The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1879-07-09
Railroad Freights.


were shipped at once. AT that time
tho tariff from Baltimore 10 Winnsbo-
70 was 40 cents per hundreds; from
Baltimore to Charlottc, % cents; and
The local rate from Charlotte to Winns-
boro, 25 cents. BY having the bacon
consigned to Charlotte, and then re-
shipped to Winnsboro, Il saving OF %
cents Il hundred could be effected.
Tho bacon was sent to Mcssrs. Brcm,
Brown e. Co., of Charlotte, for re-
shipment. But when these gentlemen
delivered The bacon at the G.. &. &. A.
depot in Charlotte, the agent, acting
under Instructions from Alr. a. Pope,
the general freight agent, Tctuscd to.
rcccirc The b0con at 0U, unless assured
that the shipment was made by Brcm,
Brown IL Co. for themselves, and not
for third parties. This assurance not
being given, the bacon was left in
Charlotte several days pending the
Termination voluminous correspond
cncc. Finally, the Railroad magmatcs
condcsccndcd to allow the bacon to be
shipped to Winnsboro, on 2repay-
mcnt in Charlotte, Of &67 .23, or within
fraction Of 81 cents per hundred,
when The published local rate was but
20 cents. Cummings IL Co. paid tho
bill and then Immediately instituted
suit for the recovery Of the ovcrplus.
The road preferred not to stand the
MI rnI ,l.,I g,,I
cccdcd, by intcrposing vcNatious de-
lays, in preventing any further ship
mcnts in this way. IT is rather Il
startling provision Of law that Il COM
mon carrier is privileged to rcic {
whatever articles Of fire.: :sht it plcascs.
Since, however, tho railroad authori-
ties seem sensitive about having the
ashes of the past rakcd up, one or two
instances orrcccnt date, occurring un-
der the present management, are
given. AS already said, tho rate for
wci%hty articles is fifty cents per hun
drc'l for one hundred miles. Winns-
horo being @ miles from Columbia
the lawful charge would be ia cents
per hundred. Yet on the lith OF
january. 1919, Mcssrs. Matthews e.
Co. paid II cents per hundred for
bacon, and on the 3d Of February, 81
cents per hundred.
On the 9Th Of February. 1879, Mr..
ID. r. Flcunikcn received 10000
pounds of bacon from Chicago. The
~ 1;t,}i
irciyhls at % cents per hundred, o,
SiSn.'0 t~ ~: ri !'n't..nS;Nt' 'o,4 urIIVti
the bacon to Mr. Flcnnikcn except OF,
payment of $4,000. IN excess OF
$"2.o over the stipulated rate. Mr.,
Fl'nnikcn paid the amount in order to
get lc bacon, and then made Il rccla-
nation Tor tho ovcrplus. The bill OF
lading was attached. Five months
have elapsed, and in spite Of repeated
efforts by letter, Mr.. Flcnnikcn has
recovered nothing.
Last month McssrS. Run e. Cloud.
OF Ridgcway, shipped Il bale Of cotton,
or. to be more precise, they shipped
3lA cubic feet OF cotton, to Charleston.
The freight for the entire distance was
$40. On inquiry, they learned that
the South Carolina Railroad received
Sl.o0 for the distance between that
place and Columbia, and that the G..
Z. " a. Railroad received $l.75 for
the u miles between Ridgcwav and
Columbia. If this be correct, il was n
heavy ovcrchargc viewed even through
railroad spcctaclcs. At the maxi:nuln
charge OF ID cents Il cubic foot Der
hundred miles, the charge for 3la
cubic feet for y miles cannot exceed
$l.2o. This leaves 50 cents to be
accounted for. AS tho road would
hardly exceed its own claims i'm this
matter, VIC would be glad to hear some
explanation Of this apparent cxtorlon.
by the way, the road has an ariih-
mctic peculiarly lis own also in csti-
maaing distance. BY pleasant fiction
it assumes that Winnsboro is thirty
eight miies from Columbia, when in
laet II is bnt thirty-fivc, and that
Ridgeway is tMnnly-six or seven when
it is but twcnty-iour. BY the same
rule Columbia is situated three miles
from Columbia, and q passenger
should be charged fifteen cents for
looking into coach Mt the Columbia
depot. The practice arose IN the
palmy days when the Charlotte and the
South Carolina Road made close con-
ncction at the junction two or three
miles below Columbia. The track 10
the junction was torn up long ago,
but by fond adherence to tradition
The extra miles arc still included in
the freight aud passenger rates. SO,
| when the road issues u thousand mile
ticket, ii chips off three miles extra
each way, every time trip ia made
from the upper portion of the State 10
Columbia. Several years ago, q gcn-
man IN Winnsboro dcmuwcd to this
peculiar species Of addition, and
threatened 10 silc for tho three miles
as soon as he reached Winnsboro. By