Four cents to be charged RULE 8. Where a railroad company has provided agents and offices, ready and open for the sale of tickets, and passengers, for want of proper diligence, fail to supply themselves therewith before getting on the train, then four (4) cents per mile for each pas shows want senger twelve years old and over, and two (2) cents per mile for each passenger over of proper when pas senger diligence. No change can be made in five years old and under twelve may be demanded and collected; Provided, however, Offices at way stations may be closed one minute before the arrival of trains. RULE 9. The Commission will consider applications for an advance or reduction in the Standard Tariff for the transportation of passengers, or in Commutation Rates, but no ordinary or change in rates shall be of effect or put in force until ratified by the Commission and commutation rates without published in the newspapers of the State, as required by law in Section VI. of the Act consent of approved October 14, 1879; Provided, That this rule shall not be construed as placing any restriction on the privilege of railroad companies to make special rates on excursion trains. Commis sion. All tickets must be on RULE 10. Tickets on sale at any office in a city must be kept on sale at the Depot Ticket sale at de- Office of the same railroad at the same prices. pot office. No "Draw back" tick ets allowed. RULE 11. All assent heretofore given railroad companies to use drawback" tickets is hereby withdrawn. Rule No. 12 omitted. RULE 13. Equal accommodations re quired to be furnished. Waiting Each railroad company doing business in this State shall furnish like and equal accommodation to all persons, without distinction of race, color or previous condition. RULE 14. Railroad companies are required, at junction stations, to open their waiting rooms rooms re- at least fifteen minutes before schedule time for the arrival of all passenger trains, but, quired to be opened at intermediate stations, shall not be required to open after 10 o'clock P. M., except for delayed trains, due before that time, and shall keep said waiting rooms open until the actual arrival of the trains. These rooms shall be provided with lights, and when the inclemency of the weather requires it, with fire. and made comfortable. RULE 15. bulletin Whenever any passenger train on any railroad in this State shall be more than one- Duty to half of one hour behind its schedule time, it shall be the duty of said railroad company delayed to bulletin and to keep posted at every telegraph station along its line in the direction trains. 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. 'obstruction and conse. Whenever there is, by reason of accident or otherwise, a break or obstruction on any Notice of railroad in this State, which will delay any passenger train on said road, it shall be the duty of said road to have the same bulletined at all stations at and between the said quent delay given passenger train and the place so obstructed, and the conductor shall give notice of said to passen. gers in car obstruction to the passengers in the cars before leaving the station, and of the delay and at that will probably be caused by the same. RULE 17. stations. On all passenger trains in this State the railroads shall furnish'safe and adequate heat- Roads required to ing appliances, and shall keep the passenger coaches sufficiently warm to make the pas heat passengers comfortable whenever the weather is cold enough to make heating necessary of senger desirable to the passengers. EXCESS BAGGAGE TARIFF. coaches. No more than ten (10) cents shall be allowed to be collected as a minimum NOTE 2.—The above Tariff is subject to "Rule One" of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight. RULES GOVERNING THE TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT. Continu o is mile ply on ail RULE 1. All connecting railroads, which are under the management and control, by lease age to ap ownership or otherwise, of one and the same company, shall for purposes of transportation, in applying this tariff, be considered 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. roads un. der same manage. ment. Limitfor a change rate. RULE 2. DISTANCES.-Since a separate rate cannot be conveniently given for every possible of freight distance, the law authorizes the Commission "to ascertain what shall be the limits of longer and shorter distances." Five (5) miles has, accordingly, been fixed as the limit for a change of freight rates for all distances less than one hundred (100) miles; and 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. Division of rate RULE 3. For all distances over five (5) miles and under one hundred (100) miles, the followaccording ing rule will apply: When the mileage does not end in 0 or 5 the nearest mileage so ending shall govern the rate. (As amended August 15, 1888.) to distance. Reduct.on of rates under 20 miles and over 250 miles. No unjust discrimination in rates. Longer line allowed to adopt the ILLUSTRATION : For a distance of 27 miles charge for 25 miles; for a distance of 20 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. 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 hereafter; 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. 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 short line lines, in order to give said points the benefit of competition, may reduce the rates rate between said two points below the Standard Tariff, without making a corresponding reduction at all stations along the lines of said roads: Provided, Said reduction shall not make the rates less than the Standard Tariff rates for the shortest line between said points: Provided further, That before taking effect, the proposed change of rates shall be submitted to and approved by the Commission. RULE 7. The rates charged for freight service by regular passenger trains may be one and a Freight half times that for freight by ordinary freight trains, provided that this rulehas no ap- charges on plication to freight carried by Express Companies. RULE 8. passenger trains. not allowed No railroad company shall, by reason of any contract with any express or other Railroads company, decline or refuse to act as a common carrier, to transport any article proper for to decline 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. RULE 10. 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, Straw, Shucks, 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. Any complaints as to such rates will, on presentation, be duly considered. 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. freight on passenger trains. 25 cents minimum charge. Blockades forbidden. Secret reduction of rates forbidden. Roads alreduce cerat discre lowed to tain rates tion. Shippers to load and unload. 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 extra handling. $ 3 00 for extra handling. 5 00 for extra handling. 7 00 for extra handling. 8 00 for extra handling. Definition of term Fertilizer. Vehicles must be properly RULE 15. FERTILIZERS.—This term embraces the following and like articles, when intended to be used as Fertilizers: Ammonia Sulphate, Bone Black, Bones ground or dissolved, Castor Pomace, or Fish Scrap, Guanos, Alto Vella, Fish, Navarro, Navarro Lump, Peruvian 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, etc. RULE 16. Vehicles designed for transportation at carrier's risk must be properly protected by the shipper with sufficient covering or packing from all liabilities to injury from fire, protected. weather, chafing, or other injury. Charge for L. C. L. shipments not exceed charge for C. L. shipments. Goods must RULE 17. In no case shall the amount collected on L. C. L. shipments exceed the charge per car load for the same class of goods. RULE 18. Railroad companies are not required to receive cotton or other merchandise and be properly warehouse the same unless the articles offered are in good shipping condition, well preprepared for ship. pared by the shipper, with proper packing and intelligent, plain marking, and accomment. panied with orders for immediate shipping. When car load rates apply. RULE 19. CAR LOAD RATES apply to a shipment of car load or more, made by one shipper, at one time, to one and the same point of delivery, to the same consignee, although the same may, in fact, be carried by the transportation company to the point of delivery in lots less than the amount recognized as a car load. NOTE-FORM B-All applications for special rates must be submitted to the Commission on Form B. 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 immediately 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: |