GmJMX MJ 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 u M i r 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 4 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 5 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 6 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 7 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 8 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 9 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 11 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 13 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 15 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 117 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 16 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 17 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 18 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 39 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 20 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 21 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 09 I 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 23 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 24 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 25 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 26 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 27 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 28 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 29 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 HI 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 32 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 34 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 35 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 30 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 37 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 39 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 40 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 41 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 43 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 44 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 45 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 46 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 48 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 49 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 50 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 51 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 52 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 53 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 54 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 56 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 57 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 58 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 60 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 4 61 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 62 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 64 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 65 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 66 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 67 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 68 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 C9 Narrow gauge railroads carloadweights Transfer to and from narrow gauge railroads Reduced rates on returned shipments 1 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 70 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 7 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 73 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 76 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 80 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 81 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 82 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 83 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 84 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 85 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 S6 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 87 K 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 88 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 89 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 90 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 91 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 92 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 93 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 94 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 95 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 96 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 97 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 98 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 301 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 102 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 103 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 105 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 107 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 56 108 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 310 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 4 114 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 1 115 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 118 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 4 119 F W 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 2 121 CR I OR CR 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 322 CR I OR 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 1 124 CR I OR 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 128 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 1 129 CE I OE 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 3 331 CR OR 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 132 CR I OR 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 4 133 CR I OR 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 134 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 135 CR I OR 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 136 CR OR 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 137 CR I OR CR I OR 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 138 to ld d cn rfi cs W f 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 3 139 CR OR 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 140 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 3 343 CR I OR 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 4 144 CR OR 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 145 CR OR 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 5 147 Ol rf CR CR I OR 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 3 148 COM CE OE CE OE 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 1 149 Olbb CR OR CR OR 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 4 151 CR OR 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 152 CR 1 OR 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 153 Hi too CRI OR 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 154 Oi O O 05 CE I OR CR I OR 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 4 155 CE I OE CE I OE 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 2 156 CE OE 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 157 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 161 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 1S1 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 182 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 386 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 187 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 188 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 190 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 191 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 192 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 193 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 196 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 199 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 200 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 201 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 202 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 203 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 n j Duties of Secretary Office hours Quorum Official Orders Order of business 205 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 I 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 208 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 209 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 210 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 211 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 212 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 213 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 214 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 215 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 216 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 217 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 21S 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 s 219 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 223 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 224 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 412 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 227 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 230 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 231 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 232 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 233 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 234 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 235 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 236 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 237 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 238 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 239 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 210 IN RE PETITION OF ROME MUNICIPAL GAS COMPANY FOR AUTHOR TY TO INCREASE GAS RATES AND COMPLAINTS BY PATRONS OF SAID COMPANY AS TO THE CHARACTER OF GAS AND ADE QUACY OF SERVICE SUPPLIED BY SAID COMPANY tb hereas f er date of June 12 1917 the Commission issued its order in the above stated matter directing the said Company to make certain changes additions to and improvements in its plant which in the opinion of the Com mission were necessary to the improvement of the quality of the gas manufactuied and distributed by said Company to the public and also to make certain changes additions to and improvements in its distribution lines etc necessary to adequately and efficiently serve the public all as set forth particularly in said oide and m a report to the Commission by the United States Bureau of Standards copy of which report was served on said Company and opportunity given to it to file answer or objection thereto which opportunity the said Company accepted by filing answer thereto y 1 And Whereas said Rome Municipal Gas Company through its attorney under date of August 4th 1917 represents to the Commission that the said or er was improvident and requires unnecessary and expensive changes ad R runablea t its plaat financial and other reasons s J th lake and further that the character of gas now being supplied ad efflclentT W renderea bi re reasonaMr factory adecate tionh p YeW f ab0VG an4other reasns given in its applicant p Company asks a snspension of the above mentioned order of o n T1SS10 r a reaSnable time and that the said Company be allowed to eopen the said matter and be granted another hearing in the premises It is therefore Ordered That the said order of the Commission dated June 12 1917 and further compliance therewith by the said Gas Company in so far as said Lmgthe forth nS T1 iPVIents are Erected be and is hereby suspended until the further order of the Commission 0rdered Further That the prayer of the petitioner for a reopening of the liter f and ttot fUU heartog be t0 Company ta the matter of said order and as to the character adequacy and efficiency of the fin 6 T8 renderea llle rmHic at Rome on Wednesday September 12 1917 lante A M in the offices of the Commission at the State Capitol At Order Further That a copy of the petition of the Company through its attorney W H Payne of Chattanooga Tennessee dated August 4th 1017 and of this order be served by U S mail on the City Government of Rome Georgia not later than August 22 1917 B By order of the Commission 241 0 Atlanta Ga November 21 1917 File No 12002 IN RE PETITION OF ATLANTA BIRMINGHAM ATLANTIC RAILROAD ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD CO CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY CO GEORGIA SOUTHERN FLORIDA RAILWAY CO SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY CO AND SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY FOR REVISION OF FREIGHT RATES BETWEEN POINTS WITHIN THE STATE OF GEORGIA By the Commission The original petition in the above stated case in substance prays for 1 The adoption by the Commission of Southern Classification No 41 supplements thereto and subsequent issues thereof with certain named departures therefrom to be known as Georgia Exceptions to the Southern Classification 2 The adoption of a proposed Class Mileage Tariff to apply on all traffic rated classes 1 to R inclusive in the Southern Classification and proposed Georgia Exceptions to the Southern Classification transported between points within the State of Georgia 3 The adoption of a proposed Commodity Mileage Tariff as set out to apply on all traffic rated apply Commodity Group No in the proposed Georgia exceptions to the Southern Classification transported between points within the State of Georgia and 4 That the maximum rates made by the use of the proposed Class and Commodity Mileage Tariffs be applied to from and between all points within the State of Georgia except that in all cases where petitioners establish rates lower than provided in the proposed mileage tariffs including instances where a longer route composed of one or more lines meets the rate of a shorter route such lower rates are to be made subject to the ong and short haul principle with certain named exceptions After reference to the requirements of Section 4 of the Federal Act to Regulate Interstate Commerce as amended by Congress on June 18 1910 and orders of the Interstate Commerce Commission based thereon which it is alleged compelled a readjustment of interstate Southeastern rates petitioners recite that By reason of the revision made in the interstate freight rates to conform to the Interstate Commerce Commissions order the direct bearing that the intrastate rates have on the interstate rates and the dissatisfaction of local and small junction points in the State of Georgia with the present intrastate adjustment because of the existing preferential adjustment enjoyed by the depressed rate points approval1 of the readjustment of intrastate freight rates within the State of Georgia on the basis set forth is asked The petition states the purpose of the proposed revision is therefore namely 1st To make an adjustment of intrastate rates that will conform to the long and short haul principle prescribed by the Interstate Commerce Commission in connection with interstate rates and thereby remove cause 242 fos the many complaints and general dissatisfaction as to the alleged discriminatory effect of the present intrastate adjustment 2nd To bring about a proper and harmonious relationship in the rates applicable between points in Georgia and the interstate rates to and from points in Georgia thereby removing numerous unjust discriminations in favor of or against interstate traffic due to the fact that the intrastaie Georgia rates on many commodities moving in volume and comprising a very considerable proportion of the total traffic are decidedly out of line with the interstate rates to and from points in Georgiathe Georgia rates on such commodities as hereinbefore stated being generally and unnec essarily and abnormally low and lower than the interstate rates and rates in other Southern states for similar distances There is no specific allegation in the original petition that prior to the revision of interstate rates under Fourth Section orders the relation between Georgia intrastate rates and the interstate rates in this territory was unduly discriminatory against interstate traffic There is no specific allegation that the general body bf Georgia intrastate rates is unreasonably low the allegation being that on many commodities moving m volume and comprising a very considerable proportion of total traffic the intrastate rates are decidedly out of line with the interstate rates as revised to and from points in Georgia the intrastate rates on such commodities being generally unnecessarily and abnormally low and lower than the interstate rates and rates in other Southern states During the progress of the case direct attacks were made upon the reasonableness of Georgia intrastate rates and evidence introduced in an effort to sustain these attacks Testimony was also offered in an effort to show that the body of intrastate rates now m effect does not afford a fair return upon the fair value of the properties in the State devoted to the public use in intrastate transportation by the respective railroads The Commission admitted evidence along these lines notwithstanding there u ere as stated no specific allegations in the petition as to the unreasonableness of the whole body of intrastate rates because petitioners had specifically asked the adoption of certain class and commodity mileage tariffs and their application to traffic transported between points in Georgia and these generally for the shorter distances and between common points being higher than the existing scales could only be justified by proof that the lower existing scales were unreasonably low andthe proposed tariff not unreasonably high The Commission had also announced before and at the beginning of the investigation under the petition that it would consider the entire subject of revision and readjustment of our intrastate classification rules and tariffs and to this end and with this purpose consolidated with the carriers petition several other petitions and complaints from both carriers and shippers relating to specific rates classification subjects and alleged discriminatory tariff adjustments 24 The widest scope possible was therefore intended and given to the inquiry and the Commission considers that it has before it the entire intrastate freight rate situation There is no phase of it upon which railroads and shippers have not had opportunity to be fully heard CLASSIFICATION AND RULES Sections 1 and 2 of the original petition ask for the adoption of Southern Classification with certain exceptions thereto to be designated as Georgia Exceptions to Southern Classification to govern all traffic transported between points within Georgia Effective May 1st 1880 this Commission promulgated a general freight classification known as the Georgia Commissioners Classification Since its issuance there has been no effort to revise it as a whole although numerous additions and amendments have been made These have been made from time to time by differently constituted Commissions through more than a third of a century as individualcases and exigencies were brought to the attention of the Commission and as a result of this piece process of building by different builders our current State classification is permeated with inconsistent unrelated conflicting and obsolete descriptions groupings and ratings The varieties of articles and commodities now being transported in commerce have greatly increased since 1880 Methods of packing have been entirely changed and many new kinds of containers brought into use Under a special rule of the Commission articles not specifically included in the Commissions