The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-07-08
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RATES ON PEACHES.
The Railroads Decline To Grant the
Reduction Demanded.

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Reduction Demanded.
The railroads decline to make any reuuc-
t,on in the rates on peaches shippeu III
er;oarator cars and the case Will be
taken to the Interstate commerce cohiiiii'
sion.
This action was taken Tuesday
Early in the forenoon the rate COM
mittee of the Southern halfway anu
Steamship Association met in the olilce'
of the association in the Equltaple nuIiu-
ing and repaired, at the request OIL 'ne
Georgia railroad commission, to the state
capitol for the conference WIN the s'"'e
board of commissioners.
The case of the fruit growers demahulhS
lower rates OF the roads had been arsueu
before the commission several Gays ago
and the commission had ruled that the
rates were too high and ought TO De re-
duced
In doing this the Georgia commission hao
done all that lies within its power 10 40
in the matter of interstate commerce, ex-
cept to call on the railroads to reduce the
rates and if the roads refused 10 carry
the case to the Interstate commerce COM
mission at Washington.
The action of the commission was MADE
known to the rate committee and Chair-
man Trammell expressed the nope tha'
the railroad officials would see lit 10 MAKE
the reduction asked for, which would bring
the rates on peaches shipped in retrlsera-
tor cars down to $3.50 per car.
Returning to the rooms of the Southern
Railway and Steamship Association, the
rate committee held a session which last
ed until late in the afternoon. The rates
were discussed freely, and by unanimous
vote II decided not to make the re-
duction asked for by the fruit growers and
demanded by the Georgia railway commits
sion on peaches shipped I'm refrigerator
ears. all OF the railroad officials declaring
that they did not see their way clear to
haul such class % freight at a lower rate
than that now charged-S1 cents a hundred.
This refusal on the part of the railroads
leaves the case of the fruit growers still
I'm an unsettled condition. There is but one
way open for further hearing of the
case and that is for the Georgia railway
commission to take the case before the
interstate commerce commission, and this
will probably be done without delay.
Some Reductions Were made.
In handling the question of rates on fruit
the members of the rate committee while
in session yesterday did grant material re-
auctions in several classes of fruit.
The rates on pears. which are not shipped
In refrigerator cars but in the ordinary
ventilator cars, were reduced from 81 cents
TO SO cents per hundred pounds. This gives
reduction OF $50 per car on pears.
Rates on canned fruits to Louisville,
Cincinnati and other Ohio river points
were reduced cents a hundred making
the rate now 80 cents a hundred to such
points.
Rates on canned fruits to Ohio river
points for points beyond were reduced 10
cents per hundred pounds bringing down
the rate to % cents per hundred.
Rates on canned goods to south Atlantic
points were reduced about 10 cents per
hundred pounds. and to New York, Phil
adelpha and other eastern points about
70 cents per hundred pounds.
Rates on empty cans in car load lots
were reduced on an average of $50 per
ear.
In reviewing the action Of the rate COM
miftee Commissioner e. b. Stahlrnan
STAYED that the reason the railroad officials
did not see proper to reduce the rates
on peaches shipped in refrigerator cars
was because they found after a careful
study of the present rates that they were
actually hauling peaches i'm this class at
loss 70 their companies, and while they
wanted to do all In their power to encour-
age the peach growing industry. they
could not conscientiously cut down a rate
which is already Improbable to them.
When asked about the claims os the
fruit growers set up i'm the charges against
the roads, Commissioner Stahlman said:
/ nave nothing to say i'm reply to the
charges OF the fruit growers They are
TOO 1ull of errors and misStatements of
the facts which prevail"