Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-07
Commission Circular No. 81.

Special to the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX, Nov 6-The commission
issued the following important circular,
No. 81, to-day:
The following rules and rates are hereby
established to govern the reception, deliv-
cry and transportation of loaded cars from
point to point on all railroads within this
state. and shall become effective November
q, 1891.
1. When any railroad may wish to have a
loaded car or cars hauled to any point on a
connecting line, or over a connecting line
Meeting lines, or when any other
party may wish to have a
loaded car or cars hauled over any railroad
to point on its line, or to point ol any
connecting line or lines, such loaded cars
shall be rendered to the road, which it may
be desired by such railroads or
other party to receive such loaded
cars at station on its line and on its track,
if such receiving road shall so desire and
demand.
2. When such loaded car shall be so ten
dered, it shall be received and transported
to its destination by the road to which ten
dered if destined to point on
its line, and if destined to point on some
connecting line or lines, then it Shall be
transported to the next connecting line IN
the route over which shipped, and delivered
to such connecting road to be transported to
the point of destination.
g. The route of transportation on loaded
cars so rendered shall be upon the commod-
ity or property with which they are loaded
without regard to the fact as to what road
said cars belong and the rates shall be the
same as are established or in use
for like commodities when hauled
in the cars belonging to the roads over
which the same are hauled.
T. The provisions of this circular shall
apply only to loaded cars which have ar
rived at the point of original destination,
and which it may become necessary or
desirable to reship to another destination
within this state without unloading, and to
such as may be loaded at the
point when rendered for shipment.
Every railroad company's cars destined
to be carried to a point on con-
Meeting line or to be carried
over connecting line or lines
and upon which through bills of lading to
the points of destination have not been
given by the road upon which the same
originated, shall deliver said loaded cars at
the designed point of junction with
the connecting line to the road over
which said loaded cars are to be
carried without unloading the same, if so
requested, and the roads or road on or over
which such loaded cars may be carried shall
pay to the road owning the cars the estab-
when there is no established rate they shall
pay the usual rate for the use of such cars,
and when such cars shall have been IN
loaded the same shall be returned to the
road TO which they belong by the road or
roads as using them free of charge to the
owner.
Circular No. 3d. issued today cancels
circular No. 90, which relates to minimum
rates on two or more connecting lines.
This order becomes effective November &c.
Acting on the complaint of Senator
T. U. Lubbock of Houston, and
other information in its possession,
the commission has written a. letter
notifying the Encouragement that
the branch of the International and Great
Northern railroad running from Houston to
Columbia is not in a condition to render
good and efficient service, and suggesting
that he take such action in the premises as
he may think proper.
Lawyer Terry of Galveston, representing
the Santa F'e, called on the commission to-
day.
The commission authorized the East Line
to make rate of $40 per car, narrow gauge,
from kellyville to Pittsville.