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THEIR REQUESTS GRANTED.
The Commission Acoedes TO the Desires
the Railroads.

: The Commission Acoedes TO the Desires o
= the Railroads.
COLUMBIA, 8. c., April 9Th
: Railroad Commission was in session a
= Yesterday morning considering tn
!. requests and arguments submltte
l Wednesday by representatives OF tn
: railroads doing business in South Cal
, olina. At late hour last night In
, sub ioined circular was given out, cor
. tanning the decision of the CommiE
sion. 1t will be seen that tho reques
of all the roads for time in which t.
prepare their tariff books before tn
new rates went into effect and of tht
smaller roads to charge higher rate!
314 and 23.4 cents par m lie
those dxsd in the Act regulating
i charges for pls'3nyer transportation
was granted. Toe circular is as fol
lows:
To eua5le thu railroad com oanies
operating in this State to prepare and
pronllgats thsir passenger rates sheet
in accordance with thu Act Of the
General Assembly, approved M.rch
9th, 1855, aud ths actioa of this Con
mission pIrsu ant thereof, ths passen
ger rates now iu force will b contin'
ued uosil the 1st day of May next. On
and after that date the following rates
will b. enforced by the Com mission
oa the railroads doing business in
s >uth CAROLINA, to wit:
Three and a quarter cents q IA cts.
p,r mile for frst class fare; two and
thres.qu arter cents par mile for sec.
ond class fare, on the following named
roads:
Asheville aud Spartanburg. Rail
road.
Atlanta aud Charlotte Air Line
Railroad.
Spartanburg, Union and Columbia
R abroad.
Southern Railway in South Carroll.
ma, the Charlotte, Columbia and Au-
gusta and Columbia aud Greenville
Railroads.
Central Railroad of South Carolina.
Florence Railroad.
Northeastern Railroad.
Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad. =,
Florida Central and Peninsular
Railroad.
Charleston and Savannah Railroad.
Georgia, Carolina and Northern
Railroad.
Port Royal and Western Carolina
Railroad.
South Carolina and Georgia Rail
road.
Green Pond, Waltsrboro and
Branchville Railroad.
Three and one-half cents per mile
for first class; three cents per mile for
second class, on the following named
railroads:
Blue Ridge Railroad.
| Branchville and Bowman Railroad.
Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chi
cago Railway.
Carolina, Knoxville and Western
Railway.
Carolina Midland Railway.
Cheraw and Darlington Railroad.
| SuGr3W auu SuoSUCr IsallIooos
Chester and Lenoir Railroad.
Columbia, Newberry and Laurens
Railroad.
Georgetown and Western Railroad.
Glenn Springs Railroad.
Hampton and Branchville Railway.
Manchester and Augusta Railroad.
Ohio River and Charleston Rail
road.
Palmetto Railroad.
Port Royal and Augusta Railway.
South and North Carolina Railway.
Wilmington and Conway Railroad.
Wilson and Summerton Railroad.
On all railroads a half fare OF not
more than two cents per mile for chill
dren under twelve years old or over
six years of age shall be charged.
No railroad company shall be al
lowed to charge more than 10 cents as
a minimum full or half rate between
regular stations, when the fare would
be less than that amount.
The fare shall always be made that
multiple of five or 0, nearest reached
by multiplying the late by the dis
tance.
In addition to these rates, passengers
unprovided with tickets. when oppor-
tunity has been afforded them by the
railroads to procure the same. may be
required by the railroads to pay to the
conductor twenty-five cents excess OF
the fare, upon receiving from the con,
ductor a drawback ticket for the
twenty-five cents; which shall be
cashed on presentation at any ticket
Office of the company, within twenty
days after date. This circular super
ceds all other circulars in conflict.
i w. D. EVANS, Chairman.
ID. P. DUNCAN, Secretary.
| Npat Tar Reneff claries.