classification or not analogous to some article therein classified take Southern Classification Under another provision numerous commodities moving between base or common points are governed entirely by Southern Classification There are therefore practically two classifications in effect in Georgia Shippers and agents of the carriers frequently use one when the other is applicable Serious annoyances arise out of the fact that one classification applies only to intrastate traffic while the other applies always to interstate traffic and frequently to intrastate The Commission has been deeply impressed with the desirability of the utmost attainable degree of uniformity in classification rating and descriptions Complete uniformity in ratings may be difficult but it does appear possible and desirable that descriptions and packing requirements should be more nearly alike throughout the Southeast at least The Commission does not see its way clear however to secure uniformity by the adoption of Southern Classification with only the Georgia Exceptions as set out in the petition Ratings in Southern Classification generally are higher than the Georgia ratings and the adoption of Southern Classification including ratings with only the enumerated Georgia Exceptions would mean a more substantial increase in rates and resulting revenues on intrastate traffic than is believed to be warranted by the record With the addition of a number of commodities moving freely in Georgia to the commodities enumerated in Georgia Exceptions to Southern Classification as proposed by the petitioners in our opinion requiring different treatment from 244 a classification basis than that given by Southern Classification it appears to us as wise to adopt Southern Classification as governing intrastate traffic not included in Georgia Exceptions In this adoption as will be noted particularly in descriptions packing requirements etc a material degree of uniformity will be obtained In fhe adoption of Southern Classification with Georgia Exceptions it is not the purpose of this Commission to surrender any of its functions powers or duties in reference to classification nor to permit carriers to change classification descriptions or ratings at will The Commission will expressly provide that no change amendment or elimination of any character in Southern Classification or the Georgia Exceptions as adopted affecting or applicable to Georgia intrastate traffic shall be made or become effective except after application to and approval by the Commission and unless otherwise expressly authorized applications for changes amendments or eliminations may be filed and will be considered by the Commission only four times a year at quarterly classification sessions to be designated in advance FREIGHT AND CLASSIFICATION RULES The Commission has given careful consideration to the rules shown in Southern Classification the adoption of which has been asked In this connection it has also carefully reviewed the present Georgia rules and as a result of this comparative examination and study it has reached the conclusion that the existing Georgia freight and classification rules with certain amendments and eliminations as indicated in the revision hereto attached will prove more satisfactory and better adapted for the regulation of Georgia intrastate traffic than Southern Classification rules In continuing in effect its own rules with amendments and eliminations as shown all applicable only to intrastate traffic we have obtained an increased degree of uniformity in the rules applicable to both intra and interstate traffic But as already intimated uniformity must not be secured at too high a price The petition in this case only proposed uniformity in rules and classification by the adoption substantially of the views of petitioners FREIGHT CLASSIFICATION OF RAILROADS The Act of the General Assembly approved October 14 1879 creating the Railroad Commission of Georgia required the Commission to make for each of the railroad corporations doing business in this State a schedule of just and reasonable rates of charges for the transportation of passengers and freights After careful consideration the Commission reached the conclusion that a strict letter compliance with the requirement was undesirable from several view points and wisely decided that the ends of the law and the convenience of shippers and railroads would be best served by the adoption of Standard Tariffsfreight and passenger the division of the many railroads into traffic classes and providing for the application of Standard Tariffs or varying percentages added thereto to the different carrier classes created 245 Railroads were assigned to these classes after consideration of their revenues operating expenses traffic density and other facts bearing upon their general condition development financial strength economies of operation etc Eight classes designated as Class No 1 Class No 2 and so on were created The roads in Class No 1 were allowed for example to charge as a maximum only the Standard Tariff Roads in Class 2 were allowed to charge thh Standard Tariff plus a given percentage and so on As time passed and as railroad facilities increased density of traffic grew heavier and competition became an increasingly material factor it was deemed proper to reduce the number of road classes to four Because of the embarrassments sometimes caused the railroads assigned to the higher numbered classes resulting from their being referred to as second or third or fourth class railroads and so on it was decided to designate the newly created four classes by letters of the alphabet to wit Freight Classes A B C and D As now constituted Freight Class A includes the Atlanta West Point Railroad Co The Alabama Great Southern Railroad Co with a very limited mileage across the northwestern corner of the state The Atlanta Northern Railway Co a short interurban electric road The Georgia Railroad and its several subsidiary branch lines and the Western Atlantic Railroad These roads are allowed to charge as a maximum the Standard Tariff without percentages Freight Class B includes at this time but one road the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co It is allowed to charge as a maximum on freight classes 1 to J inclusive and A E G H L except Lime and Ice N and O the Standard Tariff with 20 per cent added On Classes B K M and R and Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with 10 per cent added and on Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentages Freight Class C includes the remaining trunk line roads of the State towit The Atlanta Birmingham Atlantic Railway Co the Central of Georgia Railway Co not including certain subsidiary branch lines owned or controlled by it but operated independently under their own charters the Georgia Southern Florida Railway Co the Louisville Nashville Railroad the Seaboard Air Line Railway and the Southern Railway and two only of its subsidiary branch lines towit the Hartwell Railway Co and the Lawrenceville Branch Railroad These class C roads are allowed to charge as a maximum on classes 1 to C inclusive A E G H L except Lime and Ice N and O the Standard Tariff with 25 per cent added On classes B K M andR and on Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with 10 per cent added On classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage Freight Class D includes the weaker and shorter lines in the State and are allowed to charge as a maxifftum the Standard Tariff with added percentages on the different classes running from 10 to 50 per cent For years there have been complaints from many shippers and towns with reference to the mileage rates prevailing on the different railroads in the State a live town or an enterprising shipper located on a class C railroad 246 often feeling that he was in some way discriminated against because a competitor at some nearby point located on a class A roafi enjoyed lower rates During the past twenty years there has been a marked increase in railroad mileage in Georgia particularly in the Southern half of the State These newly constructed lines generally short lines cross and recross and form junctions and connections with stronger trunk lines and in many instances compete with them for the short hauls In order to secure such traffic and to meet competition at points of contact these lower class railroads are unable to use the maximum rates permitted them or to secure favorable divisions of through rates Glass C railroads meet with the same difficulty when they come in contact or competition with Class A roads and of course also in competition with short line mileage After careful consideration of the entire railroad situation in Georgia and of the relations which the different lines in the State bear to each other the problems and operating questions which have been brought aboutby new mileage and traffic changes and conditions since the Commissions last revision of road classification the Commission is of the opinion that the number of classes should be reduced and that the time has come when the railroads of the State should in so far as freight tariffs are concerned be divided into two classes only to be designated as Freight Class A and Freight Class B The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co has heretofore been assigned to Class B and allowed to charge rates on some classes somewhat higher than the Class A roads and lower than Class C roads This of course as to Georgia intrastate traffic It has petitioned that on such traffic it be classed with the Class C roads and be allowed to charge the same maximum rates as they This road because of its geographical relation is in large competition with the Class C railroads of the State such as the Seaboard the Central of Georgia the Southern and others It has for years been a well managed and properous interstate system with a very large percentage of its traffic freight and passenger interstate in character It is an important trunk line between the East and Florida and much of its freight tonnage is profitable high class traffic moving out of Florida and south Georgia to Eastern markets This Commission is dealing and can deal only with intrastate traffic It can prescribe only intrastate rates and in so doing must keep their reasonableness as measured by the value and character of the services rendered the public the cost of rendition and the returns afforded upon the fair value of the property used in intrastate traffic The Commission in so far as intrastate traffic and rates are concerned has become satisfied that there is no valid reason for prescribing a lower level of intrastate freight rates for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co than has been and will be prescribed for the Southern Railway the Seaboard Air Line Rwy the Central of Georgia Railway and other roads serving the same terri tory under substantially the same conditions and circumstances and the order in this case will assign the Atlantic Coast Line to the same freight class 247 In making only two freight clases of railroads in this State it is the purpose of the Commission to put into actual practice and enforce the principle set up in the Commissions present Freight Rule No 1 towit Where in this State two or more connecting lines of railroad are operated by or under one management or company or where the majority of the stock of any railroad company is owned or controlled either directly or indirectly by a connecting railroad company the lines of such company shall within the meaning and intent of the rules of the Commission be considerel as constituting but one and the same railroad and rates for the carriage of freight over such railroads or any portion thereof shall be computed upon a continuous mileage basis the same as upon the line of a single railroad company whether such railroads have separate boards of directors or not The order in this case will further provide that Class A railroads without exception shall apply the Standard Tariff of revised Class and Commodity Group rates prescribed therein without any percentages The Commission has in view the purpose to remove as far as practicable undue discriminations in rates as between railroads of the same class and standard and as between the communities located on them CLASS AND COMMODITY RATES In Section 3 and 4 of the original petition the Class C railroads with the exception of the Louisville Nashville which is not a party to the petition ask the adoption of the Class and Commodity Mileage Tariffs set out in Exhibits E and F attached to the petition to apply on intrastate traffic rated in Southern Classification and the proposed Georgia Exceptions The purpose of the revision thus proposed it is stated is twofold 1st To make an adjustment of intrastate rates that will conform to the long and short haul principles prescribed by the Interstate Commerce Commission in connection with interstate rates and thereby remove cause for the many complaints and general dissatisfaction as to alleged discriminatory effect of the present intrastate adjustment and 2nd To bring about a proper and harmonious relationship in the rates applicable between points in Georgia and the interstate rates to and from points in Georgia thereby removing numerous unjust discriminations in favor of or against interstate traffic due to the fact that the intrastate Georgia rates on many commodities moving in volume and comprising a Very considerable proportion of the total traffc are decidedly out of line with the interstate rates to and from points in Georgiathe Georgia rates on such commodities as hereinbefore stated being generally unnecessarily and abnormally low and lower than the interstate rates and rates in other Southern States for similar distances In another paragraph of the petition the effect of the adoption of the proposed class and commodity rates is stated in the following In this petition your petitioners ask the Honorable Railroad Commission to approve a general readjustment of Georgia rates which in the main would mean increases in rates to from and between the larger cities and at the same time reductions in the rates to from and be 24S tween intermediate local stations and the smaller junction points except that your petitioners ask the Commission to approve somewhat higher rates for the shorter hauls on the classes and on some of the commodities and also to approve somewhat higher rates on certain important commodities that are now accorded lower rates in Georgia than are generally applicable interstate into and out of Georgia or between points in other States and as a matter of fact lower than rates applicable over the roads in the States North of the Ohio and Potomac Rivers From the foregoing excerpts from the petition it may be fairly stated that the proposed revision in our Georgia intrastate freight rate adjustment is based upon the contention 1 That the Existing Georgia intrastate adjustment being generally lower than the present interstate adjustment as revised under Fourth Section orders and effective Jany 1 1916 unduly discriminates against interstate commerce 2 That because of nonobservance of long and short haul principles the adjustment itself is unduly discriminatory and the cause of many complaints and general dissatisfaction among intrastate shippers and communities It is perhaps necessary to an intelligent discussion of these contentions to make some reference to the history of the two rate adjustments interstate and intrastate involved The State of Georgia has a considerable sea coast line with several of her own ports Savannah and Brunswick being the chief The State is also easily accessible to nearby ports in other States such as Charleston and Jacksonville The State is also pierced by several navigable rivers flowing to the Atlantic and to the Gulf In the early history of the State trading posts on these rivers far into the interior came into being and traffic largely reached the interior by river transportation as far as these rivers were navigable the most important trading posts generally speaking being at the heads of navigation The earliest railroad building in the South and in Georgia was from the ports in the direction of or to these river trading points The first railroad constructed in the section was from Charleston S C to Augusta Georgia the head of navigation on the Savannah River Almost simultaneously from the port of Savannah in Georgia then and now a competing point with Charleston the second railroad was commenced and finally completed to Macon on the Ocmulgee River with a branch to Milledge ville on the Oconee and subsequently an extension to Columbus on the Chatta hoochee As these river towns were reached competition between the boat lines on the rivers and the newly constructed railroads immediately developed naturally and materially affecting transportation rates thereto These competitive conditions between the water and rail transportation agencies was not existing at the rail points intermediate say between Savannah and Macon freight rates at these points were established upon a basis considered normal and compensatory generally speaking higher than to the point where competition with boat lines compelled depressed rates The 249 result was that these river towns furnished early instances of freight rates lower for the longer than for the shorter haul to the intermediate points Subsequently Charleston and Augusta interests desirous of reaching still further into the interior and onward toward the great West built the Georgia Railroad to Atlanta Savannah interests likewise extended their line from Macon to Atlanta and the two rival interests meeting at this point at once became keen competitors for the hauling of traffic to this territory and as ft result rates to Atlanta the point common to both were depressed and forced below the rates established at points on both lines intermediate and not directly affected by this competition at the common point thus again furnishing instances of lower rates for the longer than for the shorter haul resulting from another cause towit rail competition As new lines were constructed situations like the last mentioned were multiplied The resulting effect of these conditions was that shipments would be made to the depressed points and then reshipped to the nearby intermediate point on a combination of rates lower than the normal rate to the intermediate point The railroads therefore found it necessary to make rates to the interr mediate points or to points beyond the low rate center no higher than the sum of the depressed point rate plus the local rate beyond or back to the intermediate point These depressed rate centers became known as basing points The preferential advantages enjoyed by these basing points or low rate centers were so evident and operated so much to the disadvantage of communities not so situated that these wherever able began the promotion of or extended aid and encouragement to the building of new roads with competitive rates in view These conditions constituting the base point system of making rates have been the causes of numerous complaints among the different cities of the State not enjoying the base point depressed rates In several situations after the construction of new lines of railroad to ambitious towns affording them apparently like competitive conditions complaints of discrimination have been brought to this Commission In the case of Chamber of Commerce of Ashburn against Georgia Southern Florida Railway et al decided by this Commission July 21 1911 the Commission said The sole complaint in this case is of alleged undue discrimination in th existing rates to Ashburn This unlawful discrimination it is alleged arises out of higher rates to Ashburn than are made for Cordele