Rule No. 17 of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight of this Commission is hereby amended so as to read as follows: In no case shall the amount collected on a less than carload shipment exceed the charge per carload for the same class of goods. Wherever under the Commissioners' Tariff a carload rate figures a higher rate per hundred pounds than the prescribed less than carload rate on the same class of freight, a rate as great as but not greater than the less than carload rate per hundred pounds may be charged. Classification. The following amendments to the Commissioners' Classification are hereby adopted: This Circular shall be effective on and after January 20th, 1900. Every Freight and Passenger Tariff of the Tifton, Thomasville and Gulf Railway Company. The Tifton, Thomasville and Gulf Railway Company is hereby placed Class Number 6 of the Commissioners' Classification of Railroads, and in Class A of the Commissioners' Standard Passenger Tariff; and on and after March 1st, 1900, said company will be allowed to charge for the transportation of passengers and freight no more than as follows: PASSENGER Class A, three cents per mile. FREIGHT-Class No. 6:-On Classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, A, B, E, G, H, K, L*, M, N, O and R: For 40 miles and under, the Standard Tariff with fifty per cent. added; for 70 miles and over 40 miles, the Standard Tariff with forty per cent. added; for 100 miles and over 70 miles, the Standard Tariff with thirty per cent. added; over 100 miles, the Standard Tariff with twenty per cent. added. On Classes C, D, F, J and P, the Standard Tariff without percentage *On Lime and Ice, the Standard Tariff with ten per cent. added. Classification. The following amendments to the Commissioners' Classification are hereby adopted: Cotton Seed, common, any quantity. NOTE.-L. C. L. shipments of cotton seed to be sacked. Otherwise 20,000 lbs. may be charged for. Collars, horse, other than leather, See Rule 18. Quilting attachments, K. D. C. R. O. R. G 1 This Circular shall be effective on and after March 1st, 1900. Every thing in conflict hereby repealed. By order of the Board. J. D. MASSEY, Secretary. L. N. TRAMMELL, Chairman. T. C. CRENSHAW, Chairman, J. POPE BROWN, RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA, Commissioners. J. D. MASSEY, Secretary. CIRCULAR NO. 282. Freight and Passenger Tariffs of the Offerman & Western Railroad Company, the Sparks and Nashville Railroad Company, and the Seaboard Air Line Railway, The Offerman and Western Railroad Company and the Seaboard Air Line Railway are hereby placed in Class A of the Commissioners' Standard Passenger Tariff, and on and after November 10, 1900, will be allowed to charge for the transportation of passengers no more than three cents per mile. The Sparks and Nashville Railroad Company is hereby placed in Class B of the Commissioners' Standard Passenger Tariff, and on and after November 10th, 1900, will be allowed to charge for the transportation of passengers no more than four cents per mile. The Offerman and Western Railroad Company and the Sparks and Nashville Railroad Company are hereby placed in Class No. six of the Commissioners' Classification of Railroads, and on and after November 10th, 1900, will be allowed to charge for the transportation of freight no more. than as follows: FREIGHT Class No. 6:-On Classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, A, B, E, G, H, K, L*, M, N, O and R: For 40 miles and under, the Standard Tariff with fifty per cent. added; for 70 miles and over 40 miles, the Standard Tariff with 40 per cent. added; for 100 miles and over 70 miles, the Standard Tariff with 30 per cent. added; over 100 miles, the Standard Tariff with twenty per cent. added. On Classes C, D, F, J and P, the Standard Tariff without percentage. *On Lime and Ice, the Standard Tariff with ten per cent. added. It appearing that the lines of railroad heretofore known and operated as the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad, the Georgia and Alabama Railway and the Seaboard Air Line, or Georgia, Carolina, and Northern Railway, are now controlled, managed and operated as constituting but one system of railroads, known as the Seaboard Air Line Railway, it is therefore, ORDERED, That Rule Number One of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight of this Commission shall apply to the several lines of railroad above named, and that rates charged for the transportation of freight over said lines or any part thereof in this State shall be computed upon a continuous mileage basis, as upon a single line of railroad; and on and after November 10th, 1900, there shall be charged for the transportation of freight over said lines of railroad in this State no more than the rates prescribed for railroads in Class Number Four of the Commissioners' Classification of Railroads (in which class said Seaboard Air Line Railway is hereby placed), which rates are as follows: FREIGHT-Class No. 4:-On Classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, A, E, G, H, L*, N, O, the Standard Tariff with twenty-five per cent. added. On 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, Class L, with ten per cent. added. Amendment of Freight Rule No. 23. The first paragraph of Rule Number Twenty-three of the Rules Goverring the Transportation of Freight of this Commission is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "A ton of all articles enumerated in the Commisssoners' Classification, except scrap iron, is 2,000 pounds. A ton of scrap iron is 2,240 pounds. A carload of any article is ten tons, unless otherwise specified. Where a shipment weighs more than the minimum carload weight prescribed, a proportionate by higher rate may be charged. A carload of wood is ten cords, whether green or dry. A carload of lumber (and all articles embraced in lumber) is 24,000 pounds, When lumber is loaded on two or more cars (lapped) and the total weight is greater than the aggregate of the minimum carload weights for the cars used, but not greater than the aggregate marked capacity of said cars, freight shall not be charged for more than the actual weight of the lumber. But if the total weight of such shipment is less than the aggregate of the minimum weights of the cars used, the minimum (24,000 pounds) may be charged for each car required to transport the shipment. Classification. The following amendments to the Commissioners' Classification ar hereby adopted: Phosphate, fruit (beverage ready for use, and not fountain juices, extracts, etc.) in barrels or kegs. Furniture, viz.: Mattresses, woven wire, or spring beds, C. L. minimum 12,000 lbs. Same, in packages of less than six. Houses, Portable, L. C. L. Same, C. L Herbs and Roots, value not over 10 cents per lb. L. C. L Locomotives and tenders (including tram engines), moved by their own power, (owner to furnish fuel and crew; owner also to furnish pilot where rate amounts to $10.00 or less, carrier to furnish pilot where charge exceeds $10.00) 20 cents per mile. Subject to a minimum charge of $4.00; maximum charge allowed, $60.00. Onions, in barrels or sacks. 3 6 Pipe, Stove, side seams not closed, nested and wired or crated, O. R. of rust, L. C. L. 4 Syrup, in barrels, half barrels, kegs or hhds. R This Circular shall be effective on and after November 10th, 1900. Everything in conflict hereby repealed. By order of the Board. J. D. MASSEY, Secretary. T. C. CRENSHAW, Chairman. |