Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-05-20

The Commissioners First Move,
A Circular Classifying Roads and Rates
Thereon.
A Highly Interesting Document.

The Board of Railroad Commissioners
appointed by the Governor, in compli-
ance with the recently enacted railroad
law, have taken the first stepin the per-
Torrance of their duty under that act,
as will be seen by the following circular
issued by them. It is an important
document, and of great interest to cit
liens of the state a n"& #.~GEt
CLASSIFICATION OF ROADS AND RATES. ggH
e.. OFFICE OF RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS, lgg
t . MADISON, May IA, 1874. ...
To any individual, Company or CORPORATION,
oeo,,ing, operating managing or leasinq, a,av
Railroad or part Of Railroad in the State of
Wisconsin,: a. :
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned,
Railroad Commissioners for the State of Wiscon-
sin, appointed in pursuance of chap 273 of the
general laws of said State, approved March II,
1874, that the following classification of rail
roads, classification of freights, maximum rates
Of fare and maximum Rates of freight. have
been established by law, and by said commits
sionersin pursuance of authority conferred upon
said commissioners by said act: rs . Fl.
CLASSIFICATION OF ROADS. I..
CLASS All railroads, or parts of railroads,
in the State of Wisconsin, nowowned operated,
managed or leased. either by the Chicago Mil
waukee and st. Paul railway company, the Chi
cago and Northwestern railway company, or
the Western Union railway company
CLASS bail railroads, or parts of railroads.
owned, operated, managed or leased by the
Wisconsin Central railway company, the Green
bay and Minnesota railway company, or the
West Wisconsin railway company III
CLASS C-All railroads, or parts of railroads,
in this state not herein before enumerated
CLASSIFICATION OF FREIGHT.
All freights hereafter transported upon any
railroad, or part Of railroad. in this state, are
divided into TOUR general classes to be desig-
mated as First Second Third and Fourth class
es, and into seven special classes. to be desig-
mated D, E, f, G, H, IL.
GENERAL CLASSES. ...
Said four general classes shall include all
merchandise and other articles of TRANSFORMATION
included in the standard classification of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and st. Paul railway COMPANY
which took effect December 1st, 1873 and at
this date used by said company for all business
done in Wisconsin, except such articles as are
hereinafter assigned in accordance with law to
special classes hereinafter named
SPECIAL CLASSES.
The special classes hereinafter named shall
include the following articles respectively:
Dali grain, III car loads.
E-Flour in lots of fifty bbls, or more ::
lime, in lots of twenty-four bbls, or more.
F-Salt, in lots of sixty bills. or more ce-
ment, water-lime and stucco in lots of twenty
four bbls, OF more.
G-Lumber, lath and shingles, in car loads.
H-Llve stock, in car loads.
HAgrcultural implements, furniture and
wagons.
Goal, brick, sand, stone, and heavy 4th
class articles, III car loads
RATES OF FARE AND FREIGHT.
Limitation of Charges and Fares
Any individual, company or corporation own
ing. operating, managing or leasing any rail-
road or part of railroad, in the classification
OF roads herein before prescribed, is limited to
a compensation for the transportation of any
person, with ordinary baggage not exceeding
one hundred pounds in weight, as follows:
CLASS A-Three cents per mile.
CLASS B-Three and one-half cents per mile
GLASS C-Four cents per mile.
Provided, That no such individual company,
or corporation herein before designated, shall
charge demand or receive any greater COM
pensatlon per mile for the transportation of
children of the age Of twelve years. or under,
than one-ha1f the respective rates above pre-
scribed.
LIMITATION OF CHARGES FOR FREIGHT ON RAIL-
ROADS, CLASSES AND B. .
No individual, company or corporation own
ing, operating, managing, or leasing any rail-
road mentioned in Glasses A and B, is entitled
to charge for, or receive, a greater or higher
rate for carrying any freight belonging to either
of the four general classes of freight hereinbe-
fore named, than was charged for carrying
freight now belonging to said four general
classes, on said railroad, on the first day of
June. 1873.
Nor is any individual company or corpora
ton owning, operating, managing, or leasing
any railroad belonging to said Classes A and
B, entitled to charge for, Or receive, greater
or higher rate for carrying articles belonging
to any of the special classes hereinbefore named
than is specified in the annexed table: -