Tifton Fitzgerald and Albany neighboring cities with which it competes or desires and Is able and entitled to compete for business The duty of removing unjust discrimination is mandatory This Commission has no right or power to permit or perpetuate The basing point system is wrong in principle Its unjust discriminations can only be removed by raising the rates at base points or lowering those at nonbase points The first is admittedly impossible The latter it is claimed if universally effected would 250 reduce the income of carriers so largely as to ruinously affect their financial status and impair their ability as public carriers and this has in it possibilities of truth The evil must be therefore gradually eradicated A sweeping order reducing all intrastate rates to nonbasing points to the level of basing point rates is not now to be considered It seems to us that a gradual process of leveling is the correct plan H 4 4 The theory or principle underlying all rates legislation and regulation is equalityequality in service and charges under similar circumstances and conditions Every departure from equality in service rendered or charges exacted is discrimination and must be justified The Federal Act to Regulate Interstate Commerce as amended by Congress in 1910 declared it Unlawful for any common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act to charge or receive any greater compensation in the aggregate for the transportation of passengers or of like kind of property for a shorter than for a longe distance over the same line or route in the same direction the shorter being included within the longer distance with the proviso however that upon application to the Interstate Commerce Commission carriers in special cases might be authorized to charge less for the longer than for shorter distances Interstate rates in Southeastern territory like intrastate rates in Georgia have heretofore been largely constructed on the base point system With the long and short haul amendment by Congress carriers in the Southeast applied to the Interstate Commerce Commission for authority to continue the then existing basis of interstate freight rates to from and between points in the Southeastern territory This application was generally speaking denied except in a limited number of special cases where competitive conditions not created or within the control of carriers existed This general denial of the application left the general Southeastern freight adjustment constructed on the basing point theory under the condemnation of the amended Fourth Section of the Act to Regulate Interstate Commerce and compliance therewith by the carriers became compulsory In its report on the applications of carriers the Interstate Commerce Commission had expressed the opinion that an absolutely rigid enforcement of the long and short haul clause of the Federal law accomplished by reductions in rates to intermediate points and without any increase in rates to long distance points taking lower rates would so impair the revenues of a large percentage of the lines in Southeastern territory as to make it impossible for them to meet their operating expenses taxes and fixed charges and leave to their stockholders even a moderate return In neither its original nor supplemental orders do we understand that the Interstate Commerce Commission prescribed or undertook to prescribe a mileage scale of just and reasonable rates applicable generally to interstate traffic in Southeastern territory In the original order 30 ICC page 174 e table of rates for one and two line hauls on 13 classes and for distances from 300 to 750 miles was set out The report states what this table is in the following words 251 Exhibit 117 filed at the Washington hearing with reference to these applications showed 800 different rates in Southeastern territory made from some of the principal cities which distribute therein including Cincinnati Louisville New Orleans Memphis Chattanooga Savannah and Birmingham The rates shown in this exhibit have been treated by comparisons with the rates shown in the tariffs on file with the Commission and have been found to be in substantial accord therewith They are in nearly every instance rates made to noncompetitive points although in some instances the rates to these points may have been influenced by their contiguity to competitive points For the purpose of instituting comparisons with rates that are the subject of consideration in this report a table has been compiled showing the average rates on the first 13 classes as shown by the exhibit for distances from 300 to 750 miles It is our understanding that this table largely represents rates to noncompetitive points made by the carriers themselves for the distances mentioned It is our further understanding that the carriers in making their revision of interstate rates in this territory under Fourth Section orders have observed the rates above referred to for the distances named as maximum rates and for distances less than 300 miles worked out on the same basis have also observed them as maximum rates Under the circumstances above mentioned we are not inclined to admit that the average rates quoted in the Interstate Commerce Commissions orders bears the affirmative sanction of that body or conclusively establish the reasonableness of revised rates in Southeastern territory observing them as maxima The interstate rates into Georgia revised under Fourth Section orders and in effect since January 1 1916 were the results of a very simple process towit the depressed rates to the base points were increased and the rates to intermediate local and smaller junction points which were higher than the depressed rate points were reduced While this revision is in effect it is under attack by various shippers and organizations in proceedings now pending before the Interstate Commerce Commission Our Georgia intrastate adjustment generally is lower than this interstate adjustment as revised under Fourth Section Orders but if undue discrimination against interstate commerce is therefore a fact it should be kept in mind that the alleged discrimination is not the result of any change in the intrastate adjustment but is the direct result of the action of interstate carriers in increasing interstate rates to and from Georgia base points It is true that these carriers were compelled to discontinue long and short haul violations but it is not true that Fourth Section orders directed their correction in the manner adopted by the carriers This Commission is in no wise responsible for the alleged discriminatory relation existing at this time between the interstate and the intrastate adjustment nor can it admit that because of such discriminatory relation if it be a fact it is its duty to correct it by substantial increases in intrastate rates Indeed it may be well stated tbat tbere is no legal duty or power conferred on this Commission to remove undue discriminations against interstate commerce Our jurisdiction and powers are bounded by our own state lines This Commission can not admit that merely because there is a difference between the level of interstate and intrastate rates the intrastate rates are unreasonably low or unduly discriminatory particularly when the interstate rates by which the intrastate rates are sought to be measured are carrier made rates and under attack before the proper tribunal at the moment Mr Wright General Freight Agent of the Central of Georgia in his testimony said The interstate readjustment that I have described is one of the reasons that made it necessary for the Georgia carriers to file a petition with the Railroad Commission of Georgia seeking a revision in the rates between points in Georgia Mr Wright might very truly have said it was the controlling reason The existing Georgia adjustment has been in effect for many years there has been no concerted movement on the part of the carriers at any time to have it revised and but for the disturbance of the relation heretofore existing between it and the interstate adjustment brought about by the revision in the interstate rates for the purpose of eliminating violations of the long and short haul principles made by the carriers upon a plan or theory of their own adoption this petition in all probability would not have been presented Under the law of its creation it is the mandatory duty of this Commission to prescribe just and reasonable rates for each railroad doing business within this State It should not and can not avoid the duty on it of exercising its own judgment as to what are reasonable and just rates Intrastate rates in fact just and reasonable can not unlawfully discriminate against interstate commerce If the latter is charged rates higher than the just and reasonable intrastate rates then it is the interstate carriermade adjustment that unlawfully discriminates In other words the mere fact that the existing Georgia intrastate adjustment is generally lower than the present interstate adjustment as revised under Fourth Section orders and effective Jany 1 1916 does not prove undue discrimination against interstate commerce The second contention of the carriers that because of the nonobservance of long and short haul principles the Georgia intrastate adjustment contains within itself undue discriminations against many communities and shippers in our opinion is well founded These to a very laree extent arise out of the base point system of rate construction in effect in Georgia This system this Commission in the Ashburn case and other similar complaints has condemned The duty of removing unjust discriminations is mandatory upon the Commission In doing so it is only fair that the interests of the carriers affected bv whatever plan of removal is adopted shall receive due consideration especially 253 when the discriminations are inherent in the system of rate structure heretofore and now in vogue It is the system at fault not the carriers of today who inherited it and have more or less per force lived under it Undue discriminations in rates arise out of the existence of higher rates under similar circumstances and conditions to one point than to another They can be removed in one of three waysby reducing the higher rate co the level of the lower rate by increasing the lower rate to the level of the higher rate or by a leveling process of reduction and increase until the two meet Under existing rate conditions in Georgia the last mentioned plan the leveling process appears to the Commission to be the fair and reasonable plan The petition before us states Your petitioners are not now asking a readjustment upon either of the plans just referred to that is reducing the righer rates to the level of the lower rates or increasing the lower rate to the level of the higher rate but propose not only a new mileage traiff of class and commodity rates that will serve to eliminate the existing basing point system and produce equality in charges under similar conditions and circumstances but it contemplates a leveling process under which in the main there will be advances to the depressed rate points basing points and corresponding reductions at the intermediate and nonbase points As a matter of fact the carriers in their proposed rates have not strictly followed as they contemplated a leveling process by somewhat increasing the rates at the depressed rate or basing points and reducing the rates at intermediate points at which the rates were higher than the depressed rate points This would have been all that was necessary to meet long and short haul requirements they have gone further and practically for all distances under approximately one hundred and twentyfive or thirty miles have increased the existing class mileage rates very substantially and it so happens that a very considerable percentage of intrastate business moves under the above mentioned distance the average local haul in Georgia appearing to be somewhat less than one hundred miles This statement applies with greater force to the commodity rate proposed by the carriers on numerous articles which move freely in intrastate traffic these considerably increased commodity rates being the result of the conclusion of the carriers that without reference to long and short haul requirements Fourth Section orders or undue discriminations the existing rates on these articles do not contribute their proper share to the revenue of the railroads The contention was made that many of these rates were unreasonably low for practically all distances The materiality and extent of these proposed increased rates for practically all distances on certain commodities may be understood when it is recalled that General Freight Agent Wright of the Central of Georgia Rwy testified that over sixtyffive per cent of the traffic of the Central moving intrastate in Georgia moves on the rates that are generally assigned to these commodity classes These statements are submitted with the view of calling attention to what appears to be the fact that the proposed class and commodity mileage rates have not been altogether the result of Fourth Section requirements and orders 254 but have apparently in a very large degree had in mind increases in Georgia inti astate rates for the purpose of increasing revenues After very earnest consideration of all the facts in this very voluminous lecord and of certain other facts and conditions known to the Commission from a study of the earnings and operating expenses of carriers the Commission has reached the conclusion that existing conditions in this State fairly require intrastate rates on the classes and on some commodities which will yield larger returns on intrastate traffic if the Georgia carriers are tobe held to a fairly high degree of efficiency in the discharge of the duties they owe to the public and which is so necessary to the public welfare The public of Georgia as of the whole country is very largely dependent upon efficient and adequate instrumentalities of transportation and communication Our products of field forest and shop do not as a rule find markets immediately at the centers of production and the profits arising from their sale indeed the possibilities of sale at all are always wholly dependent upon adequate efficient and quick transportation facilities for reaching distributing and consuming markets The public is vitally interested in transportation rates their justness and reasonableness It is equally interested in having those rates yield that fair return to the carriers which with wise and economical management will enable them to employ modern and adequate facilities and bring about a high degree of efficiency in serving that public This Commission has not been convinced by the vast volume of evidence submitted in this case by the carriers that our general level of class and commodity intrastate rates were under conditions existing at the time of their adoption and until the past few years abnormally or unreasonably low Within the past few years there have been changing and changed conditions so increasing the cost of labor materials supplies fuels equipment and taxes that the Commission is satisfied that the time has arrived when just compensation should be made therefor in some increases in rates These increased costs are so well known that it is wholly unnecessary to detail them Intrastate transportation rates as a body have not been increased or revised and such individual increases as have been authorized occasionally by the Commission notably in Class P short distance rates were made prior to some of the more recent causes of increased operating expenses The Commission has further been convinced that the existing class and commodity intrastate rates are relatively lower for short distances than for the longer The initial and delivery terminal expenses on a ten mile transportation movement are as heavy or the same as for a hundred and fifty mile haul while of course the line revenue is actually and relatively less for the ten mile haul than for the one hundred and fifty mile haul It is axiomatic that short haul traffic is more expensive than long haul traffic The larger proportion of intrastate traffic is short haul traffic The reasonableness and justness of intrastate rates must be determined 2o5 without reference to the interstate business or profits therefrom of the carrier The accepted principles on this subject were clearly defined in Smyth vs Ames 169 U S 466 in the following It is further said in behalf of the appellants that the reasonableness of the rates established by the Nebraska statute is not to be determined by the inquiry whether such rates would leave a reasonable net profit from the local business affected thereby but that the court should take into consideration among other things the whole business of the company that is all its business passenger and freight interstate and domestic If it be found upon investigation that the profits derived by a railroad company from its interstate business alone are sufficient to cover operating expenses on its entire line and also to meet interest and justify tt liberal dividend upon its stock may the Legislature prescribe rates for domestic business that would bring no reward and be less than the services rendered are reasonably worth Or must the rates for such transportation as begins and ends in the State be established with reference solely to the amount of business done by the carriers wholly within such state to the cost of doing such local business and to the fair value of the property used in conducting it without taking into consideration the amount and cost of its interstate business and the value of the property employed in it If we do not misapprehend counsel their argument leads to the conclusion that the State of Nebraska could legally reauire the local freight business to be conducted even at a loss if the company earned on its interstate business enough to give it just compensation in respect to its entire line and all its business interstate and domestic We cannot concur in this view In our judgment it must be held that the reasonableness or unreasonableness of rates prescribed by states for the transportation of persons and property wholly within the limits must be determined without reference to the interstate business done by the carrier or to the profits derived from it The State cannot justify unreasonably low rates for domestic transportation considered alone upon the ground that the carrier is earning large profits on its interstate business over which so far as rates are considered the state has no control Nor can the carrier justify unreasonably high rates on domestic business upon the ground that it would be able only in that way to meet losses on interstate business So far as rates of transportation are concerned domestic business should not be made to bear the losses on interstate business nor the latter the losses on domestic busines It is only rates for the transportation of persons and property between points within the state that the state can prescribe and when it undertakes to prescribe rates not to be exceeded by the carrier it must do so with reference exclusively to what is just and reasonable as between the carrier and the public in respect of domestic business The argument that a railroad line is an entirety that its income goes 256 into and its expenses are provided for out of a common fund and that ns capitalization is on its entire line within and without the state can have no application wnere the state is without authority over rates Vver its entire line and can only deal with local rates and make such regulations as are necessary to give just compensation on local business these principles have been repeatedly reaffirmed In prescribing therefore just and reasonable rates for intrastate traffic only