The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-02-19

class, tie rate DelnB Sonerhlty 4c per
IO0ibs more on G class than on f. class.
sth. That the st. Louis, Nashville 6
Chattanooga Railroad Co., as per their
tariff sheet of January l9, charge the
following rates;
NASHVILLE COLUMBIA
Americas, aG Ga, & 3 3 45 SAME, nS S S 3 3 ss
chsriPit cfasaPi ss C., 3 3 : 6 same same So
Sew6nrry, w Sc, % . eS san1e,si s. SS
JacRsonviiie, 2i II "a same Si1E 261s So
Tariff sheet Of January Il.
Faei Fsrneindina. dim Fla IS Il 81 same, 5i15 3 s.
Gaisden, Ala, 70 Is - same, p y A
Augusta, G1sSi Ca, 3 iS $ same, S91l az IS IS
on grain in the above tariff the um-
lawful discrimination OH class ID varies
from . cents to 10 cents per 100 pUunds-
in favor of Nashville As against CO.
lumbia; on class the discrimination
varies from 10 cents to y cents per bar
rel-on c class the same discrimination
exist-wiLh the additional discrimina-
ton on & class; to some of the above
named cities thoy haul class c. at same
rate as F. see rate to Charlotte n. c.
while to other townsville excess
amounts to Is cents per barreI-see
tariff tC PalatkA Fla.
The city of Columbia Tenn, gave to
the st. Louis Nashville and Chatta-
nooga K. Il. Co. the sum of $50: 900
in order to have competing road, and
under promise las petitioners are in
formed) on the part OF said st. Louis,
Nashville IL Chattanooga X. X. Co., to
give the city of Columbia rates into and
out of Columbia the same that said r.
| X. Co., gave to The city of Nashville
| Tennessee, ,and the petitioners trust that
| the Honorable Commission will con-
slider this fact, in connection with the
| fact that to no point covered by their
South Eastern tariff is Columbia
| further than Nashville.
9th. The Louisville q Nashville R."
| r. Co., charges Nashville shippers 10
| cents per 100 pounds on grain TO New
| Orleans Louisiana; Ohio River cities,
! such as Louisville, Evansville Indiana
ETC., Is cents per lUO, to New Orleans.
They charge Columbia shippers 25 cents
per 100 to New Orleans Louisiana, Co
| fumbia being AZ miles nearer than Nash
| vile and 232 miles nearer than Louis
vile, Ky, toINew Orleans Louisiana and
all these cities being on the main line
| of said company road. The Louisville
| & Nashville r. K. Co., charge on corn,
wheat and oats cents per 100 pounds
! higher rate from Columbia than from
| Nashville TO all other points on this
| road, and points covered by their South
Eastern tariff,
That the Louisville & Nashville r.
| r. Co., charges on grain from Column
| bia Tennessee TO all Northern cities
such as Louisville, KY, Cincinnati
| Ohio and all cities situated north of the
north boundary of the State of Tonnes
see 10 cents per 100 pounds higher than
| the rate they give the city OF Nashville
to same points; Columbia being only
| AZ miles futher; and petitioner charges
that this rate is excessive for such
| service under substantially similar
circumstances and condition"
| 10th. The Louisville G Nashville K.
R. Co, charges the following freight
rates from Louisville KY.
| TO NASHVILLE. To COLUMBIA.
Nails per 100 lbs I2c per 100 lbs &c
Salt per 100 lbs Sc per 100 lbs I7c
Cement per 100 lbs &c per 100 lbs 17c
| Fire br'k per loo lbs 10c per 100 lbs 15c
Land pl. per 100 lbs sc per 100 lbs 15c
| Sew er p. per 100 lbs 10c per 100 lbs l5c
and petitioner charges that on all mer-
| chandise imported INTO Columbia from
boundery of the State of Tennessee, the
same ratio of rates are maintained, and
| that these rates are excessive, Columbia
being only AZ miles further, the
service rendered, under similar circum-
stance and conditions.
| 1ith. That the Louisville & Nash
vile X. Z. Co. freight rate on sugar,
isiana to Nashville Tenn, is from Is to
22 cents per 100 lbs; to Columbia Tenn,
81 cents per 100 pounds-tOr exactly the
| same service and under exactly similar
| bia is AZ miles nearer New Orleans
Louisiana and the haul is over the
main line of said Company's road.
18th. That rate from Nashville to
Decatur, Ala, via Louisville d Nash
| Vile r. Il. Co. on meal, bran and grain
is cents per 100 pounds. From Co
lumbia to Decatur Ala, IA cents per 100
pounds.
18th. Columbia merchants are
charged by the Louisville 6 Nashville
| r. r. on car of oranges from Florida,
| $4,000 per car; from the same place in
Florida the rate to Nashville is $4,000
per car, and it passes right by Colum-
I4th. That the Louisville & Nash
Vile X. r. Co., charge Columbia mer-
chants and shippers to Birmingham,
| Ala, and to all other points on their
line and places reached and covered by
their Southeastern tariffs cents per
| 100 pounds more on potatoes and apples
in car lots, than they charge the citi-
zens of Nashville for same service to
| the same cities or towns.
| 18th. That the Louisville 6 Nash
vile r. r. Co., charges the following
| freight rates on class "B" or meats
| boxed.
| NASHVILLE COLUMBIA
| To TO
Talledega, Ala, 29c Same 43c
| Admission, Ala. 29c Same 45c
Birmingham, Ala, 26c Same 39c
and all of said cities are in Alabama
and on the line of the Louisville &
Nashville r. R., and Columbia is AZ
| miles nearer than Nashville.
10th. Petitioner states, without being
too prolix and entering into multitude
| nous details, that on all imports brought
into the city of Columbia Tennessee, by
the said l.. d N. Railroad Co., and the
st. Louis, Nashville 81 Chattanooga
Railroad Co., no matter where said
freight originates, whether from the
| North, East, West or South, the same
| being interstate commerce-the rate
charged is the Nashville rate, plus the
local-from Nashville to Columbia-and
is often higher than plus the local, and
| to this rule there are not many excep-
| tions,-and that this unlawful prefer
ence is given to the Nashville mer-
| chants in violation OF the Interstate
law, in that they maintain higher
rate for the shorter distance under
similar circumstances and conditions.
| And when the imports are brought
| from Northern cities and cities North OF
the North boundary OF the State OF
! Tennessee, the freight rates are ex-
cessive, in as much as the distance in
| every instance is just AZ miles further
haul-under similar circumstances and
conditions.
18th. The L. e n. Railroad Co. and st.
Louis and n. 6 G. Railroad Co. make
the city of Nashville basing city and
charge the city of Columbia their baslng
| rates plus the local.
! and classification sheets, of the l.. 6 N.
Railroad Co. covering Southeastern
points, or cities-slso those of the st.
Louis, n ashVllle " Chattanooga hall-
road Co.-and ask that they be made a
part of this petition in so far as they
| show the discrimination rates-and uD-
| lawful classification.
Petitioners prays that the honorable
Commissioners win issue an order, COM
pelling said Railroad Co. to give the
citizens of the city of Columbia, the
same rates that are given the citizens
of Nashville, to all places on the hne3 OF
said roads, and all places covered by
their Southeastern tariffs, and II neces-
sary to effect this, that the East Tsnnes-
see, Va. q Ca. Railroad, the Georgia
and Pacific, the Central or Georgia, the
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