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THEIR REQUESTS GRANTED.
The Commission Accedes TO the Desires o
the Railroads.

The Commission Accedes TO the Desires o
the Railroads.
COLUMBIA, s. c., April 9Th
Railroad Commission was in session a
yesterday morning considering th
: requests and arguments submitte
Wednesday by representatives of th
railroads doing business in South Cal
olina. At late hour last night tn
sub joined circular was given out, cor
tanning the decision of the Commis
sion. 1t will be seen that the reques
of all the roads for time in which t,
prepare their tariff books before th'
new rates went into effect and of th,
smaller roads to charge higher rate
than 31.4 and 234 cents per mile
those fixed 10 the Act regulatins
charges for passenger transportation
was granted. The circular is as fol
lows:
To enable ths railroad companies
operating in this State to prepare and
promulgate their passenger rates sheet
in accordance with the Act OF the
General Assembly, approved March
9th, 1856, and the action of this Com
mission pursuant thereof, the passen,
ger rates now in force will be contin.
ued until the 1st day of May next. On
and after that date the following rates
will b. enforced by the Com mission
on the railroads doing business in
South Carolina, to wit:
Three and quarter cents g IA cts. J
per mile for first class fare; two and
tLree.quarter cents per mile for sec
ond class fare, on the following named
roads:
Asheville aud Spar tanburg Rail,
road.
Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line
Railroad.
Spartanburg, Union and Columbia
Railroad.
Southern Railway in South Carroll,
ma, the Charlotte, Columbia and Au-
gusta and Columbia and 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, Walterboro 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.
Branchvile and Bowman Railroad.
: Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chi
cago Railway.
Carolina, Knoxville and Western
Railway.
Carolina Midland Railway.
Cheraw and Darlington Railroad.
Cheraw and Chester Railroad.
Chester and Lenoir Railroad.
Columbia, Newbsrry 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 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
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 back 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.
w. D. EVANS, Chairman.
D. P. DUNCAN, Secretary.