intrastate business can be considered It is not an easy task in the case of a carrier doing both interstate and intrastate business at the same time and with the same instrumentalities to segregate the two and accurately ascertain the results from each class It is not difficult to ascertain the revenue derived from eachthe difficulty is in apportioning the expenses assigned to each and the apportioning of the proper property values used in common to each class Many of the expenses incurred and much of the property used are common not only to intra inter and transstate freight traffic but also to passenger and freight traffic The necessity for a segregation of revenues expenses and investments in cases involving the reasonableness of rates as to any particular traffic or transportation service and the principles which should obtain and control in the process have been enunciated by the Supreme Court of the United States in the Minnesota Rate cases 230 U S 461 in the following When rates are in controversy it would seem to be necessary to find a basis for a division of the total value of the property independently of revenue and this must be found in the USE that is made of the property That is there should be assigned to each business that proportion of the total value of the property which will correspond to the extent of its employment in that business It is said that this is extremely difficult in particular because of the necessity for making a division between the passenger and freight business and the obvious lack of correspondence between ton miles and passenger miles It does not appear however that these are the only units available for such a division and it would seem that after assigning to the passenger and freight departments respectively the property exclusively used in each comparable useunits might be found which would afford the basis for a reasonable division with respect to property used in common And with respect to the apportionment of expenses the court used the following language The extra cost as estimated by these witnesses is predicated not simply of haulage charges but of all the outlays of the freight service including the share of the expenses for maintenance of way and equipment assigned to1 the freight department And the ratio to be accurately stated must also express the results of a suitable discrimination between the interstate and intrastate traffic on through and local trains respectively and of an attribution of the proper share of the extra cost of local train service to the interstate traffic that uses it While accounts have not been kept so as to show the relative cost of interstate business giving particulars of the traffic handled on through and local trains and presenting data from which such extra cost as there may be of intrastate business may be suitably determined it would appear to have been not impracticable to have had such accounts kept or statistics prepared at least during test periods properly selected Subsequent to the decision above quoted from certain rail carriers attempted to work up a formula which would meet the suggestion of Mr Justice Hughes in the Minnesota Rate Cases opinion which formula is referred to and described in Boyle vs St L S F Rwy Co 322 Federal Reporter 539 as follows After the opinions of the Supreme Court in these and other rate cases reported in 230 U S 352 33 Sup Ct 729 57 LEd 1511 had been filed the general managers of a number of western railroads including this company met in conference with a number of prominent railroads officials chief engineers auditors statisticians comptrollers and general attorneys to devise a formula for the purpose of dividing valuations and expenses between intra and interstate and freight and passenger traffic upon the basis suggested by the Supreme Court in the rate cases namely by basing the division independently of revenue but solely as found in the use that is made of the property by each As a result of their labors a formula was prepared to be used in the apportionment of revenue expenses and valuation of property to intra and interstate passenger and freight traffic As this formula is a document of 39 closely printed pages and the different formulas have been in many matters amended to meet the conditions prevailing on the road of this company in the State of Arkansas it is not practical to insert it in full in this opinion It is filed as Exhibit 1 and may be treated as a part of this opinion To explain it briefly there was a devision of the expense between line and terminal which was apportioned between freight and passenger and between intra and interstate traffic Bases were prescribed for the apportionment of revenue to state freight and passenger service and to interstate traffic To divide the expenses fromulae were prepared to ascertain separately the actual cost of maintenance of equipment traffic expenses transportation expenses and general expenses For each of these formulae were made covering every item pertaining to them respectively Thus for maintenance of way and structures there are 23 different items to be considered nearly every one of them subdivided intosmaller units and for some other items even a larger number of subdivisions was made while in others a smaller number The formulae for dividing between line and terminal expenses contains 116 items The plan of segregation of expenses and property uses has become known as the Oklahoma Formula and has been approved by the Supreme Court of the United States The formula used by the carriers in this case is substantially the Oklahoma formula with certain modifications as explained in the testimony of Assistant Comptroller J B Duke of the Southern Railway 258 placed in evidence a Georgia Bw rrrr siSSffi Btafr Railway Sea0ar Ai d Intrastate freight and miscellaneous Freight Intrastate Freight Operating Expenses Revenue Net revenue from intrastate freight operations Less uncollectible intrastate freight revenue Intrastate freight taxes Intrastate Freight Operating Income Plus equipment rents received Joint facility rents Miscellaneous rents Miscellaneous income 45413019 39426280 5986739 463831 1902824 3620084 1720118 409478 275302 57 Gross Intrastate Freight Income 60 250 3 DEDUCTIONS Equipment rents paid 9 Joint facility rents paid 983 61 Miscellaneous rents paid 4 82910 Miscellaneous income charges Net Intrastate Freight Income 5159866 Assuming that May was a representative month the total net intrastate freight income for 1916 would have been 61918392 Applying this to the intrastate freight proportion of the value of property op tesfioV 6 iVe mentl0ned ilroads accepted at the reproduction cost new as testified to and estimated by the carriers engineers towit 44031160 33 Mr Beymer found the rate of net income to be 141 per cent for 1916 The total property values claimed by these roads was 254137 989 09 of which 4403116033 was assigned to Georgia intrastate freight use or 14 per cent of the total claimed value The values above made no allowanced for depreciation they being the estimated reproduction cost new of the properties in After careful consideration of the values claimed by each of the carriers Submitting estimates the Commission is decidedly of the opinion that the evidence as submitted is not at all satisfying or conclusive In one or two instances they might be characterizd as guessesin others they were very loose and very general estimates The Commission does not approve of th inclusion of franchise values 259 where in no instance was it claimed their acquisition had cost a cent in fact they were gifts by the public to be used for the public benefit While taxed under our laws these have been allowed as Expenses and deductible from income The Commission does not approve of the methods generally used in estimating land values believing that they result in excessive valuations Depreciation has been entirely ignored it should have been taken into consideration Reproduction cost new without depreciation is taken to mean present value Reproduction cost is only one element to be considered in arriving at values The practical exclusion of every other element renders the estimates submitted wholly unsatisfactory It is interesting to compare the values claimed in this record with the tax returns of these same carriers Railroad property in Georgia is returned and accepted upon a basis of 66 per cent of the true market value The value claimed in this record by the six railroads above mentioned is 254137989 of which 44031160 is assigned to use in intrastate freight traffic The total returns of all property located in and assignable to Georgia including franchises by the six railroads for 1916 aggregated 82720516 Assuming that the usual custom of returning at two thirds of the true value was followed these tax returns would indicate a total value of 124080774 Assigning to use in Georgia intrastate traffic its proportion of the total value on the percentage basis by the carriers the value so assigned is 17371308 The net Georgia intrastate traffic for 1916 assuming May 1916 as a representative month as estimated by Beymer619183 would be 356 per cent as earned on the above assigned valuation The Commission does not wish to be understood as expressing the opinion or belief that the foregoing figures should be taken as representing either the fair value of the property devoted to public use in Georgia intrastate traffic or the earnings thereon Its purpose in stating them is to illustrate how easy it is to take other estimates of property values by the same carriers and obtain figures and draw conclusions contradictory of the estimates submitted in this record There is another consideration or principle in prescribing rates which must be borne in mind and that is the rate must be gauged by the value of the service to the public It cannot be contended that carriers are always entitled to such rates as will afford them a fair return upon the fair value of the property devoted to the nuiblic use there must be added always the proviso that the prescribed rate must he also fair to the public and perhaps if the two considerations are irreconcilable the public interest must prevail The mere fact that a given scale of intrastate freight rates does not afford a full or a fair return upon the fair value of the property does not alone prove the rates unreasonably low The mere fact that the Georgia intrastate adjustment is on a lower level than the intrastate adjustment in some other state does not alone prove the Georgia rates unreasonably low no morp than South Carolina North Carolina and Virginia oa To T Georgia class rates alone prove the last lower thTTTtoT rates TlT fr girm dlstoes are smsts evidence not necessarily conclusive evidence however P y cisinCmmiSSi0n haS imposed uPn the duty and responsibility of exer STL fev Commission The weight to be given hv if tn 6 other rrrrseffLZ affecting transportation In to TcZaZTZurnttZZT Georgia PreOTmay T measure o7 rTesTn These considerations have been kept in mind in the study given bv the mmission to the multiplied comparisons of rates in this record As earlier stated the Commission has reached the conclusion that increases ur intrastate freight rate adjustment are demanded by this record but the Commission is satisfied that the scale proposed by the carriers W not ion DetitfeJ Afte the fiUng f thGir proposed seale the Commission required the traad statistical data as to ZZZ and revcraes from twentythree designated points together with From a Stadv 7 6 Trued Wlth the aPPllcirtl f the proposed rates T ahvStir and analysls of reports it appears that the adjustment pro euTiuatrueW0UM InCreSSe a twentytwo lustifled60110the 7mlssIm such a laro taase at this time is not justified The tentative scale to be submitted with this report in the opinion i the Commission will provide an increase in gross revenues which added to eam7rTaTonahnaTrateS n0W 11 WlU In tte Plnlon f Commission earn a reasonable return upon the fair value of the property devoted to use in intrastate freight traffic in Georgia e Cmmission is aware of the fact that during the past several months there has been a very large increase of volume in freight traffic in this State To a very large degree if not entirely this increased traffic has been due to abnormal war conditions arising out of the location of several military camps eoria aa the building materials and supplies necessary in their construction and maintenance No one can foretell the permanency of this transportation demand It is not wise to engage in building a permanent rate structure for normal times and conditions based upon or measured by abnormal and temporary conditions and exigencies The Commission has preferred therefore to base its estimates and con 261 elusions more upon normal prewar conditions than upon conditions arising since our Country actually entered and began preparations for actual participation in the world war In measuring the scale of tentative class rates submitted the Commission is unable to justify a larger increase in cents per one hundred pounds from Savannah and Brunswick to Atlanta than the carriers have voluntarily made effective for the longer distance between Baltimore and Louisville to Atlanta under the Interstate Commerce Commissions 4th section order No 3866 effective January 1st 1916 towit nine cents per 100 pounds on first class Atlanta was used as the pivotal point in the new interstate adjustment and it appears to the Commission that with equal fairness it may be taken as the pivotal point in fixing a new Georgia intrastate adjustment Atlanta receives and ships a larger volume of freight than any other point in the State and this volume of traffic must be taken into consideration From Brunswick or Savannah to Atlanta the 270 mile group scale is tentatively adopted The new tentative scale of class rates contemplates an increasing graduating unit of one cent per 100 pounds for each mileage group ascending this basis reaches ninetyfive cents per 100 pounds as the maximum first class rate in Georgia Descending from the 270 mile group the scale graduates back on the same principle and the same in amount one cent per 100 pounds per step to the 110 mile group From the 110 mile group to the 30 mile group the step increases to two cents per 100 pounds and from the 30 mile group to the first or 5 mile group the step is three cents per 100 pounds first class With this plan of construction and graduation in the First Class rates a scale for the other class rates has been worked out on the basis of a fixed percentage between the classes this percentage relation being as follows towit Percentage Relation to Qass First Class Rate 4 100 per cent 2 88 3 77 4 66 f g 55 6 46 A 32 B 39 C 30 D 25 K 22 i In 15 M fell1 18 O 20 p Applies per car p 33 per cent p 262 assapplIes rrrtthe seaieciasses 1 to V tentatiTC Commodity Kates commodity groups 1 to 59 Inclusive are eaualfziug maIf f f s 18 PW of and WcWvT t f SUIP J t0 enCOUrage movement of heavy moving and highly competitive commodities This is a well recognized principle in the rrtitr rat6S d In faCt 18 ttC baSiS eatinnhLtr 8Cales llere jested template universal appll Geola If thTh Se aDf Sma towns allke TMa a the ahandonment lr 1 of the base point system and the application of the long and short haul principle that is that the rate for a short haul included In a longer haul wel UK samefoute in the same direction should not exceed the rate for the longer served fTf jnt f0r tW r m0re llne Saul8 will be ob Itel Th I 7 f the Commission that the arbitrarles basis is used This basis is founded upon fifty per cent of the scale of first group or mileage rates winch mileage group includes the two terminal and the accountjng services but does not carry provision for a transfer service It will be further noted that the suggested scale of arbitraries is in most instances the same as that adopted by the Interstate Commerce Commission in the last Shreveport T e ls er an adopted by the North Carolina Commission in its 1914 Joint Haul Rate Order TENTATIVE GEORGIA JOINT HAUL ARBITRARY SCALE Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C D Arbitraries 8 7 6 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 I C C LAST SHREVEPORT SCALE Classes 1 2 3 4 5 A B C D Arbitraries 8 7 6 5 4 4 4 3 2 J K L M O P R 4 2 2 2 2 300 3 1914 NORTH CAROLINA SCALE Classes 123456ABCD Arbitraries 543322 2 2 2 2 In view of the fact that the only difference between a one line haul for 200 miles and a joint or two line haul for the same distance is in the transfer service and joint accounting between the two lines which is in addition to the terminal accounting and other services included in the one line haul the arbitraries suggested it is considered should cover this additional service The carriers have not yet made effective into and out of Georgia their complete scheme of revised interstate rates made necessary they claim by Interstate Commerce Commission Fourth Section Orders During the hearings on the petition before the Commission it was stated that should the intrastate scale proposed by the carriers be adopted the carriers 263 would not in ahy instance make effective interstate rates into or out of Georgia lower than the proposed Georgia intrastate scale The intrastate scale herein suggested is in some instances higher than some of the interstate rates now in effect into Georgia and as yet not revised under Fourth Section Orders as for example rates on brick from Augusta to Savannah as compared Mth the present brick rate from Columbia S C to Savannah Such instances are not numerous but they should be corrected prior to the effective date of the tentative revision suggested herewith The final order of the Commission in this case will provide for this contingency This case is one of magnitude and importance The vast volume of oral and documentary evidence submitted the long time consumed in its hearing the lengthy and carefully prepared briefs submitted the large property interests and the various businesses concerned in transportation rates and services and the far reaching effects of a revolutionary revision of an entire intrastate freight rate structure demonstrate the correctness of this observation It is not without a real appreciation of the magnitude of the task and a deep sense of our responsibility that we have undertaken its just disposition In this connection the Commission desires to record here its high appreciation of the work done in this case by its able and industrious Rate Expert Prince Webster The conclusions we have reached have been largely based upon the facts developed and presented by him in an exhaustive and comprehensive report to the Commission and without his invaluable cooperation and expert assistance our task would have been far heavier Experience in the past has shown us how almost impossible it is to foresee and measure the far reaching and permeating effect of changes in even one class or group of rates We are therefore gravely mindful of the possibilities which may be involved in a recreation or rebuilding of an entire state structure upon lines of radical departure from long observed principles Therefore the adjustment herewith suggested is tentative It will be made effective at a date to be named in the final order and with the distinct declaration that it can be and will be after fair trial subject to petition or request for review as a whole or in part The order to be issued will require such carriers as the Commission may name with its effective date to begin and keep strict and accurately detailed accounts showing the movement character volume classification etc of all intrastate traffic handled by them with the actual revenues received thereon under the new adjustment and also statements showing the revenues which would have accrued under the