Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-10-11
FIXING THE FREIGHTS.

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OFFICE OF RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS, |
COLUMBIA, S. c., October
Messrs. Clark Bros, II. M. Dobson, Dobson
! & Parish, and others, Yorkville, S. G.:
! GENTLEMEN-Referrin to our letter OF
the 3lst August, 1 am directed by the board
| to say in further answer to your commune
cation of the 2Sth August that the com.
mission conceded to the Charlotte, Colum.
bia and Augusta Railroad the privilege OF
treating the Cheraw and Chester and Ches.
ter and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroads as
distinct roads. When the attention of Mr.
Haas, traffic manager, was called to the
fact that to charge sum of the locals on
these roads would operate injustice to the
he would Obviate the difficulty by making
joint rates, and afterwards informed the
board that such rates had been made. Those
constituting the management Of said roads
having now refused to make such rates as
will effect the desired purpose, it becomes
necessary, in order to prevent injustice tC
certain localities, to withdraw the privilege
hitherto given the Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta Railroad to the CheraW and Ches.
ter and Chester and Lenoir Railroads, and
to treat said roads as part of the Charlotte,
Columbia and Augusta Railroad. The en-
closed Circular No. 7speaks for itself. Yours,
very respectfully;
NJ. IT, BARTLETT, Secretary.
The following is ''Circular 7" referred to
above, issued by the Railroad Commission
ers on the 2nd instant:
l. Freight Rule 3 shall apply to all freight
passing from one point to another on the
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad,
and the Cheraw and Chester Railroad and
the Chester and Lenoir Railroad.
| 3. Section of Circular 2 is repealed, and
the relations of the Cheraw and Chester
Railroad and the Chester and Lenoir Rail
road to the Standard Freight Tariff are
hereby made the same as that of the Char
| lotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, as
fixed by Circular 3, Section 3.
8. A charge of one-half cent per 100 pounds
| may be made for transfer of freight at Ches-
ter to and from the Cheraw and Chester
Railroad to the Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta Railraal, and to and from the
Chester and Lenoir Railroad to the Char
lotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad.
I. The passenger class of the CheraW and
Chester Railroad and the Chester and Le-
noir Railroad is hereby changed from Class
| G. to Class A.
This Circular will be published as requir-
ed by law, and will 60 into effect October
-, 1883.
This means that the narrow gauge roads
will hereafter be considered part Of their
lessee, the Charlotte, Columbia and Angus
ia Railroad, and subject to the same rate OF
freight and passage as that road, an allow
ance being made for the cost of transferring
freight from one car to another at Chester.
This puts the stations on the narrow gauge
roads on the same footing as stations on the
main line of the Charlotte Road.
AS explanatory of paragraph Of the cir
cular, we copy "Freight Rule g." alluded
to therein:
8. In the application of the "Standard
Freight Tariff for the purpose Of transpor.
tation, main lines, branches and connecting
railroads, when operated together or con.
trolled by one company, shall be regarded
as parts of one road, and the rates shall be
computed as upon parts Of one and the same
road.
The following is Section of Circular
>, repealed by the End paragraph of the
above Circular, No.7:
I. The rates fixed by the Commissioners
Standard Freight Tariff" are maximum
rates, which the railroads shall not exceed.
They may adopt lower rates; but if they
do so for one, they shall for a like service,
adopt the same reduced rates for all persons
and if they fix less freight rates from one
station, they shall make a reduction of the
same per cent. on all stations along the
line ofroad, Except as provided for by Rules
8 and 10Y so as not to discriminate against
any person or locality.
Paragraph of Circular changes the pas
senger class of the Cheraw and Chester Rail
road and the Chester and Lenoir Railroad
from Glass C to Class Il; in other words,
the fare is reduced for passengers - years
old and over, from to cents per mile
and for those over and under - years,
from to II cent per mile, from and after
| the 25th instant.
On the 18th instant the Commissioners is
sued Circular 8, which says that on the fol-
lowing roads, on all classes, the rates fixed
by the standard Freight Tariff" for ten
and twenty miles, shall, for these distances,
apply as a maximum: The Charlotte, Co
lumbia and Augusta, CKeraw and Chester,
Chester and Lenoir, Cheraw and Darling
ton, Cheraw and Salisbury, Columbia and
Greenville, Central Of Sonth Carolina, Lau-
rens, Northeastern, Spartanburg, Union and
Columbia, and Wilmington, Columbia and
Augusta Railroads. This lowers the rates
for hauls of twenty miles and under on
nearly every road in the State.
Circular s also contains the following,
which we copy:
>. TO Freight Rule add the following
"StationS not over two miles beyond the
upper limit of any ten mile group may be
included in such group" With this adj
1itiOp RD1a will road q f011OWc.
"The Commission is required by the
General Railroad Act to determine what
shall be the limits of longer and shorter
distances and 10 miles has, therefore, been
fixed as the usual limit for a change of
freight rates but the railroads may, if they
50 desire, for intermediate distance, adopt
rates also intermediate between those given
in the table. Stations not ouer t,co mites be-
yond the upper limit Of a11y ten mile group
mag be included IN such group"
3. The following changes have been
adopted in the "Standard Freight Tariff" "
for distances over 100 miles on Glasses /,
= and g.
MILES
10 l20 l3O 140 $50 160 10 $50 100
Class 1........59 81 62 G3 "a % G6 81 IS
Glass ......5O 81 "a 5G 81 5S 50 60 81
Class 3....."..44 IS 46 Al 4S 40 so 81 -
MILES.
200 2lO 22O go 24O $50 2GO 30 $50
Class ........G9 70 Il y 73 a Is IS i
Class 2.........62 63 G4 65 GG 81 Is 60 70
Class 3........55 81 81 56 81 IS 50 TO I'll
MILES.
300 300 80 :I2O 33O $40 $50
Class l.................7S ~ so 81 81 SO "a
Class 2.............."...1 u 73 - 10 IS II
Class 3.........62 63 "a So G6 81 6s
t. Bran and Mill Stuff will be classed as
follows: In less than car load, Class d..
In car loads, Glass O,