The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-07
FIXING THE TARIFF.
NEW FREIGHT SCHEDULE FOR THE
sEATTLE-TACoAA ROUTE.
4 General Reduction to BE WADE
Passenger Rate Not Yet Touched
But the Old Figures of Ef-2S ON
the FLYER and 81 on WILEY Snvf-
Emsion Company Boats VIII Like
~ BE Rr-e-fxbii.hed - schooner
W. j. Bryant seid for sf.s5o.

A meeting Of the Puget Sound Steam
boat Association. held yesterday after
noon IN the Office Of s. @. Esrkes. on City
dock considered reports Of committees on
tariffs for the various steamer routes.
No decision was reached on any Of the
schedules. owing 20 The absence OF l. a.
Nadeau Of the Northern Pacific
Tire committee OF three appointed 10
prepare a freight tariff for the Seattle and
Tacoma route submitted = lengthy report.
showing 81 general q reduction OF freight
charges. The report Was not formally
adopted hnt undoubtedly viii be. as the
committee Included all who are Interested
in the route. 6. r. Thorndyke. 6. ). Bar
low and Fred II. Marvin.
The passenger rate has not yet been
touched II 10 Understood that the old
rate between here and Tacoma will be re-
established. This would mean a round
trip price Of r. on the steamer Flyer
and 81 round trip on boats OF the Wiley
Navigation Company.
The freight tariff submitted By the com
rnitsee on the Seattle and Tacoma route
f. fn detail as follows;
AL freight not otherwise provided for.
weight or measurement. 81 per ton. agri-
cultural implements y. .. s.. boxed or
Grated. 81 not boxed or Grated. sL50:
mowers. set UP. si.60 each: binders. $50
each; seeders. set up. horsepower, 81.
each: threshing machine engines. N.5o
each; thrcshing machines. $40 each: APP
pies &C. per box. bar iron. $50 per ton
weight: kegs and barrels. empty. Ssll0c:
beer BIC per barrel. boom chains. Iec each.
common brick. 20 per NJ. IRE brick. 81
per II butter, IN cases or tubs, sl.50 per
ton weight: coke In sacks. s. per ton
weight: crackers. s. per ton. eggs. ESQ
Per ton: excelsior. sl.s9 per ton. new fur
niturs, set UP. 81 per ton weight. knocked
down, sf50. grain. -four. feed and mill
stuffs, &c per ton; hay. In machine pressed
bales 81. 20 per ton: hand pressed. g.. dry
hides and pcits. $50 per ton; green. SI.58;
household goods. two-thlrds measure
gnent 81 per ton measurement; hops, less
than twelve tons. s. per ton. hops. twelve
tons and over. $3.50 per ton.
Live stock. Bulls or stations. s. each.
cattle q 30 each. calves. under months.
g cents each calves. over months. %
cents each, calves. over ] year. same as
cattle. hogs. IN less than car lots. = cents
each. hogs in car loads or fifty or more,
- cents each. horses or mules, Si.50 each I:
sheep. In lots OF 10o or less. ~ cents each I.
sheep. In lots OF 100 or more Is cents each
Lumber. $50 per thousand; hardwood
lumber. 81 per ton: dressed meats. 81 80 per
ton weight. oysters and clans. o. r.. T..
+. or GID. 10 cents per sack; pig iron.
$50 per tom Duckboards or buggies. 81
each: carts or sulkles. - cents each: car
fiaRes. hacks or coupeS. s.. % each: spring
wagons slb1 each. farm wagons. s. each.
wool and shannon, 10 cents per 100 pounds
pals and tubs. g. per ton weight butter
plates or trays. Grated. 81 per ton weight.
All shipments of single packages OF
freight. such as machinery. safes. etc.
weighing over Leo pounds Will be charged
for as follows: Packages weighing Zoo
pounds and not over 20o0 pounds. 81 20 PEI
ton. from 2.00o 10 $500 pounds s. per ton /.
from 1900 20 4.tso pounds. s. per ton: from
Aeo To s.oso pounds 81 per ton. $500 pounds
and over will be carried at special con-
tract. but not less than 81 per ton.