old superseded adjustment The order will provide that these records shall be kept for not less than six months probably twelve months The Commission will request expressions of opinion from both carriers and shippers as to the proper length of time Two or three years since in making effective a new and untried scale of electric light and power rates in a city of this State for a period of one year this Commission made certain observations which it desires now to repeat and if possible with emphasis They were as follows 264 there tW 1erid Sh0Uld theSe results satisfy that t ere ought to he further decreases or increases the Commission will deal S fh k haS b6en the PUrPSe ad deSire of the Commission to deai fairly with the company as well as with the public This Commission feels deeply the burden of responsibility on it in rate cases and is fully conscious of the possibilities of disastrous results to public service corporations and the public alike should it carelessly or innocently prescribe unjust and unreasonably low rates There Is need as there are opportunities for great industrial developments in orgia To fully meet this need and improve these opportunities capital other than our own must be attracted There is no surer way of doing this than at all times treating it and its owners fairly There are risks and hazards in public utility investments not always carried by private enterprises There should be recognition of this in prescribing rates they should allow some compensation therefor Investors m public utility enterprises unquestionably surrender or rather have to yield to governmental agencies in the regulation and control of t eir rates and services They are not free to do as they win with their property nor get what they can out of it They are subject to the will of the people whom they serve anf having such powers it seems to us that there should be recognition at all times of corresponding obligations for at least fair treatment The rates which we have prescribed will we believe earn fair returns under wise and economical management upon the fair value of the properties devoted to the public use We believe the services to the public are reasonably worth the prices we have fixed If at the expiration of the year under their operations we find we are mistaken we shall promptly undertake to revise them 265 Office of the RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Atlanta February 4 1918 File No 12002 HEARING UNDER TENTATIVE ORDER By direction of the Commission the Chairman made the following statement as to the purposes and scope of the hearing on criticisms and suggestions as to the tentative revision to be submitted by shippers and carriers This case was originally brought by practically all of the Railroads in Georgia The petition prayed 1 For the adoption of Southern Classification No 41 the then current classification with certain exceptions thereto to be known as Georgia Exceptions 2 For the adoption of class mileage tariff to apply onclasses 1 to R inclusive rated in Southern Classification and Georgia Exceptions moving between Georgia points 3 For the adoption of a proposed commodity mileage tariff to apply on certain named commodities moving between Georgia points 4 The observance of the long and short haul principle under the requirements as to interstate traffic of the 4th Section of the Federal Act to Regulate Commerce as amended in the Act of Congress of June 18 1910 The petition if granted meant a revolution in the Georgia intrastate freight rate adjustment somewhat comparable to the recent political revolutions in Russia After 72 days in the actual receiving of testimony ending in a record of 7675 pages of oral testimony and approximately 35000 pages of Exhibits with 1425 pages of typewritten and printed briefs by Counsel the Commission entered upon a study of the record and the final consideration of the case extending over months The results of this consideration with some and only some of the reasons influencing the Commission in reaching certain conclusions as to principles involved and the method of their application have been stated in an opinion and in a tentative order by the Commission dated November 21st 1917 The largeness and importance of the case the complex questions involved ihe variety of subjects to be treated the conflicting interests to be reconciled the large property interests to be affected the character and technical nature of principles which should control and their practical application imperatively demanded that the Commission should not only thoroughly and honestly con 266 sider and weigh their own conclusions but should before final promulgation invite the constructive criticism and helpful suggestions of carriers and shippers whose business and property interests were to be so largely affected The Commission willreceive and consider such criticism and suggestions with an unbiased and unprejudiced mind and will not hestitate when convinced of an error into which it may have fallen to correct the same The Commission has not invited nor does it propose to give weight to captious or selfish criticism or suggestion It feels obligated to a broader view in such a case as this than mere individual interests The public which includes both the served and the servants and the common welfare of all must be considered The Commission as much as it would like to cannot hope to satisfy every individual reconcile every conflicting interest or prefer every local community but it will undertake to the very best of its ability without fear or favor bias or prejudice to ascertain the right and courageously do it It was with this purpose that todays hearing is to be had This case is not nor will it be reopened Every interested party and interest m the State has been afforded full opportunity of being heard and except for the specific purposes indicated the case and all of its issues have been closed The Commission in accordance with its suggestions has already received notice of some specific criticisms and suggestions which will be presented It may be helpful to those who will present these criticisms to have the benefit of the Commissions viewpoint where it has not already been presented in the report or opinion of the Commission accompanying the tentative order and with this purpose and this only the Commission directs me to briefly call attention thereto FREIGHT CLASSIFICATION OF RAILROADS I It has been suggested that the roads now in class A towit the Georgia the Atlanta West Point and the Western Atlantic the Alabama Great Southern and the Atlanta Northern being of negligible importance under the proposed new classification of roads will receive increases in rates for which they have not formally petitioned Doubtless attention will be called to percentage of increases which will be allowed The Commission it must go without saying is informed as to this and considered this question at length and studiously The main consideration actuating the Commission was that of discriminations as between nearby and competing communities located on Class A and Class C railroads It has seemed almost impossible to satisfactorily explain the tariff distinctions when local community competition emphasized their existence Stone Mountain is located on a Class A railroad Lawrenceville only about twelve mies distant and competing with Stone Mountain in the intermediate territory is on a Class C road commonly recognized as an important trunk line and yet having a classification resulting in higher rates on some commodities More striking situations however frequently calling for explanation to the public are as follows Centering in Augusta are Class A Class B Class C and Class D railroads with varying rates for the same mileage distances Centering in Macon are Class A Class C and Class D railroads and in Savannah Class B Class C and Class D railroads and in Atlanta Class A and Class C railroads In changing the classification of these Class A railroads the Commission not only considered their relations to the affected commounities and their rail competitors and the probable effect of the consequential increases in rates as to their revenues and their reasonableness but as related to their reasonableness to the public they served and the volume and extent of their traffic as related to the entire traffic of the State For example the present Class A roads constitute only eight 8 per cent of the mileage in the State and receive only ten 10 per cent of the gross intrastate freight revenue Class B roads constitute 9 per cent of the mileage and secure only 9 per cent of the gross freight revenue Class C railroads constitute 53 per cent of the total mileage and secure 70 per cent of the gross revenue while Class D railroads constitute 29 per cent of the total mileage and collect only 10 per cent of the gross intrastate freight revenue II Criticism will also be made the Commission is informed as to the tentative proposal to apply Freight Rule No 1 of the Commission to branch line railroads so that rates shall be computed upon a continuous mileage basis In deciding to make Freight Rule No 1 applicable under the tentative order the thought or idea in the mind of the Commission was that although certain railroads had attempted by legal methods to preserve their separate legal existences and identities for purposes which were quite evident the actual facts demonstrated that this was really fiction Inquiring into the facts in each instance where the rule is proposed to be enforced the Commission became satisfied that notwithstanding the legal fiction the Tallulah Falls Railroad for example was in truth and in fact a part of the Southern Railway System owned dominated controlled and operated notwithstanding separate corporate existence by the Southern Railway as a part of its system for the benefit and profit of the system The thought was that if this was in fact true there was no reason why it should longer be disassociated from the System and treated as an independent selfgoverning carrier any more than the Atlanta Charlotte division should be disassociated from the balance of the System and given its separately considered and established rate structure The Commission had in mind in reaching its tentative conclusions the Wadley Southern case decided in the 128th Georgia and particularly the following enunciation in that case towit It is true as held by the presiding Judge that ownership of part or all of the stock of one corporation by another if lawful does not 268 alone merge the legal existence of the two A stockholder and a corporation in which the stock is held are in law two distinct persons How far the ownership of the stock of one railroad company by another connected with it may be considered in rate making or how far the roads though preserving their separate legal existences may be considered as parts of a system and if so what joint rates or division of rates can he made with respect to them and whether if the two roads are operated under separate charters though in connection with each other the road the stock in which is owned by the other company must be considered as a separate and independent lin for the purpose of determining the reasonableness of the rates thereon fixed by the State and what consideration of the joint operation is to be given are all questions which need not now he determined Italics ours The legality and the propriety of the proposed application of Freight Rule No 1 and continuous mileage rates over these branch lines and the stem lines is a proper subject of discussion and the Commission will be glad to listen to the same FREIGHT GLASSIFICATION AND RULES Criticisms have been made and will be further submitted at this hearing as to the Commissions tentative order as to Freight Classification and rules and it has therefore occurred to us that it might be well if those submitting such criticism in an orderly and proper manner and to the Commission itself should have before them the carefully considered theory upon which the Commission proceeded in reaching its tentative conclusions It was found impracticable to go at length into the same in the opinion or report of the Commission accompanying the tentative order The carriers asked the Commission to adopt Southern Classification descriptions ratings and rules to govern the transporting of Georgia intrastate freight with certain enumerated Exceptions in both rules and commodities to meet local conditions The shippers asked the adoption of a distinctive Georgia Classification applying only and exclusively to Georgia intrastate trafile Our present Georgia Classification is admittedly incomplete unscientific add obsolete Only those who are familiar with its application can fully appreciate its imperfections inconsistencies and incompleteness The Commission in its Annual Reports has heretofore called attention to the extreme desirability and real necessity for an entire revision and reconstruction of our freight classification The opinion or report accompanying the tentative order in this case calls attention to some of its specific defects In the beginning of this case and during our earlier consideration of the record after the hearings were completed the Commission was inclined to the view urged by Shippers and to the adoption of a distinctive Georgia Classification and it was only after considerable inquiry and study that it was decided to adopt Southern Classification with Georgia Exceptions to which latter additions can be subsequently made from time to time as may by experience and observation be found desirable The Commission concluded that this method was specially and substantially in the interest of shippers and for that reason among others determined upon its adoption In this connection the Commission had in consideration the following expression by the Interstate Commerce Commission upon classification in the Railroad Commission of La vs St Louis S W Ry et al 34th I C C No 478 the second Shreveport case towit Shipments from Shreveport to Texas destinations are subject to the Western Classification Shipments from Texas cities to the same Texas destinations are subject to the Texas Classification The petitioners contend that an equalization of the class rates per se will not remove existing unjust discrimination on classrate traffic because the Texas classification is more liberal to the shippers than is the Western Classification and they ask that interstate shipments from Shreveport and Eastern Texas intrastate shipments be made subject to one and the same classification The evidence on behalf of both petitioners aud carriers bears out the contention that the Texas Classification is on many articles more liberal to the Shipper than is the Western Generally speaking the minimum carload weights provided in the Texas Classification are lower than in the Western the usual or standard being in the former 24000 pounds as against 36000 pounds in the latter Unquestionably the situation between Shreveport and its Texas competitors is such that unless the same classification applies unjust discrimination results The Western Classification governs interstate transportation in the territory surrounding Shreveport including transportation between Texas points and points in other states A large part of it has received the endorsement of this Commission Western Classification case 25 I C C 442 Considering the finding already madj that transportation conditions for the competitive hauls here involved are substantially similar justice demands that the same classification shall apply to all and consequently that the Western Classification shall govern on traffic via the lines of these defendants from points in Eastern Texas toward Shreveport And also the following from the opinion of the Railroad Commission of Wisconsin in Wisconsin Freight Relief Asso et al vs Chicago Milwaukee arid St Paul Rwy Co et al decided January 25th 1917 towit For many years the Interstate Commerce Commission has sought to bring about a uniform classification applicable on all railroads throughout the United States The reports of that Commission and its decisions contain numerous references to this subject and repeated statements as to the effect of the desirability of such a classification being established The National Association of Railroad Commissioners has investigated the subject and has several times taken action asking Congress to pass the necessary laws and direct the necessary investigation to bring about such uniformity The railways themselves have recognized the desirability of uniformity Through the efforts of their organizations the 270 9 present existent classifications have been made more uniform in their general application and by cooperation with the Interstate Commerce Commission the practice in the States has been made more uniform with that applying on interstate commerce The tendency has been toward general uniformity and not away from it To establish an entirely new classification for the State of Wisconsin differing from any classification which is now in existence would retard this worthy movement and make confusion where clarity is desired This Commission therefore became convinced that to continue since the opportunity of adopting a generally recognized nfore progressive policy presented itself our independent State Classification even revised and enlarged would be as the Wisconsin Commission said to make confusion where clarity is desired The Commission proceeded upon the basic principle that commodities should be scientifically grouped regardless of transportation revenue each item in the classification carrying its proper relationship to every other item Where special conditions exist in connection with the transportation of any specific item special commodity rates should be provided to care for such movements without disturbing the classification relationship of articlessuch relationship need not vary merely because a particular commodity crosses a state boundary Uniformity in descriptions packing requirements and ratings it appeared to us as preeminently desirable It seems nonsensical to enforce different forms of packing according to the direction in which a shipment was to move such varying requirements necessitate the keeping on hand of an assortment of containers and a perpetual search of classifications for information as to the packing requirements for particular routes destinations and products that the best rate may be secured Standardization in packing and container requirements is in the interest of both shippers and carriers If goods insecurely or improperly packed are lost or damaged in transit the consignor in timemay through the usual claim procedure obtain compensation or recovery but such recovery or compensation is no satisfying answer to the needs of the consignee who after the losses of trade and the annoyance of delays and refilling of orders is more than apt to make his purchases in a market and from manufacturers or jobbers who will prepare shipments in such manner as most effectively insures against loss damage and delays in arrival at destination This does not mean that carriers should be entitled to demand such packing requirements or such unusual containers as will insure them against the results of careless or unnecessarily rough handling but reasonably safe containers should be required in the interest of all interested in the shipment Believing this the Commission endeavored to secure these ends by the adoption of improved packing requirements Georgia is a great agricultural state with wonderful possibilities as yet not fully developed With continued progress and growing diversification will come the need of improved and heretofore unused agricultural implements In 271 e adopting Georgia Exceptions as shown in the proposed classification