Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-24
COMMISSION WORK.
The Commissioners Return to
Find Big Lot of Work.
APPLICATIONS ACTED UPON.
A Decision Rendered in the Case OF the
Citizens of Port Lavaca Against the
Branch Road from Victoria
to That Point.
Special to the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette
AUSTIN, TEX, July 23.-The railroad
commission returned last night and found ;
big lot of business awaiting them. Appli
cations were acted upon as follows: The
International and Great Northern were
given rates on grain and hay, carloads, be
tween stations on the Austin and
Northwestern and on the Intena
tiOnal and Great Northern, 10 cents; points
on these roads west of Devine 20 cents
effective July %.
The same roads were given rates on
empty barrels, carloads, for fifty miles and
under, cents; seventy-five miles, ~
cents; 100 miles, 10 cents; 200
miles, 1875 cents; 300 miles, 10 cents
400 miles, l715; and over that, 20 cents.
The International and Great Northern
was granted permission TO use the amended
Western classification No. 12 in state bus
mess.
The same road granted % cent rate on
watermelons from Galveston, Houston,
San Antonio and intermediate points to all
points of the Texas and Pacific.
The Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe was
granted rates on bagging and ties from Gal
weston TO points on the main line as far
north as Gainesville, and on the Montgom-
cry branch TO Conroe. and west of Temple
10 Noianville, 26 cents; to Kileen, 2S cents
Copperas Cove, Kempner. I.ampasaS, 3315
1hwaite and west to Brownwood, 46 cents
Bangs, Al cents; Santa Anna, ~ cents /:
Coleman, Valera, 43 cents; Talpa, A cents
Norwood, As; Ballinger to San Angelo, Al ;
on the Dallas branch, points between
Weatherford and Paris, II cents.
The Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe was
granted a wheat rate between Dallas and
Rineheart, and Dallas and Garland of &
cents, carloads; Dallas and Gainesville and
intermediate stations, II cents; Fort
Worth and Gainesville and in
termediate points, 1879 cents, effective
July 2S.
The same road was allowed TO class fire
kindling bricks as fourth class in less than
carload as carload class ''E.'
The San Antonio and Arkansas Pass was
granted a 25-cent rate on melons to FL Paso
via. the Southern Pacific and via the Inter
national and Great Northern and Texas and
Pacific, effective July %.
1t was also allowed S1.25 per 1000 on
brick, carloads, from Waco TO Lott.
The Houston, East and West Texas was
granted permission to adopt the supplement
10 the Western classification No. -.
The same road was permitted to amend
commodity No. 60 to allow stop-over priv
ileges for melons in carloads between origin
and destination; three stop-overs allowed,
and three extra charges for each stop-over
The East Line was granted permission to
tN minimum weight of hay, carloads, on
the narrnw-gauge portion of the road at
10000 pounds.
The Fort Worth and Rio Grande was
granted 20 cent grain rate from al points
on that road to San Antonio
The Galveston, Harrisburg and San An
tonic was granted rate the same on grain
as on meal from Lacoste 10 points on the
international and Great Northern.
The same road, as well as the Houston
and Texas Central and the Fort Worth and
IN 11s.In 10 70
named in tariff No. $50 Il. S. on laths,
shingles and lumber. to 3li4 cents from ali
points on the Sabine and East Texas except
south OF Beaumont. and on the Texas and
New Orleans from Devers and points east
10 all points on the Fort Worth and Rio
Grande between Fort Worth and Comanche
The Houston and Texas Central was
granted permission 10 use class ruling No.
: 10 Western classification No. L.
The Houston and Texas Central was
granted rate on bagging and ties from
Galveston to all stations ON the Houston
and Texas Central. Austin and Northwest
err, Fort Worth and New Orleans,
c. T. and n. w. from Galveston to Eureka
and Denison, inclusive, p cents; Capital
Hill to Austin, the same; Faulkner TO
Roberts, the same Jeffreys TO Fort Worth,
the same; Lancaster, the same; Reagan to
Morgan, inclusive, 2l cents; Walnut
Springs, 81 cents; Iredell, SO cents
all stations on the Austin and Northwest
ern, 81 cents, and from Houston to all the
above named stations the rates are cents
less.
The commission rendered its first de-
cision to-day, in the case of the citizens
Of Port Lavaca against the branch
road from Victoria TO that point. The
complaint was that train ran from Vic
tOria to Port Lavaca one day and back the
net, making tri-weekly instead of daily |
trips. Mir. Proctor, attorney for the |
road, contended that the law which |
required, under section 22 that |
the commission shall see to il |
that one train day shall be run over every |
railroad in the state and their branches, eY- |
cept on Sundays, was complied with, and !
that, besides, there was not business |
enough 10 justify more trains. a |
statement was filed showing the |
receipts of the road as S51s7 and expenses |
contended that train both ways each day |
would soon cause travel and business |
enough TO balance expenses. After consid- |
ering the question, which was purely one of |
construction of the law, the commission de- !
cided that the road must run train
each way daily to comply with the law,
and gave until August 25 to get ready for
the increased passenger service. Mr.. |
Proctor accepted the decision gracefully,
and said that the company would cheerfully |
comply with it.
Chartered - Howard PGyne college of
Pfiingerville Schntzen and
hegel Verein; the Montague canning COM
pany, capital $4,000.
The collector of Galveston county paid
state taxes, SCI, 453; occupation taxes, $50
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