APPENDIX B. RULES, RATES AND REGULATIONS, ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSION. The following pages (to No. 7, inclusive) are certified by the Commission to be the substance of all circulars, and correction of all errata, up to date, OCTOBER 15, 1882, A STANDARD "SCHEDULE OF JUST AND REASONABLE RATES Of Charges for the transportation of Passengers, and Freights and Cars," made by the Railroad Commission, in conformity with the Act of October 14, 1879, to be observed within the State of Georgia, by each of the Railroad Corporations doing business in this State (with such modifications only as may be hereinafter set forth), and a copy to be posted by each Railroad Company at each of its Stations. This Schedule to go into full effect and operation on October 15, 1882. PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COMMISSION.—All complaints made to the Railroad Commission of alleged grievances, must plainly and distinctly set forth the grounds of complaint; and if more than one, the several grounds; the items being numbered, and objections all set forth in writing In like manner all defenses must be distinctly set forth in writing, and the items numbered as above stated, These specifications, whether of complaint or defense, may be accompanied, if the parties desire, by any explanation or argument, or by any suggestion as to the proper remedy or policy. The parties may also be heard in person or by attorney, or by written argument, upon such written statement being first filed. PASSENGER RULES AND TARIFFS. The Railroads operated in Georgia are, for | STANDARD PASSENGER TARIFF. PASSENGER business, divided into three classes -A, B and C, and permitted to charge respectively 3, 4 and 5 cents per mile. IN PASSENGER CLASS A3 cents per mile. Alabama Great Southern. Atlanta and West Point. CENTRAL, including the Central, the Southwestern, Savannah, Griffin and North Alabama, the Upson County Railroad, and all branches and leased lines. Cherokee. Columbus and Rome. EAST TENNESSEE, VIRGINIA & GEORGIA, including the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia, the Selma, Rome and Dalton, the Cincinnati and Georgia, the Macon and Brunswick, and all branches or leased lines. Georgia Railroad. Marietta and North Georgia. Rome Railroad. SAVANNAH, FLORIDA AND WESTERN, including Waycross and Florida Railroad. IN PASSENGER CLASS B— Augusta and Knoxville. IN PASSENGER CLASS C- Walton County. For a passenger with baggage, not exceeding 100 pounds, the rates per mile shall not exceed the following, viz. : 1. No more than these rates for passengers shall be charged when the Ticket Office shall not have been open for a reasonable time before the departure of the train from a station.. 2. When the passenger fare does not end in 5 or 0, the nearest sum so ending shall be the fare. For example: for 27 cents collect 25; for 28 collect 30. 3. This Tariff applies to through as well as local rates, and is not to be exceeded directly or indirectly by any through arrangement: Provided, That a railroad may charge 25 cents as a minimum full rate, and 15 cents as half rate, when the fare would be less than those amounts. 4. No restriction of any sort is placed by the Commission upon the reduction of passenger rates below the Standard Passenger Tariff. 5. Tickets on sale at any office in a city must be kept on sale at the Depot Ticket Office of the same railroad at the same prices. PASSENGERS WITHOUT TICKETS. 6 The regulation of the railroads as to passengers without tickets are matters of police, with which the Commission will only interfere upon complaint of abuse. An extra charge of more than 1 cent a mile, full rate, or half rate, is regarded as excessive, unless such extra charge would fall below the minimum above given. SLEEPING CARS. cent 7. The fare for berths on Sleeping Cars shall not exceed $1.00 for 100 miles or less, and for distances over 100 miles shall not exceed the rate of one cent per mile for each berth: Provided, however, that for a lower berth, with the upper berth not lowered, the fare may be not exceeding $1.50 for 150 miles or less, and for distances between 150 and 200 miles, not exceeding $2.00. BAGGAGE CHECKS. 8. By 22072 of the Code of 1873, it is made the duty of all railroads to furnish baggage checks from any station to any station on the line controlled by it. RELATIONS OF THE RAILROADS TO THE STANDARD TARIFFS. FREIGHT RATES-Add the following percentages to Standard 25 30 15 15 15 Southw'n R R. Div The rates on Classes C. D and F are at Commissioners' Standard Freight Tariff on all these railroads. The maximum rates on Fertilizers on all railroads are 20 per cent greater than Class K, of Commissioner's Standard Tariff. A The rates on lumber on all these roads are 20 per cent. less than Class P, of the Commissioner's Standard Tariff. Lumber, A.-The Brunswick and Albany Railroad's Standard" Freight Tariff is 70 miles greater than the Commissioners' Standard; that is, for 10 miles that road can charge the same that the Commissioners' Standard allows for 20 miles, except on cotton, which is same as Commissioners' Standard, and on lumber, for which an agreed rate between the millers and the Brunswick and Albany Railroad, to be found in Circular No. 5. B. For distances 0 to 40 miles add 50 per cent. to Commissioners' Standard Tariff; from 40 to 70 miles add 40 per cent.; from 70 to 100 miles add 30 per cent.; over 100 miles add 20 per cent., with privilege of making local rates on each division separately For joint rates between terminal and local stations a separate table is necessary, which will be furnished on application by the Central Railroad Co. C.-For distances 0 to 60 miles add 60 per cent. to Commissioners' Standard; from 60 to 100 miles add 50 per cent.; from 100 to 150 miles add 40 per cent.; from 150 to 200 miles add 35 per cent,; over 200 miles add $0 per cent. Where no figures are used in the columns, the Commissioners' Standard Tariff applies as a maximum. |