the Commission had in mind these conditions and attempted to coyer the Agricultural and Agricultural Implement Parts list in their entirety with the hope and expectation that such treatment would take care of this subject for years to come and to place on such items just and reasonable ratings With the industrial growth in Georgia which is being everywhere and yearly evidenced there is and will continue an increasing demand for and use of improved machinery and parts The Commission therefore attempted to include in Georgia Exceptions all items in the Machinery List with just and reasonable ratings In anticipation of the continued improvement and construction of better highways and public roads and the increasing need for and use of the individual unit for transportation such as motor trucks tractors wagons drays automobiles and vehicles of every kind the effort has been to include all such as move in transportation now or as likely to move in Georgia Exceptions and give to each the proper rating Other generic items have been similarly placed in Georgia Exceptions The Commission is well aware of the fact that today many of the individual items so treated do not move in Georgia but the Commission had the thought in classifying some it was wise to anticipate the possible or probable movements of others or even all in the not distant future and provide now and in this manner the proper relationships which should obtain It also had in mind the convenience of shippers and the avoidance of errors of oversight and of confusion possible from having to look for the same class of items in two different places The Commission has specifically treated every item carried in the existing Georgia State Classification has compared them with the ratings on similar articles in Southern Classification and after such consideration adopted the ratings and relationships shown in Georgia Exceptions Where articles formerly carried in Georgia classification have been transferred to Southern Classification No 43without amendment the ratings in Southern Classification seemed to the Commission to be just and reasonable The Commission has a printing fund of only 200000 per annum out of which it must pay for all current printing demands and needs and the impossibility of paying for the printing and distribution of a complete and independent Georgia Classification had to be considered even had the Commission remained of the opinion that such a classification was desirable FREIGHT RULES The Commission has studied and considered one by one the existing freight rules of the Commission and those in Southern Classification comparing them with each other With certain amendments and revisions as indicated in the tentative order the Commission was of the opinion that the Georgia rules better suitd state conditions than Southern Classification rules as prayed for in the petition The Commission in readopting its amended and revised rules studiously attempted to have them cover and provide for every intrastate movement and condition in freight traffic likely to arise or which can he anticipated It is certainly believed that they will ibe applicable to and cover the overwhelming percentage of movements and conditions arising in Georgia Should any exceptional movement or condition come about not specifically or by fair implication covered by any of our rules but be specifically covered by a Southern Classification No 43 rule then as is now true Southern Classification rule would apply and govern CLASS AND COMMODITY RATES The Commission treated these subjects rather fully in its report accompanying the tentative order It announced its conviction that the time had arrived when because of necessarily increased operating expenses some increases in freight rates should be made The Commission believes its proposed entire adjustment after allowance for the many reductions which will result from the adoption and application of certain new principles will provide increased gross revenue No person at all informed can question the fact of increased operating expenses Every self supporting individual in this country knows of the increased cost of everything he uses or consumes Every business knows it Most private or individually conducted businesses have met increased cost of everything by increasing prices of their products or commodities Labor has claimed and obtained increased wage scales The Railroads in Georgia have not as yet been allowed this opportunity or privilege The momentum of their increase in operating expenses is not apparently subsiding There has just come to this office a copy of the REPORT OF THE EIGHT HOUR COMMISSION to congress as to the results of the effect of the Adamson Eight Hour Law upon wages from which we quote as follows If the percentages shown in the preceding table are applied to the total compensation paid to these same classes of employees for the calendar year 1916 the following estimate of total increase in wage cost results Passenger service 2532097 Freight service 31668998 yard service 27333437 Total for the United States 61534532 This does not include increase paid to hostlers which would amount to about 1875000 additional The foregoing estimates relate to Class 1 roads or those having operating revenues of more than 1000000 per annum Page 15 of this report shows the percentage of increase in the wages of engineers conductors firemen brakemen and flagman for January 1917 over January 1916 on the following Georgia lines towit Southern Railway135 percent Louisville and Nashville R R117 percent Seaboard Air Line Railway102 percent and the Central of Georgia Railway414 per cent The above relate to wages of only a portion of railroad employees It is known of course that clerks telegraphers machinists and practically all other employees including common laborers have received certain increases 273 The increased cost of every item and character of equipment structures and materials is known to every informed person These considerations it appeared to the Commission could not be ignored Some of the increases as also some of the reductions carried in the proposed scale arise out of the adoption by the Commission of the principle that there ought to be established and observed a fair relation between the different classes under the classification Each class should bear its fair proportion of the cost of transportation first class freight should not be carried free in a train with second class freight the latter to bear the whole train expense As explained in the opinion accompanying the tentative order first class has been rated at the standard of 100 per cent and each of the lower classes rated upon a percentage relation to first class Other increases as also reductions shown in the proposed scale as compared with existing rates are due to the fact that the Commission is now attempting to observe distances more Closely A merely superficial glance at the rates for the different mileage groups in our existing tariffs will demonstrate all through and here and there Inconsistencies and the fact that varying rate steps have been used in going from one group to th next PROCEDURE ADOPTED FOR THIS HEARING As heretofore stated and made plain the hearing today is not a reopening of this case Interested parties will be allowed through their representatives or attorneys or in person to submit oral statements or arguments or briefs setting forth th particular items or features in the tentative order to which objection is made or calling attention to any omission therefrom or error therein Such statements may be supported by Exhibits which shall be filed with only such explanation or remarks as indicate their character and purpose It is not contemplated that there shall be any cross examination of the party filing exhibits by any opposing interest Statements arguments or briefs and supporting exhibits filed under these conditions will be subsequently studied and considered by the Commission in Executive session The Commission trusts that parties desiring to avail themselves of the opporunity of criticism and suggestion as to the tentative order will aid the Commission in the manner indicated and not consume time by needless effort to enlarge or change the purposes of this hearing The Commission will hear v 1st From the original petitioners towitClass B and Class C railroads 2nd Then from Class A carriers 3rd Then from Class D carriers 4th Then from Traffic Bureaus and Shippers organizations 5th Then from individual shippers not represented by Bureaus and organizations 6th Then the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in answer to the Commissions rule 274 Office of the RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Atlanta April 3 1918 File No 12002 IN RE PETITION OF THE ATLANTA BIRMINGHAM ATLANTIC RAILROAD et al FOR REVISION OF FREIGHT RATES BETWEEN ALL GEORGIA POINTS Under the provisions of the order of the Commission in the above stated petition dated November 21st 1917 criticisms and suggestions from both shippers and carriers concerning the revision in freight classification rules ratings and tariffs therein proposed to be made applicable to Georgia intrastate traffic were invited and were subsequently heard on February 4th 5th 6th and 7th 1918 They have since been carefully considered by the Commission It has also painstakingly reexamined the entire revision as originally proposed and has also availed itself of an opportunity it had of securing the opinion and advice of a well known Rate Expert thoroughly familiar with traffic conditions in Georgia and the southeast as to the underlying principles of the proposed revision and their application This gentleman has no connection with any railroad As a result of these hearings and of its own further studies the Commission has made a number of material changes in its tentative revision the most important of which may be briefly stated as follows 1 Under the evidence submitted by the interested Branch line railroads as to the actual effect upon their revenues and their ability to efficiently discharge their duties to the public under the application of the continuous mileage rates of Main line roads to weak branch lines as provided in the Commissions Freight Rule No 1 the Commission feels constrained to modify its tentative proposal in reference to the following branch lines operated as separate corporate entities towit Louisville Wadley Railroad Sylvania Central Railroad Company Wadley Southern Railroad Company tentatively classified as branches of the Central of Georgia Railway Company Hawkinsville and Florida Southern Railway tentatively classed as a branch of the Georgia Southern Florida Railway Company Tallulah Falls Railway Company tentatively classed as a part of the Southern Railway The above mentioned Railroads will be reassigned to Freight Tariff Class B railroads 2 For the purpose of clarification the preface to Freight and Classification rules with reference to the applicability of these rules to ratings in both Georgia Exceptions and Southern Classification has been rewritten 3 The addition of certain commodities to Georgia Exceptions such as bags burlap and cotton Lumber LCL etc 4 Revision in marble rates so as to substantially preserve existing rates 275 on the Louisville Nashville Railroad by providing an arbitrary of 10 cents per ton on shipments originating on said road the Commission having been satisfied by evidence submitted that the tentative marble rates proposed by it would cause too great a reduction in the revenue of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad 5 Revision in rates on meat fresh cured and salted in such manner as to protect small packers in Georgia not producing at this time many of the byproducts produced by the larger and more firmly established packing plants with whom they are in competition 6 Restoring the any quantity rates on Naval Stores in accordance with the agreement reached between Naval Stores Factors and the Carriers except that the joint rate principle is continued which of course to that extent produces lower rates than were agreed to 7 The classification of Millinery Goods on the basis of 1Y2 times 1st class instead of double first class as shown in Southern Classification and 1st class as shown in present Georgia Classification 8 Relieving the socalled short line or Class B railroads from a strict application of the Long and Short Haul principle of rate construction so as to enable them to compete without penalty with Class A railroads This course is also in conformity with principles followed by the Interstate Commerce Commission in such cases 9 Portbound Rates An increase in rates to the ports to basis of 75 cents 70 cents and 66 cents for the prescribed zones and making the same specifically apply to classes 1 to D inclusive with an added note to the effect that the rates to the ports from the prescribed zones shall in no instance exceed the rates contemporaneously in effect from Chattanooga Tennessee 10 Joint Rates Revision in the arbitraries and basis of percentage of Class B railroads to the Standard Tariff so as to bring about a closer relationship between the different classes of traffic and at the same time prescribe a joint rate structure free from humps and prevent the operation of a scale which would make a higher rate for a single line distance than for a joint haul movement The provision as to Joint Rates in the Tentative Order has therefore been changed to read as follows JOINT RATES 1 Rates on Joint haul traffic originating having entire transportation and destination on Class A railroads shall be constructed on the following basis To the straight mileage rate for the combined distance from point of origin to destination add the following arbitraries to the rates provided for Class A roads single line application 123456A BCDJKL M O P R 876 5443 3 2 24 2 2 2 2 300 3 Rates apply in cents per 100 pounds except class P which applies pei car 276 Commodities On all commodities for which special commodity group rates are providedLCL shipments 2 cents per 100 pounds CL shipments 1 cent per 100 pounds In the absence of an agreed basis for division between the railroads locals shall be used as factors 2 Rates on joint haul traffic originating having entire transportation and destination on Class B railroads shall be constructed on the following basis To the straight mileage rates provided for Class B railroads for the combined distance from point of origin to destination add 150 per cent of the arbitrages provided for joint haiJs on Class A railroads In the absence of an agreed basis for division between the railroads locals shall be used as factors 3 Rates on joint haul traffic the transportation of which involves Class A and Class B railroads shall be constructed on the following basis To 120 per cent of the straight mileage rates provided for Class A railroads for the combined distance add the arbitraries provided for joint haul traffic on Class A railroads In the absence of an agreed basis for division between the railroads locals shall be used as factors 11 Revision of the percentages above Standard Tariff to be allowed Class B railroads on Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C so as to make the same 30 per cent instead of 50 per cent and on all commodity groups 20 per cent instead of 10 per cent as tentatively proposed 12 Clerical typographical errors and duplications in the tentative revision noted by the Commission and brought to its attention have been corrected and eliminated as will be seen by reference to the final revision 13 Comodity Group Rates numbers 38 39 and 40 have been revised as shown 14 It was the purpose of the Commission expressed in its original report in this case to require the Carriers to keep and report detailed accounts showing the character and movement of traffic and the revenues therefrom under the proposed revision and comparisons with the same data as to our existing adjustment This is still desirable but conditions arising out of the taking over by the Federal Government of the greater part of the railroad mileage in the States and the radical reorganization of the official forces of the railroads resulting thereunder as also the demands upon the accounting officials for volumes of information concerning every department of their lines at a time when the clerical forces of the roads have been seriously affected by military enlistments and the draft law seem to require that the Commission for the present postpone its contemplated action CONCLUSION In promulgating this revision and readjustment of our intrastate freight rate structure the Commission does so with the conviction that marked and beneficial progress has been made toward securing an adjustment fair to shippers and carriers and decidedly more in line with traffic conditions and requirements of today 277 The Commission has no doubt buit that with experience under this revision inequalities and imperfections will be discovered Errors of omission and of commission will doubtless be found In such a large and complicated task it would be surprising should this not be the case The Commission will be diligent in its observations of the practical workings of the revision and also promptly inquire into matters of this character brought to its attention by either shippers or carriers The new adjustment as heretofore stated contemplates a reasonable increase in the intrastate revenues of Georgia carriers The Commission has already given its reasons for believing that some increase was really necessary It should be borne in mind that the strictly intrastate freight traffic of the principal carriers of Georgia constitutes approximately only 15 per cent of their total business in Georgia and only this business is affected by our action The Commission has made careful and as full estimates as possible at this time of the increase in revenues which the new adjustment will produce The average increase in the gross intrastate revenues of all the railroads in Georgia under the new adjustment now being promulgated over the gross intrastate freight revenues under the old or existing adjustment will be on the same basis about eight 8 per cent Some of the lines will secure larger percentage increases than others resulting from road reclassification but this cannot be avoided unless the Commission should have decided to continue and perpetuate certain discriminatory conditions heretofore existing As is known and as has already been stated all of the principal rail lines in Georgia are under operation by the Federal Government at this time The tariff and accounting departments of these roads are burdened with work arising out of this new condition and out of reduced office forces because of the war They will require reasonable time therefore in which to prepare tariffs and other adjustments required by the Commissions order For these reasons this order will be made effective September 15th 1918 Office of the RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA March 13 1918 IN RE PETITION OF SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY FOR AN ORDER DIRECTING SAID COMPANY TO SPECIFICALLY ENFORCE CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF ITS CONTRACTS WITH SUBSCRIBERS AND TO DECLINE TO FURNISH INFORMATION TO SUBSCRIBERS NOT NECESSARY TO FURNISHING TELEPHONE EXCHANGE SERVICE BEFORE THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA The petitioner shows that its contracts with subscribers for telephone exchange service contain the following clause as a part thereof towit The subscriber hereby requests the Southern Bell Telephone and Tele graph Company herein styled the Company to furnish for the use of subscriber subscribers agents and representatives only telephone service as follows and that its contract and obligation therefore