Duty to bulletin delayed trains. Notice of obstruction and! consequent given to RULE 15. Whenever any passenger train 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 company to bulletin and to keep posted at every telegraph station along its line in the direction in which said train is going the time such train is behind its schedule time, and the time of its arrival as nearly as can be approximated. RULE 16. Whenever there is, by reason of accident or otherwise, a break or obstruction on any railroad in this State, which will delay any passenger train on said road, it shall be the delay duty of said road to have the same bulletined at all stations at and between the said passengers passenger train and the place so obstructed, and the conductor shall give notice of said in stations. obstruction to the passengers in the cars before leaving the station, and of the delay that will probably be caused by the same. in car and Roads re quired to heat pas senger coaches. RULE 17. On all passenger trains in this State the railroads shall furnish safe and adequate heating appliances, and shall keep the passenger coaches sufficiently warm to make the passengers comfortable whenever the weather is cold enough to make heating necessary or desirable to the passengers. NOTE 1.- No more than ten (10) cents shall be allowed to be collected as a minimum charge. NOTE 2.-The above Tariff is subject to "Rule One" of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight. RULES GOVERNING THE TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT. RULE 1. mileage to apply on all roads under same All connecting railroads, which are under the management or control, by lease, own- Continuous ership or otherwise, of one and the same company, and all connecting railroads, a majority of whose stock is owned or controlled, either directly or indirectly, by one of the connecting lines, shall, for the purpose of transportation, in applying this tariff, be manageconsidered as constituting but one and the same road; and the rates shall be computed as upon parts of one and the same road, unless otherwise specified. The fact that each of said roads has a separate Board of Directors shall not prevent the application of this rule. RULE 2. ment. DISTANCES.-Since a separate rate cannot be conveniently given for every possible distance, the law authorizes the Commission "to ascertain what shall be the limits of Limit for a longer and shorter distances." Five (5) miles has, accordingly, been fixed as the limit change of freight for a change of freight rates for all distances less than one hundred (100) miles; and rate. ten (10) miles for all distances over one hundred (100) miles. The Commissioners reserve the right, however, to correct the charge in extreme cases which work hardship, although the same may not violate the letter of our rules. RULE 3. Division For all distances over five (5) miles and under one hundred (100) miles, the following rule will apply : When the mileage does not end in 0 or 5 the nearest mileage so of rate ending shall govern the rate. (As amended August 15, 1888.) ILLUSTRATION: For a distance of 27 miles charge for 25 miles; for a distance of 28 miles, charge for 30 miles. RULE 4. When freight is transported any distance greater than one hundred (100) miles, if the mileage does not end in 0, the next ten (10) mile group above shall govern the rate. ILLUSTRATION: For 121 miles charge for 130. RULE 5. For distances under 20 or over 250 miles, a reduction of rates may be made without making a change at all stations short of 250 miles; Provided, however, That when any railroad shall make a reduction of rates for distances over 250 miles, the same shall apply to similar distances on all the roads controlled by the same company, and in no case shall more be charged for a less than a greater distance. RULE 6. according to distance. Reduction of rates under 20 miles and over 250 miles. discrimi 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 No unjust rates, provided, that if they carry for less for one person they shall for the like service nation in carry for the same lessened rate for all persons, except as mentioned hereafter; and if rates. 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. Longer line allowed to adopt the rate. But when there are between any two points in this State two or more competing roads not under the same management or in the same system, then the longer line or lines, in short line order to give said points the benefit of competition, may reduce the rates between said two points below the Standard Tariff, without making a corresponding reduction at all stations along the lines of the said road; or when a rate on cotton is made to a seaport out of the State, which is less than the rate from the same point to the Georgia ports, the railroads shall be authorized to meet the said competitive rate in like manner, as aforesaid; Provided, that before taking effect, the proposed change of rates shall be submitted to and approved by the Commission. Freight charges on passenger trains. RULE 7. The rates charged for freight service by regular passenger trains may be one and a half times that for freight by ordinary freight trains, provided that this rule has no application to freight carried by Express Companies. RULE 8. Railroads not allowed to decline freight on passenger trains. 