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nor the suspension of tickets, or the
receiving or forwarding of freights from

nor the suspension of tickets, or the
receiving or forwarding of freights from
stations now in use for such purposes,
will be permitted without the consen,
of this commission published in accor-
dance with law. Application for the
location of depots and the construction
of depot buildings must be filed in
the railroad commission Office, with
all the information needed for a full
and proper understanding of all in
terests to be affected thereby.
RULES GOVERNING THE TRANSPORTATION
OF FREIGHT.
I. All connecting railroads which
are under the management and con-
troll, by lease, ownership or otherwise,
of one and the same company, shall,
for purposes of transportation, in ap-
plying this tariff, be considerded 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.
2. Since separate rate cannot be con-
veniently given for every possible dis
tance, the law authorizes the Commits
sion "to ascertain what shall be the
limits of longer and shorter distances. /"
Five (5) miles has, accordingly, been
fixed as the limit for change offreight
rates for all distances less than one
hundred miles; and ten (1o) miles for
all distances over one hundred miles.
The Commission reserve the right,
however, to correct the charge in eX-
treme cases which work hardship, al
though the same may not violate the
letter of our rules.
3. For all distances over five (5)
miles, the following rule will apply:
When the mileage does not end in or
S the nearest mileage SO ending shall
govern the rate. Illustration: For a
distance of twenty-seven miles charge
for twenty-five miles, for a distance
of twenty-eight miles charge for thirty
miles.
4. When freight is transported any
distance greater than one hundred
miles, if the mileage does not end in
o, then next ten (1o) miles group above
shall govern the rate. Illustrations:
For one hundred and twenty-one
miles charge for one hundred and
thirty.
s. For distances under twenty miles
or over two hundred and fifty miles,
the same shall apply to similar dis
tances on all the roads controlled by
the same company, and in no case
shall more be charged for a less than
greater distance.
E. The freight rates prescribed by
the Commission are maximum rates,
which shall not be transcribed by the
railroads. They may carry, however,
at less than the prescribed rates: Pro-
vided, that if they carry for less for
one person, they shall for the like ser
vice carry for the same lessened rate
for all persons expect as mentioned
here after; 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 the 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 sys-
tenn, then the longer line or lines, in
order to give the said points the bene-
fit of competition, may reduce the rate
between said two points below the
standard tariff, without making a cor
responding reduction at all stations
along the lines ofsaid roads: Provided,
said reductions 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.
7. The rates charged for freight
service by regular passenger trains may
be one and half times that for first
class freight by ordinary freight
trains.
8. Railroad companies may col
lect twenty-five (a5) cents as a mini
mum charge on a single shipment,
however small.
9. No railroad company doing
business in thi, State shall permit a
blockade of any class of freights on
account of any arrangement existing
between it and other railroad compa-
nies as to the transportation of freight
according to percentage or otherwise.
10. There shall be no secret reduc-
ton of rates, nor shall any bonus be
given, or any rebate given to any
person, but the rates shall be uniform
to all, and public.
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