is to furnish such service only to the parties mentioned The petitioner further alleges that in disregard of the said terms of said contracts it is now the practice and custom of many of its subscribers to allow the general public other than the subscriber subscribers agents or his representatives only to obtain the service of petitioner by making use of the instruments and facilities furnished by petitioner under the said contracts Petitioner further alleges that it is the practice of many of its subscribers to inquire of the companys operators the time of day and to ask for other information not connected with the furnishing of telephone service as contemplated under its contracts with subscribers Petitioner further alleges that owing to the unprecedented demands for telephone service at this time incident to the needs of the Government and conditions arising out of the war the extensive unauthorized use of its facilities by individuals not entitled under its contracts to its facilities and the general practice of calling upon its operators for information and service not connected with the furnishing of telephone service the number of calls per day per telephone station has increased to such an extent as to constitute a material interference with the rendition of efficient service notwithstanding the fact that it has installed and employs in its business and at its different exchanges sufficient operators equipment and trained forces to render at all times and to each of its subscribers upon the terms and conditions of its contracts adequate and efficient service Wherefore it prays that it be directed to specifically enforce that provision of its contracts with subscribers which restricts the use of its facilities to subscribers their agents and representatives and that it be further directed to instruct its operators not to furnish over its phones any information other than that directly necessary to the furnishing of telephone exchange service as contracted for In support of its allegations that the free and contractually unauthorized use of its facilities by nonsubscribers has placed upon the company a burden which seriously interferes with the efficient discharge of the duties it owes its subscribers the Company has had made for several consecutive days observations of its traffic and the uses made of its facilities at 650 stations in ten cities of the State having the largest exchanges with special reference to the use of stations provided in stores for general use by the public and to the use made in inquiries of operators for information as to the time of day etc The detailed results of these observations have been submitted to the Commission Summarized they show that in Atlanta the average number of calls per station per day for all purposes is 108 with an average total of 268000 calls per day For the ten cities in which observations were made the average number of calls per station per day for all purposes was 102 with an average total from all stations of 599000 calls per day Observations were made of 162 stations in Atlanta accessible to and used by the public and these showed an average of 270 59 calls per station per day or nearly six times the general average of all the stations in Atlanta One of the stations observed averaged more than 400 calls in 13 hours The average number of completed calls per station per day at all of the 650 semipublic flat rate stations in the ten exchanges under observation was 388 as compared with the average for all stations of 103 It should be borne in mind that these flat rate stations accessibly located for general public use almost wholly for attracting business for the place in which located and used many times as frequently as stations not so located and to a large extent lawfully used pay no higher rates than the latter It was shown that based upon the average calling rate of all stations in Atlanta the discontinuance of the 162 flat rate stations for free public use would permit the handling of 890 additional stations and the discontinuance of the 650 such stations in the ten cities under observation would permit the handling of 2527 additional stations It tvas further shown that at the Atlanta exchange alone there is an average of 12000 calls per day for the sole purpose of asking of the operators the hour of the day the average number of such calls per day in the ten exchanges observed aggregating 25106 i In addition there are daily hundreds of other calls asking all sorts of questions noit connected with telephone service The telephone company has not contracted to maintain and operate an information bureau Its subscribers are entitled to the use of its facilities for communication with each other If a portion of these subscribers demand extraneous service of the operators the legitimate and contractual service to which other subscribers are entitled is interfered with The observations above mentioned clearly show an extensive use of the telephone facilities of the petitioner by thousands who pay nothing toward providing these facilities but by their unauthorized use interfere with and hinder service to bona fide subscribers who pay for the facilities furnished and who alone are entitled to their use The Commission is of the opinion from the record that the demands made upon the Company its operators and facilities for service not connected with furnishing telephone service such as inquiries for the time of day the location of the fire and similar information have reached proportions which seriously interfere with efficient and legitimate telephone service The Commission is more concerned as to this interference with good service than it is with any financial consideration to the company The abuses to which attention has been called surely tend to overload facilities and congest traffic especially on party lines They materially lower the quality of service and provoke a train of complaints that are as varied as human irritability However the Commission has been impressed with the practical difficulties in the way of a literal enforcement of the Companys contracts restricting the use of its facilities to subscribers their agents and representatives A strict and literal enforcement we are satisfied is not only impracticable but to an extent a questionable policy Considerable friction and annoyance in stricter enforcement of the restrictive clause could only be avoided by the exercise of great discretion and tact and these Qualifications are all too rare There can arise conditions and circumstances and they do arise in a large exchange many times daily where it is entirely proper and permissible that the restriction under consideration should not be enforced Such instances are however exceptions to a reasonable rule and such exceptional or courtesy uses should not be permitted by the subscriber to grow into abuses The Commission is of the opinion that the evils under discussion can be minimized by two rules which the company is hereby authorized to enforce towit 1 It is authorized to instruct its operators to decline to answer inquiries for the time of day or like inquiries not connected with the furnishing of telephone service This rule should be enforced with tact and courtesy The company is directed to carry in conspicuous type at the top of each page of its directories a notice to this effect 2 The company is further authorized to decline to place any flat rate station in any store office or place of business where the same is freely and easily accessible to the public or where the purpose or effect of the location is an invitation to the general public to use the same or where its permissible and indiscriminate free use is intended as a trade attraction Should there be in fcuch store office or place of business no suitable location where the station is not accessible to the general public or should the subscriber insist upon a location so accessible the company shall decline to install a flat rate station but is hereby directed to install only a metered or measured call station of its customary type with such general public use as the subscriber may permit This order shall be effective April 1st 1918 provided that stations now located in conflict with the foregoing provisions shall be relocated by the Company without charge to the subscriber to conform with the said provisions upon the expiration of the current contract year of each By order of the Commission RAILROAD MILEAGE IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA DECEMBER 31ST 1917 IN MILES AND DECIMAL FRACTIONS NAME TOTAL MILEAGE Miles of Track Yard Traeks and Sidings Single Track Double Track e Alabama Great Southern Railroad 2428 394 Atlanta West Point Railroad 9086 208 3658 Atlanta Birmingham Atlantic Railway 48154 155 14440 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad 67137 892 24682 Atlantic Wavcross Northern Railroad 1075 25 Augusta Summerville Railroad 227 104 Augusta Southern Railway 8238 886 Bowdon Railway i2oo 100 Central of Georgia Railway 133764 1370 53177 Charleston Western Carolina Railway 2021 2033 Chattahoochee Valley Rwy 100 25 East Georgia Railway 3550 200 Elberton Eastern Railroad 2200 200 Flint River Northeastern Railroad 2333 241 Flovilla Indian Springs Railroad 262 Gainesville Northwestern Railroad 3500 100 Gainesville Midland Railway 73 32 950 Georgia Florida Railway 306 46 4043 Georgia Coast Piedmont Railroad 98 40 750 Georgia Florida Alabama Railroad 10783 1463 Georgia Northern Railwav 67 08 241 Georgia Southern Florida Railway 9PQ OK 7543 Georgia Southwestern Gulf Railway P5 7P 385 Georgia Railroad 40195 718 14755 Greene County Railroad 18 85 134 Hartwell Railwav 1010 50 Hawkinsville Florida Southern Railway 9231 1382 Hawkinsville Western R R 23 00 100 Lawrenceville Branch Railroad 9 61 Louisville Nashville Railroad 165 51 1441 Louisville Wadley Railroad 1000 139 Macon Birmingham Railroad 9687 640 Macon Dublin Savannah Railroad 9071 2966 Midland Railway 8760 702 Milltown Air Line Railroad 4000 25 Milstead Railway 290 60 Nashville Chattanooga St Louis Railway 14222 961 9494 Ocilla Pinebloom Valdosta Railroad 2200 08 Ocilla Southern Railroad 6949 697 Pelham Havana Railroad 1875 100 Rome Northern Railroad 1760 140 Sandersville Railroad 390 207 Savannah Hinesville Xr Western Railroad 525 75 Savannah Atlanta Rwy 14475 3610 Savannah Southern Railroad 2900 100 Savannah Statesboro Railroad 3260 360 Seaboard Air Line Railway 75022 23 21384 Shearwood Railway 2700 125 Southern Railway 91306 11535 33120 283 RAILROAD MILEAGE IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA DECEMBER 31ST 1917 IN MILES AND DECIMAL FRACTIONS NAME TOTAL MILEAGE Miles of Single Track Double Track Yard Tracks and Sidings Smith Gpnrgin Railway 3702 603 Statpnvillp Railroad 1400 13 Sylyania Contral Railroad 1465 200 Talbotton Railroad t Tallulah Falls Railway 679 34 4314 408 4264 555 300 LILLUil L llilJLlCtl VjOllipiUlj 4180 317 Valdosta Moultrie W esteru Railroad Wadley Southern Railroad 9000 703 2296 229 4460 200 VV ajvlUoo OC VV colei 11 ivciiii uau Western Railway of Alabama 17 87 10360 1611 YV ilgllloVlllc 02 AuillinitJ xvaiiioau TXTooViiricfAR r TinPnlrifon 2000 76 Totals 745744 16069 212827 4 Statement of Stock and Bond Issues and Other Securities Approved by the Commission During the Year Ending December 31 1917 Name of Corporation Elberton Eastern R R Georgia Railway Power Company Georgia Railway Electric Company Atlanta Charlotte Air Line Railway Midland Railway Georgia Railway Electric Company Georgia Railway Power Company Washington Lincolnton R R Georgia Southern Utilities Company Bulloch Telephone Company Americus Lighting Company Columbus Power Company Savannah Atlanta Railway IIIIII Bowdon Railway Gas Light Company of AugustaIII Atlanta Birmingham Atlantic Railway Atlanta Anderson Railway North Georgia Mineral Railway Georgia Public Service Company Consumers Gas Coke Company Midland Railway Georgia Railway Power Company Georgia Public Service Company Amount of Amount of Bonds Approved Knn non nn Stock Approved 459000 00 283000 00 4000 00000 3000 00000 54000 00 34000 00 100000 00 65000 00 50000C 2350000 00 2500000 00 10000000 15900000 2985000 00 6000 00000 250000000 15000 00 750000 250000000 14036101 20000000 423600000 20000000 1500000 500000 10000000 250000000 1200000000 125000000 21000000 Equipment notes 2y2 yr col gold notes 20yr mort nts Date of Approval Jan 24 Jan 24 Jan 24 Mar 16 April 10 April 10 April 10 April 24 May 16 June 12 June 12 June 26 July 12 July 12 Sept 12 Sept 13 Nov 13 Nov 15 Nov 27 Dec 12 1917 1917 1917 1917 1917 1917 1917 1917 1917 1917 1917 1917 1917 1917 1917 1917 1917 1917 1917 1917 Jan 111917 Aug Nov 16 1917 27 1917 2S6 Statement of Financial Operations of Terminal Companies in Georgia for Year Ended December 311917 Gross Earnings Operating Expenses Net Earnings Deficits Atlanta Terminal Company i Augusta Summerville Railroad Company r Augusta Union Station Georgia 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1089115f 1 1 9811108 1 44435011 781460 1 1 15036060 9029 122731 119334 3397 44652581 1018281 4567086 5053036 2343201 187761 1 54 75117 11064 262039 290486071 3922041 294 40Qll 23445410 2655301 1864474 1 2557P41i 3865397 7964 284177 244304 39873 485825 485825 4389431 1 43S94 46882 9040 I 37371 33765 3606 5319382 461 8520649115404586 37 36214333531232161477 211347839 406494266 14015524531 70761 24192888 18432731 5991317 3160397321 114638341 327503566 209323162 422458481 47625321 25633154 71172024 6392 2393198 j 1564840 898640 Statement of Financial Operations of Railroads for the Year Ended December 31st 1917 Revenues from Operations Revenue from Other Sources Total Revenue Ala Great Southern It R Atlanta West Point R R Atlanta Birmingham Atlantic Ry Atlantic Coast Line Ry Atlantic Waycross Northern R R Augusta Southern Ry Bowdon Ry Central of Georgia Ry Charleston Western Carolina Ry Chattahoochee Valley Ry East Georgia Ry Elberton Eastern R R Flint River Northeastern R R Flovilla Indian Springs R R Gainesville Northwestern R R Gainesville Midland R R Georgia Florida Ry Georgia Coast Piedmont R R Georgia Florida Alabama R Ri Georgia Northern Ry Georgia Railroad1 Georgia Southern Florida Ry Georgia Southwestern Gulf R R Greene County R R Hartwell Ry Hawkinsville Florida Southern R R Lawrenceville Branch R R Louisville Nashville R R Louisville Wadley R R Macon Birmingham R R Macon Dublin Savannah R R Midland Ry Milltown Air Line Ry Milstead R R Nashville Chattanooga St Louis Ry Ocilla Pinebloom Valdosta R R Ocilla Southern R R Telham Havana R R Rome Northern R R Sandersville R R Savannah Hinesville Western R R Savannah Atlanta Ry Savannah Southern R R Savannah Statesboro R R Seaboard Air Line Ry f Shearwood R R South Georgia Ry Southern Ry Statenville R R Sylvania Central RR Talbotton R R Tallulah Falls Ry Tennessee Alabama Georgia R R Tifton Terminal Co Union Point White Plains R R Valdosta Moultrie Western R R Wadley Southern R R Waycross Western R R Waycross 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1017504 20757985 2485660 1272676579 19394845 359571 2422158 2816638 4955983 374560 7437616 19073786 88226169 15253091 42933696 25938405 452831873 259372837 11769100 2544300 2701799 15531495 1064187 238682736 2698593 19888341 65578403 8220358 1907113 1004608 345539676 1796636 12190438 3665897 2473138 2622748 305386 45314155 2715047 6889245 630795339 1779219 15252358 1288141736 1098418 3119891 1481651 10839810 6788141 586808 2226374 6256100 12090108 6290085 5372760 34461462 3129433 63482723774 370113890 Operating Expenses Rentals and Hire of Equipment Taxes Total Expenses Net Income over Taxes Operating Expenses and Rentals Per cent of Operating Expense to Total Revenue Total Revenue Per Mile of Road Operating Expenses and Taxes Per Mile of Road Net I come Per Mile of Road 37875280 5681290 3038398 46594968 16363992 6621 2314055 1684381 629674 124122838 13411536 137534374 42965784 7011 1899614 1476272 423343 251343784 1262345 13729994 266336123 35421879 8565 471585 414255 57330 499964903 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110822 118496 2812892 198951 3011843 654054 7672 146635 120474 26161 2537543 224183 2761726 11033 125476 1 569 16 1946872 52262 1999134 623614 7423 655687 486718 168969 706958 49780 756738 23149 58161 1 441 36 42620804 1625000 1050000 45295804 18351 9429 308385 297202 11059 1698108 172407 1870515 844532 8150 93623 64501 29122 5001690 370310 5372000 1517245 7260 208765 1627891 45976 503698584 15478935 26141400 545318919 85476420 8299 840813 706246 134567 1671234 78952 82843 1833029 9555 65897 64966 931 7739958 1790900 461963 9992821 5259537 5348 412226 221674 190552 840896175 2065535t 53888128 915439660 372303985 6528 1217790 846292 371498 1191458 124677 131fil35 10850 78458 94010 2098140 253922 1566271 2508689 611202 6724 212962 153874 41744 1238296 66181 1304477 177184 8357 223478 181819 41659 995947 110250 5813671 10651095 188715 9533 186893 181739 5154 8630601 13190381 636465 1 10593563 12725 159159 217456 5135491 513549 73349 8733 195633 171183 24450 1678577 310761 59566 2048904 177470 7563 163343 127523 40190 5566000 723000 285500 6574500 8911 149000 139300 9700 9520312 4504399 1 942603 14967314 7948 136242 117542 18700 46944231 374111 2728601 5341394 948691 7524 139709 105256 41895 6265831 348720 204009 6818563 12058 37418 323492 24195838 1 266181 j 2187659 26649678 7811784 7108 331064 256599 74465 2603940 1 1485861 2752526 376907 8384 156472 137626 33704 44092648541 2518323461 2789313051 4940028505 313086673 265904465 42001200 88812191 316786884 53327006 7379 2705313 2008520 761709 Statement of Financial Operations of Telegraph Companies and Express Companies in Georgia for Year Ended December 31 1917 Gross Earnings Operating Expenses Net Earnings Deficits Postal TelegraphCable Company Western Union Telegraph Company Smithprn Uxprpss Company 27734501 138359951 268197920 27885262 142998725 269168731 150761 4638774 970811 Totals 434292372 440052718 5760346 290 Statement of Financial Operations of Cotton Compress Companies in Georgia for Year Ended August 31 1917 Gross Earnings Operating Expenses Net Earnings Deficits 1 Augusta Warehouse Compress Company 1 Atlanta Warehouse Company Atlantic Compress Company Cuthbert Compress Warehouse Company Georgia Warehouse Compress Company Hawkinsville Compress Company Montezuma Compress Company Moultrie Compress Company Rome Cotton Cempress Company Savannah Warehouse Compress Company Toccoa Compress Company Union Warehouse Compress Company Vidalia Compress Company Eastman Compress Company 12626328 8686661 44363536 1076170 3477343 1749635 1478020 1909347 1457366 9618244 846932 3229567 1925807 876957 9814739 7329451 35282033 928918 2502319 1489015 1267194 1389371 974322 7878688 783094 3118473 1672976 742599 2811589 1357210 9081503 147252 975024 260620 210826 519976 483044 1739556 63838 111094 252831 134358 Totals 933219131 75173192 1 18148721 f 291 Statement of Financial Operations of Telephone Companies in Georgia for the Year Ended December 31 1917 AshLurn Tlphon Companyi Atlanta Telephone Telegraph Companyf Adrian Telephone CompanyI Blakeley Telephone Company i Blue Ridge Telephone CompanyI Bowen Telephone Company Bowman Telephone Companyj Brooklet Telephone Companyi Broxton Telephone Company j Buena Vista Telephone Company Bulloch Telephone Companyj Byrom Rural Telephone Company Cairo Telephone Company Canton Telephone Company City Telephone Companyi Coleman Telephone Company Consolidated Telephone Telegraph Company Dalton Telephone Company Danielsyille Comer Telephone Company Darien Telephone Company Dawson Telephone Company Dexter Telephone Company Dogwood Telephone CompanyL Doualdsonville Telephone Company I Douglas Telephone Company Duluth Telephone Telegraph CompanyI Davisboro Telephone Company Effingham Telephone Telegraph CompanyIIIII Ellaville Telephone CompanyI Ellijay