25 cents minimum charge. No railroad company shall, by reason of any contract with any express or other company, decline or refuse to act as a common carrier, to transport any article proper for transportation by the train for which it is offered. RULE 9. Railroad companies may collect twenty-five (25) cents as a minimum charge on a single shipment, however small; subject, however, to Rule No. 30. RULE 10. Blockades forbidden. Secret re duction of rates forbidden. Roads allowed to reduce cer at discre tion. No railroad company doing business in this State shall permit a blockade of any class of freights on account of any arrangement existing between it and other railroad companies as to the transportation of freight according to percentages or otherwise. RULE 11. There shall be no secret reduction of rates, nor shall any bonus be given or any rebate paid to any person, but the rates shall be uniform to all, and public. RULE 12. The rates specified for Ores, Sand, Clay, Rough Stone, Common Brick, Bone, Lumber, Shingles, Laths, Staves, Empty Barrels, Wood, Syrup, Sugar Cane, Straw, Shucks, tain rates Hay, Fodder, Corn in ear, Tan-Bark, Turpentine, Rosin, Tar, Household Goods, are maximum rates, but the roads are left free to reduce them at discretion, and all such rates are exempted from the operation of Rule 6; Provided, That all such rates made by any railroad under this rule shall be first submitted to the Commission and approved by them before becoming effective. Any complaints as to such rates will on presentation be duly considered. Shippers to load and unload. RULE 13. When railroad companies are required to load or unload car load shipments of Classes L, M, N, O and P, or to load car load shipments of Naval Stores, the actual cost of such service shall be paid by shippers. RULE 14. EXTRA HANDLING.-The charge for handling extra heavy articles may be as fol- Charges lows, viz.: Under 2,000 pounds, no extra charge for handling. For 2,000 pounds and under 3,000 pounds................$ 3.00 for extra handling. of term FERTILIZERS.—This term embraces the following and like articles, when intended to Definition be used as Fertilizers: Ammonia Sulphate, Bone Black, Bones ground or dissolved, "FertilCastor Pomace, or Fish Scrap, Guanos, Alto Vella, Fish, Navarro, Navarro Lump, Peru- izer." vian Soluble Pacific, Nitrate Cake, Plaster of Paris, Potash-German Salts of, Muriate of, Sulphate of-Salt Cake, South Carolina Lump and Ground Phosphate, Soda-Nitrate of and Sulphate of-Tank Stuff, Kainit and Cotton Seed Meal, etc. RULE 16. must be Vehicles designed for transportation at carrier's risk must be properly protected by Vehicles the shipper with sufficient covering or packing from all liabilities to injury from fire, properly weather, chafing, or other injury. RULE 17. protected. In no case shall the amount collected on a less than carload shipment exceed the Charge for charge per carload for the same class of goods. Whenever under the Commissioners' CL. shipments tariff a carload rate figures a higher rate per hundred pounds than the prescribed less not exceed charge for than carload rate on the same class of freight, a rate as great as but not greater than C. L. ship. the less than carload rate per hundred pounds may be charged. RULE 18. ments, etc. must be Railroad companies are not required to receive cotton or other merchandise and Goods warehouse the same unless the articles offered are in good shipping condition, well pre- properly pared by the shipper, with proper packing and intelligible, plain marking, and accom- prepared for shippanied with orders for immediate shipping. In all cases where goods are tendered for ment and shipment which are so packed as to render it impracticable for the carrier to ascertain packages the contents of such package, the carrier may refuse to receive the same for trans-correctly portation unless the consignor, upon demand, shall furnish correct statements of the contents. RULE 19. contents of stated. CAR LOAD RATES apply to a shipment of car load or more, made by one shipper, at When car- NOTE.-Form B.-All applications for special rates must be submitted to the ESTIMATED WEIGHTS, RULE 20. Lumber, Coal, Lime and Stone and all other articles for which estimated weights are given in the Classification (except Live Stock, Ale and Beer and empty Ale and Beer packages in less than carload lots) will be taken at actual weights when the weights can be ascertained by a sworn weigher, who shall balance the scales imme diately before weighing and see that the car is entirely free from all bearing of other car or cars (except where lumber laps from one car to another), and shall keep a record of the road to which the car belongs, its number, marked weight and the gross weight of the car, as loaded, and shall attach to the bill of lading a certificate of his acts and doings and sign the same as a sworn weigher; but when the weights cannot be so ascertained, will be charged for at the following estimated weights: Manner of applying percentage. Bulky shipments subject to special contract. What con stitutes a Flooring and Ceiling, matched and dress Bevelled Weather Boards, dressed. carloads, to depth of 50 inches. .....24,000 Pounds I, Railroad at Railroad, loaded with day of WEIGHER'S CERTIFICATE. do certify on oath that I this weighed car No....... of the pounds; that the gross weight was that the marked weight of the car was pounds; that said car, while being weighed, was disconnected (except where lumber laps) and free from all bearing of other cars; that the scales were balanced immediately before weighing said car, and to the best of my knowledge the weights are correct. [Signed.] In cases in which the classification of any article is lowered by a percentage, railroad companies which are allowed an increase on the Standard Tariff shall apply the increase allowed to the reduced classification; but in cases in which the classification of any article is raised by percentage, railroad companies which are allowed an increase on the Standard Tariff shall not apply said increase to the already increased classification, but only to the Standard Tariff. RULE 22. When any article is too bulky to put in a box car, it shall be subject to special contract. A ton of all articles enumerated in the Commissioners' Classification, except scrap car load iron, is 2,000 ponnds. A ton of scrap iron is 2,240 pounds. A carload of any article and also a is ten tons, unless otherwise specified. Where a shipment weighs more than the minton, ship imum carload weight prescribed, a proportionately higher rate may be charged. A lapped carload of wood is ten cords, whether green or dry. A carload of lumber (and all lumber,etc articles embraced in lumber) is 24,000 pounds. When lumber is loaded in two or more cars (lapped), and the total weight is greater than the aggregate of the minimum ments of |