The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-04-08
THEIR REQUESTS GRANTED.
The Commission Accedes TO the Desires
the Railroads.

The Commission Accedes TO the Desires
the Railroads.
COLUMBIA, S. c., April 3.-The
Railroad Commission was in session all
yesterday morning considering the
requests and arguments submitted
Wednesday by representatives of the
railroads doing business in South Car
olina. At a late hour last night the
sub Joined circular was given out, con-
taining the decision of the Commis,
sion. 1t will be seen that the request
of all the roads for time in which to
prepare their tariff books before the
new rates went into effect and of the
smaller roads to charge higher rates
than SD and 234 cents per mile,
those fixed in the Act regulating
charges for passenger transportation,
was granted. The circular is as fol-
lows:
To enable the 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, 1866, 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 be enforced by the Commission
on the railroads doing business in
South Carolina, to wit:
Three and a quarter cents g IA cts }
per nile for first class fare; two and
three quarter cents per mile for sec
ond class fare, on the following named
roads:
Asheville and Spartanburg 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.
Branchville and Bowman Railroad.
Carolina, Cumberland Gapand Chi
cago Railway.
Carolina, Knoxville and Western
Railway.
OdEOllud EA1OlaIll 4e11l wa J.
Cheraw and Darlington Railroad.
Cheraw and Chester Railroad.
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 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
of FIVE orc, nearest reached
by multiplying the rate by the dis
tance.
In addition to these rates, passengers
with tickets. when oppor-
tunity has been afforded them by the
railroads to procure the same. may be
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.
w. D. EVANS, Chairman.
D. P. DUNCAN, Secretary.
Must Tax BepeficiarieS.