Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-05-28
RAILROAD COMMISSION.
Circular Number One.
Classification of Roads and Rates.
The Wisconsin Railroad Commits
sioners have issued their first circular,
as follows:

The Wisconsin Railroad Commits
sioners have issued their first circular,
as follows:
OFFICE OFRAILROAD COMMISSIONERS
MADISON, May Il, 1874
70 any hsdipid,tal, Company on Corporation,
cunning, operating, managing or leasing aay
Railroad part Of Railroad IN the STATE q
Wisconsin.
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned,
Railroad Commissioner for the State of Wis
consin, appointed in pursuance of Chap. 273
of the General Laws Of said State, approved
March IL, 1874, that the following classified
ton Of railroads, classification of freights max
imum rates of fare, and maximum rates of
freight, have been established by law, and by
said Commissioners in pursuance of authority
conferred upon said Commissioners by said act.
CLASSIFICATION OF ROADS
Glass Il All railroads or parts of railroads
in the State of Wisconsin, now owned operat.
ed, managed or leased, either by the Milwau,
kee Il St. Paul Railway Company, the Chicago
Northwestern Railway Company, or the
Western Union Railway Company.
Gloss B.-All railroads, or parts of railroads,
owned, operated, managed or leased by the
Wisconsin Central Railway Company, the
Green Bay & Minnesota Railway Company or
the West Wisconsin Railway Company.
Glass C.--All railroads. or parts of railroads,
IN this State, not hereirbefore enumerated
CLASSIFICATION OF FREIGHTS.
All freights hereafter transported upon any
railroad, or part Of railroad, III this State, are
divided into four General Glasses, to be desi@-
mated as First, Second, Third and Fourth
Glasses, and into seven special Glasses, to be
designated D, L, +, G, II, l, J.
GENERAL CLASSES.
Said four General Glasses shall include all
merchandise and other articles Of transporta-
ton, included in the Standard Classiicati r
of the Milwaukee Il st. Paul Railway Conn :
ny, which took effect December lst, 1878, and
at this date used by said Company for all bus
mess done in Wisconsin, except such articles
as are hereinafter assigned in accordance with
law to Special Glasses hereinafter named.
SPECIAL CLASSES
The Special Glasses hereinafter named shall
include the following articles, respectively:
Dali GRAIN in car loads
Flour, in lots of fifty bbls., or more;
Lime in lots of twenty~four bbls., or more.
F-Salt, in lots of sixty bbIs., or more; &C.
ment, WatereLime and Stucco, in lots of twen-
ty-four bbls.. or more
G-Lunber, Lath and Shingles, in car loads.
H-Liye Stock, in car loads.
I-Agricultural Implements, FernitQre and
Wagons.
ECoa Brick, Sand, Stone, and heavy
Fourth Class articles, in car loads.
RATES OF FARE AND FREIGHT
| Any individual, Company or Corporation,
owning operating, managing or leasing any
railroad or part of a railroad, in the Classii-
cation of Roads hereinbetore prescribed, is linn
| tied to a compensation for the transportation
of any person, with ordinary baggage, not ex-
| ceeding one hundred pounds in weight, as fol-
lows:
Class A--Three cents per mile.
Glass B-Three and one half cents per mile.
| Glass C-Four cents per mile.
| Provided, That no such individual, company
or corporation hereinbefore designated, shall
charge, demand or receive any greater com
pensation per mile for the transportation OF
| children of the age of twelve years, or under
| than one half the respective rates above pre-
scribed.
LIMITATION OF CHARGES FOR FREIGHT on RAIL
| ROADS CHASED A AND u.
| No individual company or corporation own
ing, operating, managing or leasing any railroad
mentioned in Glasses A and b. is entitled t.
charge for, or receive, a greater or higher rat,
for carrying any freight belonging to either Of
the tour General Glasses of freight hereinbe-
fore named, than was charged for carrying
freights now belonging to said four Genera
| Glasses, on said railroad, on the first day o
June, 1878.
Nor is any individual, company or corpora
ton owning operating, managing or leasing
any railroad belonging to said Glasses and b
| entitled to charge for, or receive, greater or
higher rate for carrying articles belonging to
any Of the special classes hereinbeforc named
than is specified in the annexed table: