonableness or Justice of said orders and demands or as to the character or cost of the new bridges and that the burdens sought to be imposed upon it were excessive and unreasonable and that the Railway Company should not be required to pay onethird of the cost of removing the old bridges and erecting the new for the privilege of operating its cars thereover
That the effort of the County authorities is to make the Railway Company purchase new franchises and provide new facilities over the said bridges and that it should not be required to purchase such new franchises except upon terms reasonable and just to it that the new bridges are larger more substantial and more expensive structures than are needed now and for years that they provide for double street car tracks when a single track was sufficient that the Railway Company is asked to pay a third of the cost of removing the old bridges and that these facts render the demands made upon the Railway Company excessive unreasonable and unjust
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The Railway Company asks the Commission to pass upon all of these contentions and prior to the issuance of any order directing it to operate its car over the new bridges to declare what is the just and reasonable sum it should pay for the privilege of such operation
The authorities of the County of Floyd and of the City of Rome appeared at the hearing of the complaint and filed interventions in behalf of the Countv and City
Numerous issues were raised by these answers It is for the purpose of this opinion unnecessary to enumerate them in detail
The record shows that the constitutionality and validity of the Act of 1914 repealing the franchise over the old bridges and prescribing the actual terms and conditions upon which the Railway Company could use the new bridges have been unsuccessfully attacked in the courts the construction of the Act and contentions by the Railway Company having been finally denied by the Supreme Court of the United States
Section 4 of this Act is as follows
Be it further enacted that the County authorities of said county are hereby given the exclusive right and jurisdiction to grant permission and franchises to persons firms and corporations exercising public service functions to operate on and over said bridges and to place railway tracks thereon and to operate on and over said bridges and to prescribe the terms and limitations of such grants add the county authorities of said county are authorized to require of any street railway company or electric railway company as a condition precedent to the laying of tracks placing wires and operating cars on and over said bridges that it pay to said county a sum equal to onethird of the actual cost of the building of said bridges and the sum shall be paid to the Treasurer of said county
before any such company shall ibe allowed to lay any tracks to place
any wires or other equipment or operate any cars on and over such bridges but any corporation now having a franchise shall have the right to use any new bridge upon compliance with the reasonable conditions imposed by the Board of Commissioners and Revenues
It is not within the province of this Commission to question the equities of any of the provisions of a legislative Act The Act in question has been upheld by the Courts Practically every contention of the Railway Company be
fore this Commission as to the unreasonable and arbitrary character of the Acts and orders of the County Commissioners related to a specific act or the exercise of a specific power directed or conferred by the terms of the Act The franchises over the old bridges were repealed The Courts held the General Assembly had this power
The specific terms and conditions upon which franchises over the new bridges should be granted and the exclusive authority by which they could be granted were prescribed in the Act and the Courts have overruled the objections of the Railway Company to these legislative terms The people of Floyd County have voted to issue county bonds for the construction of the new bridges under the terms and conditions of the Act
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The use of the public streets of the city up to each bridge on both sides by the Railway Company is under franchises providing for continuous lines across the bridges in existence at the time of the grants and contemplated these would be continued during the life of the street franchises
After the repeal of the bridge franchises in the Act of 1914 and after the voters of the county had ratified in a special election this Act and the provisions relating to the manner in which the new bridges were to be erected and paid for the Railway Company applied to this Commission for its approval of an issue of mortgage bonds in which application it stated that it desired 7500000 of such bonds for the purpose of meeting an assessment of approximately that sum made upon it by the County authorities for the rebuilding of said bridges that it was contesting the said assessment in the courts but at that time its bill for an injunction had been dismissed the Court holding in effect that it petitioner was bound to comply with the orders of said Board of Commissioners before it could resume operation of its cars over the said bridges and that should the orders of the county authorities be enforced certain sections of the city would be cut off from a continuous car service