Telephone Company Farmers Telephone Company IIIIIIj Gross Operating Net Earnings Expenses Earnings 611700 8 470240 141460 15318004 10862063 4455941 180000 115000 65000 696272 354630 341642 159279 137598 21681 4707896 3326141 1381755 201280 215000 151303 108822 42481 190000 160000 30000 493000 322200 170800 34775 20015 14760 182400 127000 55400 944047 838450 1055971 800374 748548 51826 545792 456981 88111 50000 46500 3500 4160726 3032307 1128419 1353194 941389 411805 928183 547953 380230 150000 124700 25300 1691963 1381999 309964 380600 351850 28750 20212 16510 3702 368759 293400 75359 1024461 954353 70108 138598 55400 83198 168000 120000 48000 136898 112850 24048 350000 266082 83918 65000 53000 12000 434000 347298 86702J Deficits 13720 Statement ot Financial Operations of Telephone Companies in Georgia for the Year Ended December 31 1917Continued Gross Earnings Operating Expenses Net Earnings lTvoo situfa rPiilanhniiP InnmMPV 1 1066U 99940 67401 Trnit Rnlt TDlnhnnp Cnmnfmv I 10767701 1029873 468971 I I UiL JLtJLl X CICpuUUC VJUUiiCinj Gainesboro Telephone Telegraph Company j inv rplrnCk atigqTVV7 1 HHB 76995181 126000 302559 400000 416643 81675 4251597 150000 266257 232000 236783 39608 3447921j nirQid TalanhrtriA flnmnfinv 36302 UllclIU i uicpuuuv ovuipauj PlArrnTTillA TalanliAno CnTTinanv 168000 179860 42067 iTlulillVlllvJ cicpiiuuc vjvrupilj TJo lrira TlTihAno PiAnmflnV TTorvmfAn HPol nb imid PaTTUIS 11V r i H 1 illHi11 1 tJicpillMlc TT o t1 ait HTaI daIi All a Paiti nil T1V 157500 2204972 114800 42700 ildllclll XulcphivJLtv vvinpAjAlj tTq ftnAAv Ptavp Pplpnhnnp PoniDRilv 1814564 534034 631224 76636 390408 iiclimuuj uiuvc xcicpiAviuc vjuiupuiij TJoTf PahaIv TolPTlhATlP PaTTID T1V 671865 918749 86300 137831 lldi L VJvUillJ vvjp7 287525 9664 liaWKlllSVIllc LcitJpuuiiv juuipauj TTrr7iVoVi TnlanhAAP PATYvnilTIV XICIIaIUdU L ClCpiivllC VAiriptiiij Houston Telephone Company l TrfMeifofQ HPalAnilAAP PATTlDflnV 238076 1655429 88000 204742 1238153 38000 33334 417276 j111 Lei o Let Lc TclCpUUilc vjuiiipauj 50000 J cUSpcI Iclcpuuilc VjvllipclllJ Kite Telephone Company t aoIia RaQaIq TplpnhATiP pATnnflnv 170400 358800 158000 319000 12400 39800 IjcSllciCoUld Icicpuuuc VyUiupauj t nriATinpi TplanliAnp Pnmnanv 149412 138317 11095 1 jUUDW Itl lclcpiiyiic vjuiupaiij Af n nrVi aofnr TplpnhAAP pATlfhfl TW 582000 488400 93600 iMailc Ileo Lu JL ticpiiviic vjuiiipuiij Afovcsfiklr1 rPolnrkVirmo frnrmlTl V 120000 89200 308001 VI 1 11 1 lnlU lClCphUllv 364759 269100 956591 lVlClI oJJLdll V IJ1C ClCpilUUC xjurupaiij Meigs Telephone Company AT i rl Trill r TaIpaTiatIP PaTITAHIIV 317180 250000 215435 141800 101745 1082001 1V1 lUL V 111 JLclputue jiMiipauj 7 ATi n ck omri n a Tol pnliATiP formina nv 1413748 1112533 j 3012151 IVllllcustVHJC JL CiCpriviiU yjvJApuiij Milltown Telephone Company ATnrrkO TplpnhAAP PATYinilTlV 176599 1266716 184755 585576 6811401 ATaa fA7n m q HPaI DTlh ATI P PaIUDI 11V 762654 436507 3261471 lYlUllLcUiild JL ciCpiaunu vjvLupAxij McRaeHelena Telephone Company Murray County Telephone Company Mutual Telephone Telegraph Company Nashville Telephone Company 2188149 232500 1 457789 590000 1373781 1 K63500 1 443013 1 518606 8143681 1 69000 147761 1 713941 Deficit 24000 293 Statement of Financial Operations of Telephone Companies in Georgia for the Year Ending December 31st 1917Continued iNewLorn Telephone Companyf Nichols Telephone Company North Georgia Telephone Telegraph Company Plains Telephone Company Oglethorpe Telephone Companyl Quitman Telephone Company Rabun Telephone Telegraph Companyj Reynolds Telephone Company Riverdale Telephone Company Roberta Telephone Company Satilla Telephone Company Screven Telephone Company Southern Bell Telephone Telegraph Company Southern Telephone Company Standard Telephone Company Statesboro Telephone Company Stephens Telephone Company Stewart Telephone Company Summerville Telephone Company Tattnall Telephone Company Thomaston Telephone Company Unadilla Telephone Company Union Point Telephone Company Union Telephone Company XTnion Telephone Electric Company Vienna Telephone Company Walker County Telephone Company Washington Telephone Company1 Wilkes Telephone Electric Company Willacoochee Telephone Company H D Thomason Telephone Company Totals i July 1st to December 31st 1917 only Gross Earnings Operating Expenses Net Earnings Deficit 141851 94845 47006 27616 190726 96890 970100 493500 476600 327118 227680 99438 232295 193200 39095 1857838 1330826 527012 131000 105000 26000 320400 306500 13900 50000 30000 20000 215000 135000 80000 232954 182497 50457 996427 731384 265043 351124977 178867168 172257809 1903850 1318424 585426 566519 546719 19800 1947344 1238283 709061 699600 20000 542800 20000 156800 505412 603131 97719 180000 135500 44500 585936 528000 57936 483500 396901 86599 192000 41000 151000 110000 92500 17500 617547 681482 63935 934803 851426 83377 346846 239997 106849 943693 783693 160000 242296 170034 72262 4522011 197916 307200 145050 145001 52866 430085197 2360344791 1942575481 207530 Formerly West Point Telephone Company 294 Statement of Financial Operations of Street Railroad Gas and Electric Light Companies in Georgia for Year Ended December 31 1917 Gross Earnings Operating Expenses Net Earnings A IKnnrr Dmitat n ri1 Af Q T1 llf 51 pill r 1 n O ATYlTil TlV 6125568 1825206 8 2936843 8 3188725 AiDany rower ailU lVlaiiUiatiUImg lhonv Troncit CnmnflTiv 1749923 75283 AlUdilj Xldllolt jDiupauj A nAinMici Pnhlii SartriPd pATTlTiflTlV 7729834 6063323 1666511 AineilCUS Jr liUliU oci v ice jompauj a iTiatici Poo TicrVif r TTnol flnmnanv 3662044 2776213 885831 AII16I1S udbj JulgllL OC JD Uci vjoiupauj a funnel Poilurav Rr UltAPtrip nnmnnnv 25232489 97077357 9365694 15866795 AlllGuS IldllWdj Oi Jiinxuic vjuuipaiij A finnfo Poa I iffht Pnmnflnv 64891193 32186164 Alidllld UdS JLilglAL VJUiUJttUJ 14153722 10831756 3321966 Aliallla XN Ui tutJl 11 ivciiiwaj 78918977 86717 35569206 43349771 AUgUSlaAlKeii IVdllWdy CC iJJietliil Vyiiupaiv Pnflai Rlantrip Cnmnflnv 70500 16217 r tl tltil JLlctlllv vjuiiipauj Or unrvllfn TlArttriA PAmilil Tl V 2303049 455157S3 9650630 1667052 635997 vjarrOlIlOIl JDilctUlt VjDinprtiij Central Georgia Power Company rUinffnriAAAO PoilwQ V Rr TH1A Of 110 flAlTmaTlV 11220707 9364949 34295076 285681 nattanooga jLiaiiw ay oc niiecLiAi iiaipcaa City Suburban Railway Company 3511539 73129456 2040138 17306993 1471401 55822463 AjUlUlilUllo 1 GW cl uuiupauj Al it rvihn d PflllvAOd flV Tl lTTil Tl V 38172699 3168052 641657 347275 22159558 16013141 ljPJUlJlUUi5 JLAdlllUtAU VAllipcltLJ Cordele Electric Company Credille Fowler Power Manufacturing Company Tnlln T iiYif Pnnmr R Wntdr nnmDflTlV 2521144 496779 345500 646908 144878 17751 UaiiaS Julglll rOWcl K VV dlcl jpmpauj TAnwiAyi 1VTnrmfaAfnrino CAmnflTIV 555302 384107 171195 uarien iviaiiuidtiuiiiig T 1 wVtf SL Taa riAnvrQTvr 4310016 4507882 Kastman Jignt ice oompau T7 lUrn P Aflnnfn T Oil X7 Q 17 Rr lilldPtriP 10111113 Tl V 2632512 2170168 462344 E airDurn iLtianLa jAdiiwdj a rjiecuic wmijaiij n T rAtvinnmr if Antflliita 100 077 11 15523277 44744341 lias ljigiiL company ujl Auguia 58200371 4913559 9064781 Lras lag nr voinpaiiy ujl ijuiumuuis 67 04Q83I 4889451 1815432 IrCOigia JT uuiiu oei vice vjoipviccnuii pAAtimn PdllnroV Rr PaWOP 0UTTirfl Tl V fi 083782051 352424897 3459533081 Georgia JCvanvvxy tx ruwei vjtmipanj nfn rn taa Rr PaIrl Stapqca Cn 20 70000 I 2478836 491164 jr 11 ill11 ctaS ICC Ot vjOlcl oiuidge vjv tt rtwTTA iTinci nn n FiVhf DpnartTncpt1 715503 546111 562560 1 1529431 Harmony urovc jyiiiis Mctun PtuL xepai wucut Taayaia 1lAAtiin PnmTlQ TV V 352138 1939731 jerrerson hiiucliic vjuiupiiij Macon Gas Company 16874400 10554663 6319836 Deficits 197866 Statement of Financial Operations of Street Railroads Gas and Electric Light Companies in Georgia for the Year Ended December 31 19l7Continued Macon Railway Light Company McDonough Electric Light Company Montezuma Light Power Company Mutual Light Water Company Oconee River Mills Electric Light Department Panola Light Power Company Putnam Mills Power Company Rome Municipal Gas CompanyI Rome Railway Light Company Savannah Electric Company Savannah Gas Company Savannah Lighting Company Senoia Electric Light Power Company Suburban Gas Electric Company Pifton Ice Power Company Toccoa Falls Light Power Company Towaliga Falls Power Company Valdosta Gas Company Valdosta Lighting Company Valdosta Street Railway Company Villa Rica Electric Light Power Company Ware County Light Power Company Wofford Shoals Light Power Company Totals Gross Operating Net Earnings Expenses Earnings Deficit 55905288 31598717 24306571 470000 390000 80000 1081010 1 885883 195127 10527173 7669521 2857652 3973291 1749798 2223493 1649941 1078768 571173 J 1463164 811300 651864 j 3189710 2428255 7614551 18170932 l879156 7291776 96817356 58289448 38527908 j 28651749 16742324 11909425 16211409 14801994 1409415 250000 230000 20000 4235666 4925547 2310119 2520971 13437341 1177237 388791 3170901 717011 4956068 26281891 2327879 2328045 2063755 264290 14168107 10210743 3957364 9462431 1060404 1 458303 443263 i 15040 97768381 10103941 1 8046771 579346 225331 14497015651 8778370185 6719705101 114161 27L08 639130 296 Summary of Financial Operations of Corporations Subject to the Jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Georgia for the Fiscal Year Indicated Gros Earnings Operating Expenses Net Earnings 6346790723 465985890411686931819 10442984 33304842 249625 434292372 440052718 93321913 75173192 18148721 1449701565 778370185 671970510 365214025 189906357 175469322 1 Deficit Railroad Companies Terminal Companies Telegraph and Express Companies tCompress Companies Street Railroad Gas and Electric Light Companies Telephone Companies Year ended December 31st 1917 tYear ended August 31st 1917 23111483 5760346 639130 161654 297 Summary of Financial Operations of Railroads in Georgia for Each Year Since 1895 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 Ld Railroad Mileage in Georgia 524052 529141 537482 547526 553186 561488 581680 603532 604686 622931 642446 646756 670444 682853 699283 705554 Jgll 713803 JgJf 729578 ill I 29572 i9rrZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ 738879 745744 Gross Earnings Operating Expenses 16930146961 1845846795 1830505182 1904698395 2108731036 2221185006 2324622552 2495276887 3041382375 3074201550 3323289112 3710655517 4072787745 3851670665 3950609983 4417166814 4726245927 5081355022 51559583061 5307995177 45297697411 51923104841 63467907231 1239773060 1318833628 1267270276 1349467794 1479071885 1542133063 1638365223 1763801423 2143443681 2177492537 2330367051 2683370459 3205275087 299699S572 2839181746 30367657631 3298067428 3665196256 3885423023 3955589157 34683537241 36389785151 4659858904 Net Earnings Percentage Operating Expenses to Gross Earnings 453241636 527013167 563234906 555230601 629659151 679051943 686257319 731475464 904249941 902664400 1001607415 1035949011 872599754 857192654 1114496900 1383334029 1435395419 1419521254 1275226070 1355580383 1080292021 1560917883 16869318191 7320 7140 6920 7080 7014 6943 7048 7068 7047 7083 7050 7204 7869 7780 7187 6875 6978 7213 7536 7452 7637 7008 7342 Statement of Accidents Occurring on Steam Railroads in Georgia for the Year Ended December 31 1917 Passengers Employees Other Persons Alabama Great Southern Railroad Co Atlanta West Point Railroad Company Atlanta Birmingham Atlantic Ry Co Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company Atlantic Waycross Northern R R Co Augusta Southern Railroad Company Bowdon Railway Company Central of Georgia Railway Company Charleston Western Carolina Ry Co Chattahoochee Valley Railway Elberton Eastern Railway Company East Georgiy Railway Flint River Northeastern Railroad Co Flovilla Indian Springs Railway Gainesville Midland Railway Gainesville Northwestern Railroad Co Georgia Railroad Georgia Florida Railway Georgia Coast Piedmont Railroad Co Georgia Florida Alabama Railway Co Georgia Northern Railway Company Georgia Southern Florida Railway Co 10 11 289 151 85 15 20 11 149 9 181 3 371 150 41 121 15 n i il I 16 2 1 14 29 1 Georgia Southwestern Gulf Railroad Co Greene County Railroad Company Hartwell Railway Company Hawkinsville Florida Southern Ry Co ir r DonVh Poilrnfifl rinmnanv 1 3 1 1 l l I 1 2 1 idWfcIiCcVlUG DrcillCU XvellllUciu vjuuimuj Louisville Nashville Railroad Company T jCL WnHatt Rdilrnfifl riGTTliaTiV 1 61 J 1 1 84 1 31 1 13 ljOUlSVllie OC W aUltiy Xveiiii uau uumyaiij jP UirminrVia m 7Q llw9 V PniBHa 1V 1 1 3 11 lviacon OC Dll llllllgllalll Avelliwaj vjumpttuj nfnivm niihlin Mr fiavfmuah fo l 1 71 4 MaCOIl Hull II OC MIotwI 7iDwqv P 11 1 21 1 lirnifvirm Alt T ina PflilwflV Ga 1 1 1 Mill LOW 11 All LiillE AvelliVVXy Jv 1 1 1 f 1 IVI 1 IXIililli lVftlll liClVl MnciViTTrllo GhaffanAAiya Mr Si TiAllis Rv 1 281 21 711 4 27 iiHiSuV lilt UllalltUivVgci tv AaHIo iAnfharu RailrAad On 1 I J UClila kHIUIUciu a velili uau vjv Afillo DiTiohlAAm and Valdncffl RailrAfld 1 1 1 vClllcl a 1I1CU1UU111 el nil v eiiuuoia ivam vau Tirtliinm Jtr TTavana Railrnafl On J 1 1 A Cllltllll OC XA1VX11X Avellii vau v TAtvA Mr TApfharn Railrnfld On 1 liOIIlc OC iti il liii il a vet in tttu vv 1 i L j afluClbVinc AVt 111 vlU vviupauj OntTAnnoh TT1T1 DCXTlllo Mr W psf prn Ri R Oo I t oilVHIllielll i unco v me vovxxx x x nmmil Mr Aflaiiffl RilllWflV 1 7f i 2 1 OHV 11111 XU OC XV I1 eill 11 xvcixi ixj ctrornnV Mr finiithorri Railwflv 1 1 OH Vallila Il OC jlHllUci il Avelli vy aj Cn n rrnh Mr Qlf Q RflllwaV On L 1 i 1 1 oHVallllclIl OC o 1XIcUUlv Avaiinaji vvCnalnonl Ail T1TIA TtfllWflV 131 41 68 111 23 OviXLiJell vi X3L11 JJ111C 1M41A T UJ oLaa trAd Rq ilwei v Onmnanv 1 L 1 oUGaiWOOU Avelli VV el j uuuiyautv Southern Railway Company 621 10 667 7 56 Statement of Accidents Occuring on Steam Railroads in Georgia for the Year Ended December 31 1916Cont Passengers Employees Other Persons o 3 T3 P t P no 2 u p p 1 rP 2 P u P e South Georgia Railway Go Statenville Railroad Company Sylvania Central Ry 1 Talbotton Railroad Tallulah Falla Railway Co 1 1 1 1 Tennessee Alabama Georgia Railroad Co Tifton Terminal Co Union Point White Plains Railroad Co Valdosta Moultrie Western Railroad Co Wadley Southern Railway Co 2 Waycross Southern Railroad Co 1 Wayeross Western Railroad Co Wrightsville Tennille Railroad Co 1 16 10 ij 1 Washington Lincolnton RR Totals 3 2021 39 1857 711 190 Statement of Accidents Occurring on Street Railways Electric Lines in Georgia for the Year Ended December 31 1917 Albany Transit Company 1 4 Athens Railway Electric Company 3 2 Atlanta Northern Railway Company 8 1 1 3 AugustaAiken Railway Electric Corp 371 20 28 Chattanooga Railway Light Company ftj City Suburban Railway Company 1 Columbus Railroad Company 101 1 Covington Oxford Street Railway Co if Fairburn Atlanta Ry Elec Co I 1 1 Georgia Railway Power Company 2 500 1 62 6 185 Macon Railway Light Company noi 7 33 Rome Railway Light Company ioti 2 2 Savannah Electric Company 3891 27 3 113 Valdosta Street Ry Total v 2 10781 1 96 121 334 299 SUBJECT INDEX Acts of the General Assembly viz Page Act of 1879 Creating Commission21 Act of 1890 Appeal to Interstate Commerce Commission20 Act of 1891 Power to Bring Suit 28 Act of 1891 Inspection of Railroads28 Act of 1891 Requiring Common Carriers to Trace Freight46 Act of 1891 Storage Charges 29 Act of 1891 Express and Telegraph Companies60 Act of 1891 To Prevent Unjust discrimination between Railroads 45 Act of 1901 Cars for White and Colored Passengers31 Act of 1905 Prompt Receipt and Delivery of Freightt32 Act of 1906 Liability to Property in Transportation 33 Act of 1906 Election of Railroad Commissioners 34 Act of 1906 Station Accommodations at NightT 34 Act of 1906 Cars for Peaches Cantaloupes Etci42 Act of 1906 Railroads Must Paj Claims Within 60 Days33 Act of 1907 Increasing Membership and Powers of Commission 35 Act of 1908 Physical Connection Between Railroads in Incorporated Towns i43 Act of 1909 Permitting Free Passes on Street Railroads to Policemen 44 Act of 1909 Permitting Common Carriers to Grant Passes to Former Employees 44 Accidents Statement of Railroads 298 Street RailroadsLLiL299 Accommodations in Railroad Stations at Night Law 34 Amendments to Classifications See Circularss101 Baggage Excess Rates for 51 Bond and Stock Issues Rules Governing Applications for199 Bond Issues Authorized by Commission Statement of285 Cars for Peaches and Cantaloupes Law42 Circulars Changes in Rules Classification Etc101 Claims Law Requiring Payment of33 Classification Amendments to See Circulars101 Classification of Freight Railroad Companies106 ClassificationGeneral Revision242 Classification of Freight Express Companies 190 Classified List of Railroads Freight106 Classified List of Railroads Passenger 105 Commissioners Election of Law 34 300 Page Commissioners Office Rules Governing Duties of203 ConstitutionParagraphs from Concerning Common Carriers13 Comparative Statement by Years of Railroad Earnings297 Corporations Summary of Financial Operations295 Cotton Sea Island Special Rates on98 Demurrage Charges Law Governing29 Demurrage Rules Governing Collection of72 Depots Rules Governing Petitions for79 Directions for Computing Ratesno Distance Tables 102 Duties of Commissioners Office Rules Governing203 Earnings of Compress Companies290 Earnings of Electric Light Companies 294 Earnings of Express Companies289 Earnings of Gas Companies294 Earnings of Railroad Companies287288 Earnings of Street Railroad Companies291 Earnings of Telegraph Companies289 Earnings of Telephone Companies291 Earnings of Terminal Companies286 Election of Commissioners Law 34 Employees of Commission Rules Governing Duties of199 Estimated Weights Rules Governing 53 Excess Baggage Rates 54 Expense Bills What They Must Show Rule No 256 Expenses of Railroads Operating287288 Express Classification of Freight1190 Express Companies Jurisdiction of Commission Over Law30 Express RulesIgg Express Tariffs iyg Federal Control and Operation of Railroads 3 Financial Statements 285 Flag Stations Shipments to Freight Rule No 15 04 Freight Rules f 57 Freights Standard Tariff f108109 Freight Tariff Classes 197 General Orders gl General Rules 47 Inspection of Railroads Law 28 Interstate Commerce Commission Duty of Commission to Appeal to Law26 Joint Rates Freight Rule No 276g Laws Relating to Common Carriers 1320 Letter Transmitting Report to Governor 3 Limestone Special Rates on 7 301 Page Mileage of Railroads in Georgia2c3 Mixed Shipments See Freight Rule No 3069 Opinions of the Commission227 Opinions of Special Attorney to Commission207 Orders General 81 Passenger Rules 5L Passenger Tariff Classification of Railroads105 Railroads Freight Tariff Classification 106 Passenger Tariff Classification 105 Railroad Laws Extracts from 1320 Rates Directions for Computing1110 Rates General Revision 212 Rebates See General Rule No 2147 Report Letter Transmitting 3 Routing Shipments See Freight Rule No 33j71 Rules of the Commission Viz Freight Rules 56 General Rules 47 Passenger Rules 51 Governing Applications to Issue Stocks and Bonds195 Governing Collection of Storage Charges72 Governing Commissioners and Employees 203 Governing Erection and Location of Depots Stations Etc79 Governing Express Companies 185 Governing Telegraph Companies 80 Safety of Railroad Tracks Cars Etc Law28 Separate Accommodations for Races LawT 31 Special Attorney to Commission Opinions of207 Stations Agency 162 Standard Tariff 108109 Station Accommodations at Night Law 34 Stock and Bond Issues Authorized by Commission Statement of285 Stock and Bond Issues Rules Governing Application for199 Storage Charges Law Governing 29 Storage Charges Rules Governing i72 Stoves Special Rates on96 Tariff Rules Governing Issuance of94 Tariff Standard 108109 Telegraph Companies Jurisdiction of Commission Over Law30 Telegraph Companies Rules Governing80 302 3 ElD DS31 SlbE cl aOHOBOUil 5348535323532323535348535323