The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-11-29
THE FARMERS WIN.
The Railroads Application Over
ruled.

l ne Interstate commerce commits
sion las overru!cd the petition of the
railroads for II rchrMring in the case
III which tho commission decided that
certain rates on truck out Of Charles
toa for Northern markets were cxhor-
hltaut. 1t will be remembered that
the case was taken before the commits
sion by the Truck Growers ASsOcin-
tiOn of Charleston. After hearing cv-
idcncr and arguments the commission
decided several important points IN
favor Of the farmers. The roads did
not make the reductions advised by
the commissions, but they went at
once to the commission and asked for
n rchearing. This was granted and m
early day fixed for it to take place, but
the association asked fox u postpone
mCnt on the ground thnt it needed
time t. prepare in. The commission
complied with the wish The case
came MP before tn" commission in
Washington on the TIA of this month,
and It hnS since been decided by tho
commissioners, Who uycrculcd the np-
pi;"tion for n r"hcaring. The follow
Ing i, the official record or the commits
siun's dccisinu:
in III" Matter nt the A:rr,i"a'iou hv .fn De-
i"n'!rntS Tor IA Il hearing II ih""aS' b"gurn
In" Interstate toMm"r'" Commission q!
IL" Truck Farmers Associations of Charles
ton IN! vicinity W. the Nur,h!i .ru Rail-
road company Of South Caruiiua tl,. Will
minItrm, Columhin and Augusta Railroad
company. the Wilmington aad Weldon
Railroad company. the Petersburg Railroad
"1mHany. tn" Richmond and Prtr-shrr-
hlilrJad com any IN" Richmond Frrdrr-
,,ttl b..t,
II" y t.t!n "" aud Potomac. Railroad m
riuy and the Pennsylvania Railroad COM
pGrE. constituting The Atlantic Coast Dis
patch Line aal III" South htianti' Cou.t
Dispatch Line. Ial the South Carolina
Railway company, and ID. II. Chamberlain
Receiver Thereof. aud tie Richmond AMI
Daav..lr isiilrond cornanV, and +. W.
Hni,i""Opar and R';!b L Foster R,c..il o =
Wh";"os.
This case coming up fo- further con
sidcration on the application OF the
above named defendants for reoprning
the same aud for rchcnring therein,
and snid application having been ar
guel by counsel for snid defendants
and submitted for decision by this
commission, and the grounds set forth
in said application and argument in
support thereof having been duly CON
that sad application be ovcrrulcd and
denied.
1t being, however. alleged in said
application that delivery OF strnwhcr-
lics consigned to New York is mad. IN
New York and, ns the rate of six cents
per quart on strawberries from Char
.rston to Jersey City prescribed in
subdivision ! OF the order of the com
mission III said case appears, rs shown
hv tn" report and opinion o! the COM
mission therein, to cabrncc the cost
o: carriage from Jersey City to New
FORK, no reduction on that account
icr REASONS stated III sId report n::d
opinion having been made from the
rate in force, but only II reduction of
"n@'hnlf cent on account OF excessive
charge for ice for refrigeration, il is
ordered that said Subdivision |, Of
said order, be amended by making the
six cent rate, prescribed therein, aD-
p!icanlc to New York A. well as to
Jersey City, and so as to read ns fol-
lows:
!. Six cents per quart, ono dollar
and nin"ty-two ccuts per crate o: thirty
two quarts, or three dollars and eighty
four cents per hundred pounds, as
the total charge for The trims aTo:,u;!On,
including cOsI of refrigeration en-
ro"tc, and all services incident to such
Transportation OF stTuNn,rri.h from
i:a"." ton aforesaid to Jcray City and
NcW York u:prc,aii