Upon the showing made by the Railway Company that the issuance of 7500000 of bonds in the event the Courts overruled its contentions was necessary and reasonably required for the purpose mentioned the Commission issued an order approving the issue of bonds prayed for with the following provision among others therein
4th To pay whatever assessment by the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Floyd County Ga as may be finally determined against the petitioners upon account of the cost of rebuilding three bridges over the Etowah River and the Oostanaula River within the limits of Rome provided that the amount in cash expended for this purpose shall not exceed SeventyFive Thousand 7500000 Dollars and provided further that pending determination of the petitioners liability in this matter the amount set aside for this purpose may be deposited in trust with the Fidelity and Columbia Trust Company of Louisville Kentucky to be held by said Trust Company for the benefit of the petitioner pending the further order of this Commission in the event that the petitioner is relieved from the payment of the assessment herein provided for
In compliance with this order the Railway Company has reported to the Commission that it has issued and sold the said bonds and has on deposit as directed 7500000 of the proceeds thereof for the purpose mentioned in the order
The Commission is of the opinion from the evidence submitted that the present service of the Railway Company over the three streets leading across the bridges in connection involving transfers by patrons at each bridge with uncertain waits on each side under the schedules operated is inadequate annoyingly inconvenient and wholly unsatisfactory and
That the Railway Company because of such service is losing patronage and consequent revenue
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A very large percentage of the population of Rome is served by the three routes across or which should cross these bridges The public has rights in this matter which ought no longer to be denied because of the dispute between the Railway Company and the County The provisions of the Act of 1914 may be unreasonable and arbitrarywe do not saybut they have been considered and upheld by the Courts
With the consent of this Commission the Railway Company has long since provided against the results of a lost cause and the Commission is therefore of the opinion that service across the two completed bridges upon the terms and conditions prescribed under the Act of 1914 by the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues should be resumed it is therefore
Ordered That the Rome Railway Light Company be and is hereby directed with the consent and approval of the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Floyd County after the payment to said County of a sum equal to onethird of the actual cost of the Fifth Avenue Bridge over the Oostanaula River and Second Avenue Bridge over the Etowah River lay its tracks over said bridges and thereafter regularly operate its cars thereover on or before August 1st 1917
Ordered Further That the said Railway Company upon completion of the Broad Street Bridge over the Etowah River shall upon similar terms and conditions lay its tracks thereover and regularly operate its cars thereupon
By order of the Commission
August 15th 1917 File No 13193
IN RE APPLICATION OF THE ALBANY POWER MANUFACTURING COMPANY FOR INCREASE IN POWER RATES AT ALBANY GA
In March 1917 the Albany Power Manufacturing Company flldd with the Railroad Commission of Georgia petition for authority to establish in Albany Georgia the following schedule of power rates
Schedule A
100 K W H or less 8 c
Excess of 300 K W H 6 c
Excess of 1000 K W Hi4 c
Excess of 2000 K W H2c
Excess of 3000 K AY H 2 c
Excess of 5000 K W H lc
Schedule B
5000 K W H 2c
Excess to 10000 K W ILlc
Excess to 20000 K W Hle
All over 20000 K W H c
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In addition to the above rates the Company petitioned for authority to make a meter rental charge of 50c per month for small meters and 100 per month for large meters
The present rates of the Albany Power Manufacturing Company on file with the Railroad Commission of Georgia show the following scale to be if effect
Schedule A
300 K W H or less4 c
Excess to 1000 K W H2c
Excess to 2000 K W H 2c
Excess to 3000 K W H 2 c
Excess to 5000 K W H iy2c
Schedule B
5000 K W H 2 c
Excess to 10000 K W Hlc
Excess to 20000 K JV Hlc
All over 20000 K W H1 c
The petition was assigned for hearing on April 11 1917 the city authorities of Albany advised of said hearing and supplied with a copy of the petition The original petition not being clear as to whether or not the City of Albanys municipal contract was involved in the application for increase in power rates the Company amended its petition on April 11 1917 so as to make clear the issue that it did not desire to increase the contract rate which it had with the City of Albany at this time
