If the General Assembly, acting upon this suggestion, should adopt this means of ascertaining the value of the properties of the public service corporations, specific provision should be made, by statute, for such returns to the Commission of the operations of such corporations as would enable it at all times to understand and appreciate the elements of value that enter into the corporate properties. Power should be conferred upon the Commission to make such examination of the corporate books as would enable it intelligently to pass upon the value of the corporate properties. CONCLUSION. The Commission, from time to time during the current year, has taken occasion to inspect the physical condition of the properties of the railroad companies of this State. They are found to be in good condition. Many depots have been constructed at various points during the year, and many are now in process of construction. Indeed, upon a careful review of the whole situation, the Commission is of the opinion that, with the changes in the law hereinbefore suggested, there would be no reason to apprehend that the people of any section of the State would suffer as a consequence of their want of proper railroad service and facilities. All of which is respectfully submitted. SPENCER R. ATKINSON, Chairman, G. GUNBY JORDAN, GEO. F. MONTGOMERY, Secretary. Commissioners. AMENDMENT OF PASSENGER RULE NO. 14. Rule Number Fourteen of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Passengers is hereby amended, so that the same shall hereafter read as follows: 66 'Railroad companies are required, at junction stations, to open their waiting rooms and ticket-offices for the accommodation of the traveling public at least thirty minutes before the schedule time for the arrival of all passenger-trains; but at intermediate or non-junction stations they shall not be required to keep such offices and waiting-rooms open after ten o'clock, p.m., except for delayed trains due before that time, in which cases they shall be required to keep the same open until the actual arrival of such trains. Such waiting-rooms shall be provided with lights, and, when the inclemency of the weather requires it, with fire.' CLASSIFICATION. The following changes in and amendments of the Commissioners' Classification of Freight are hereby adopted, viz.: N. O. S., in sacks 5 Same, in barrels, half-barrels, kegs, drums or boxes, or in paper packages, boxed 6 Omit " Grits, Wheat, in barrels. 5" Omit "Wheat, Cracked, in boxes.. 2" Iron Tanks or Material, K. D., flat or nested. of 6 Show or Display Cases, and Cabinets, viz.: Glazed or unglazed, crated boxed (not taken unless crated or boxed) S. U., L. C. L. or D1 Same, K. D., L. C. L. 12 S. U. or K. D., C. L., minimum weight 10,000 pounds. 1 Bases or Stands, unglazed, same as fixtures. This Circular shall be in effect on and after March 1, 1903, and shall repeal every thing in conflict. By order of the Board: J. D. MASSEY, Secretary. SPENCER R. ATKINSON, Chairman. FREIGHT TARIFF OF THE ATLANTA & WEST POINT RAILROAD CO. On and after the first day of April, 1903, the Atlanta & West Point Railroad Company will be allowed to charge for the transportation of freight within this State no more than as follows: On Classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, A, B, E, G, H, K, L, M, N, O and R, the Standard Tariff with ten per cent. added. On Classes C, D, F, J and P, the Standard Tariff, without percentage. CLASSIFICATION. The following changes in and amendments of the Commissioners' Classification of Freight are hereby adopted, viz.: Freezers, Ice-Cream. Stoves, Stove Plates, Stove Furniture, and Hollow-ware, C. L. C. R. O. R. 2 3 3 This Circular shall be in effect on and after April 1, 1903, and shall repeal everything in conflict. DISCONTINUANCE OF THE IRON BELT RAILROAD, THE TIFTON & MOULTRIE RAILROAD, AND THE SPARKS, MOULTRIE & GULF RAILROAD, AS COMMON CARRIERS. The owners of the above-mentioned lines of unchartered railroad having notified the Commission that the same had been discontinued as common or public carriers, and that they would not be hereafter so employed, it is ordered that said lines be stricken from the Commissioners' official list of railroads. FREIGHT RULE NO. 9 REVISED. Effective on June 10, 1903. Rule Number Nine of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight is hereby repealed, and the following substituted therefor: RULE 9. Unless otherwise specifically allowed by the rules, or provided by the classification of the Commission, all shipments of freight shall be billed and charged on the basis of actual weight, and at the lowest rates now actually charged; provided, however, that railroad companies may collect twenty-five cents on a single shipment, however small, subject to Freight Rule No. 30. DEMURRAGE RULE NO. 4 REVISED. Effective immediately, Demurrage Rule No. 4 is hereby repealed, and the following substituted therefor: RULE 4. Forty-eight hours' free time, exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays, shall be allowed for the unloading of any car taking track delivery, beginning at 10 o'clock, a.m., of the day after legal notice of its arrival. Such car must be and remain accessible to the consignee during this free peric d. Thereafter, one dollar may be collected for each day or fraction thereof until such car is unloaded and released. If a car is removed after demurrage commences, such car shall, upon demand, be promptly made accessible. If a railroad removes a car, or otherwise obstructs its unloading, the consignee shall not be charged with the consequent delay in unloading such car. Where one consignee receives four or more cars over one railroad, in one day, each car in excess of three shall have seventy-eight hours' free time. : CLASSIFICATION. The following amendments of the Commissioners' Classification of Freight are hereby adopted, viz.: Fencing, woven wire, 16 gauge and over, O. R. of wet and rust. C. R. O. R. 6 .2% of 6 2 5' 6" ...... Netting, wire, meshes one inch or greater, in rolls, same as Fencing, woyen wire. Except as otherwise specified, this Circular shall be in effect on and after June 10, 1903. Everything in conflict repealed. Effective on August 15, 1903, Rule No. 34 of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight is hereby repealed, and the following substituted therefor: RULE 34. Railroads shall promptly receive goods offered for shipment, and shall, when so re quired, issue duplicate receipts therefor. Such receipts shall show separately and in detail the weight and freight class of each kind of goods embraced in the shipment and the total rate to be charged for transporting each class to the destination named. When such receipt is presented to the railroad agent at destination it shall be the duty of the railroad to deliver the goods to the consignee or his order, upon payment of the freight and other charges lawfully due there on, and the expense bill then issued shall show separately the weight, the rate and the total charge upon the goods embraced in each separate class of freight composing the shipment. DEMURRAGE RULE NO. 3 REVISED. Effective on August 15th, 1903, Demurrage Rule Number 3 is hereby repealed, and the following substituted therefor: RULE 3. Package freight, deliverable through depots or warehouses, shall be allowed free time, the same as freight taking track delivery. When not taken by the consignee within the time specified by these rules, the following charges may be assessed against such freight: On less than carload lots, one cent per hundred pounds per day. On carload lots, ten cents per ton of 2,000 pounds per day. Provided, That in no case shall the charge on a less than carload shipment be greater than it would be on a carload. DEMURRAGE RULE NO. 5 "A" REVISED. Effective on August 15, 1903, Demurrage Rule No. 5 “A” is hereby repealed, and the following substituted therefor: RULE 5 "A." Where a consignee shall refuse to accept freight tendered in pursuance of the bill of lading, whether the same be in carload lots or otherwise, the carrier charged with the duty of delivery may give to the consignor legal notice of such refusal; and if he shall not, within three days thereafter, give direction for the disposition of such goods, he shall thenceforth become liable to such carrier for the usual demurrage and 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. 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 charges for demurrage and storage which would otherwise have accrued. CLASSIFICATION. The following amendments of the Commissioners' Classification of Freight, are hereby adopted, viz.: |