The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-11
VERY IMPORTANT CIRCULAR.
Will Consider Matter Of
Revising Cotton Tariff.
KA1Y'S MONTHLY COTTON FIGURES,
showing Cotton Skinned .u.
manning mt Stations--Dates Of
Home Seekers Excursions,

Austin, Texas, March lo.-The railroad
commission this evening issued a circular
giving notice that it Will on April p taxi,
I'D and consider the matter of revising the
existing cotton tariff.
Inc circular reads as follows:
III VIII be proposed TO adopt a proper
iniiease scale with approximately the FOL.
owing nsufes to apply as a maximum
=, oi' poihts IN common poiut territory: TIC
leAas points 90 cents per 100 pounds: Ia
points on the Rio Grand river S5 cents
per 100 pounds. y" ss"'s
Inc diferential rates as well as the
existing exceptions, will be discussed sen.
ara'eiF whlle the rules and regulations
soNer'liuR the concentration and compress
ton
THE propriety of making scparate rate.
on compressed cotton and uncompres sed
cotton will be considered"
IL Is desired that all parties interested
ID the matters set forth in this notice
present to the commission their views re-
sardlng them on or before the day of the
hearing
Notice of Railroad Commission.
The following notice has been issued BY
Austin, Texas, March DIT ia ordered
unat notice be and the same is hereby
given to all persons interested that the
railroad commission OF Texas will, on Mon
DAY, March %. 1897. at its office in Austin
take up and consider propositions TO amend
General Tarin of Glass Rates No, / with
regard To the boundary OF the differeutlal
territory. aud with regard to certain DIFF
terential rates which are embraced in sec.
ton of said General Tarld and Class
Rates NO. l. The propositions are as fol-
lows:
!. The term common point territory
VIII be used to designate. that portion OF
IeAas lying east of and including points on
line drawn through Quanah. on the Fort
Worth and Denver City railway; Abilene
ON the Texas aud Pacific railway; Brown
wood, on the Gulf. Colorado and Santa Fe
railway; Liano. on the Austin and North
western railroad, San Antonio. on the Gal
weston, Harrisburg and San Antonio rail
way and the San Antonio and Arkansas Pass
railway; Devine. on the International and
Great Northern railroad. and Skidmors
and Corpus Christi. on the San Antonio
and Arkansas Pass railway.
The term "differential territory" will be
used TO designate the remaining portions
of the State in which the dfferential rate.
prescribed in section of the tariff, excep.
tons ] to ., f.,-luslve, are applicable.
These descriptions will supersede thos,
set forth under the heading Of Special
in our Circular No. l44. dated August %
1895. and will have the effect of cancelinl
exception 10 of section 3. General Tarif
of Glass Rates No. /. and of changing thu
heading of exception 9. same section. t.
read as follows. Texas and Pacific Rail.
way--Line West OF Abilene"
2. Amend exceptions and Q by adoptn.
the following differontlal rates. viz Firs
class, u; second class Is; third class, is
fourth class, 20, fifth class. il; class A
10; class b, II; classes c. d and L, 5, t
apply as maXlma on shipments from am
to points west of Abilene and San Antonio
All who desire to express to the com
mission their views on the above men
toned subjects should do so on or befor
March %. 1897. the date herein set 70
the hearing