On the date of hearing viz the 11th of April protestants stated that they were not ready at that time to go into the issues of this case as fully as they desired so to do and asked for a postponement The Commission thereupon postponed the hearing of said petition until its meeting on May 7th 1917 at which time both sides appeared and presented their respective contentions relative to the matter At the conclusion of the hearing on May 7th protestants stated to the Commission that they would defray the expenses of an appraisal of the plant of the Albany Power Manufacturing Company said appraisal to be madeby an engineer selected by this Commission The Commission employed James Nesbit Hazlehurst to make an appraisal of the plant and MrHazlehursts report copy of which was served on each side shows that in his opinionFrom all the facts and evidence current practice and equitable consideration I fix as the present fair value of the physical property of the Albany Power Manufacturing Company 37117910
Included in the engineers total aboveshown appear the following items
Flint River DevelopmentOverflow Lands 3550000
Franchise value 600000
Engineering supervision 1350845
Organization and legal expenses 1702065
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In arriving at the fair value of the plant of the Albany Power Manufacturing Company the Commission had thought proper to exclude in their entirety the first two items above shown siz
Flint River DevelopmentOverflow Lands 3550000
and
Franchise value 600000
For the reason that the Flint River Development and Overflow Lands are not used or useful in serving the public at Albany by the plant of the Albany Power Manufacturing Company and also as repeatedly held this Commission does not consider franchise value a proper item to be included in a valuation unless such franchise value represents money actually expended It is not our understanding that anything was paid for the franchise rights to do business in Albany and vicinity
The Commission has also considered carefully the two items of
Engineering supervision 1350845
and
Organization and legal expenses 1702065
Total 3052910
and is of the opinion that the same are excessive when there is taken into account the actual manner and method by which this property was developed The Commission has reduced these items by onehalf viz 1526455
Upon the record the Commission therefore declares that in its opinion the present fair value of the property of the Albany Power Manufacturing Company used and useful in serving the public to be 31500000
The petitioner was required by the Commission to file the original copy of audit made by certified public accountants covering the operations of the Albany Power Manufacturing Company for the past six years this audit has been carefully scrutinized and analyzed by the Commission The Company was also called upon to furnish the Commission with various statements showing the operation of said plant for the past several years and especially a detail statement showing the name of each customer the amount of current consumed monthly and as well revenue received from each customer for such consumption To the present consumption for each customer the Commission has applied the new scale of maximum rates hereinafter prescribed to be made effective and the result is
The petitioner shows by proper statement that for the first sixV
months of 1917 the total earnings were 2769213
Total expenses for same period amounted to 1441089
Net earnings for six months 1328124
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For a year based on six months above shown the net earnings
would amount to 2656248
The gross revenue based on the new scale of rates will produce an
additional 1149300
Total net earnings for one year based on new scale of rates 3805548
Depreciation at 4y2 per cent on 31500000 1417500
Leaving available for return on a fair value of the plant 2388048
The petitioner has heretofore made no deduction from its gross rates on account of prompt payment of bills The scale of rates hereinafter provided will contemplate a 5 per cent deduction on all bills paid on or before the 10th of the month except on the contract for power with the City of Albany This will represent a reduc
tion from the net above shown of 215000
This leaves therefore available for return on investment 2173048
or 68 per cent on the valuation of 31500000
In arriving at the scale hereinafter prescribed to be made effective it is to be noted that the Commission has authorized a yearly depreciation on the failvalue of the plant of 4 per cent
There is no question anywhere but that it is the necessitous duty of a public utility to make actual and reasonable provision against depreciation The public has a right to demand such provision in the interest of efficient and permanent service
Every just and reasonable rate prescribed by this Commission contemplates such provision out of the earnings thereunder Ordinary maintenance and repairs do not and can not take care of depreciation and obsolescence No utility can year after year pay out every dollar of its earnings above operating expenses and fixed charges without facing disaster when the life of its plant has been spent and no accumulation or provision has been made against exhaustion decay or outofdarkness In re Georgia Railway Power Co petition to issue noninterest bearing scrip
Under all of the facts in the record and upon consideration of the same and especially taking into consideration the present condition of the country money market supply market and other economic conditions now confronting the whole country the Commission feels that the rate of return above referred to is not an unreasonable return
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