The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-26

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more than the nearest amount ending In
5 or 0 shall be charged.
Fifth--No carrier shall be allowed to
charge more than 10 cents for full or half
rate fare between regular stations when
the fare would be less than that amount
sengsr isrif shall be charged passengers
from flag stations or other stations where
tickets are not kept on sale
Seventh--Wnen. In consequence OF the
uncertain time of arrival or departure Of
| delayed train. IL Is iInpracticable for
tickets 10 be purchased no more than the
regular standard passenger tarin shall be
charged
Eighth--Where railroad company has
provided agents and offices, ready and
open for the sale OF tickets, and the pas
\ sengefs, for want Of proper diligence, fail
10 supply themselves herewith before gel
ting on the train then I cent per mile
additional may be demanded and collect
cd up to and including distance Of 30
| n.;]es only.
Nlnth--The commission will consider
| Il plCatioDs for an advance or reduction
| In the standard tariff for the transporta-
ton of passengers. but no change of rates
| xil be OF effect or put in force until raul
fed by the commission; provided that this
rule shall moi he construed as placing any
| restriction on the privilege Ct carriers to
make special ra.es on evcursion trains, or
10 issue what are called Communication"
or mileage ticketo;" provided no unjust
determination is praciiced.
Tcnth-Tickets on sale al any office In
d city must be kept on sale a, the depot
| ticket office of the same carrier at the
| same prices.
lIleyentb--Al connecting carriers which
| arc under the management and control, by
! lease. ownership or otherwise. OF one OF
The same company, or connecting with
| Cinerent company, shall he required TO
max oil ion, han,
Bile.
Twelfth--lt shall be the duty Of each
! cartier &c bulletin, at every telegraph sta
ton along the line tand other stations.
II p0ssiblel, 80 mlnutes in advance of the
! schedule time OF arrival Of it's trains
whether such train il on time, and " be-
hind its schedule time TO state. as near
as can be approNimated, the time it. is be-
hind. The bulletin board shall be placed
IN consplcuous place at the ticket Of
fec. and all notices thereon OF arrival
and departure of trains shall be erased
Immediately after the departure Of trains.
Thirteenth Ticket offices must be
opened thirty minutes before the schedule
time OF the arrival OF trains carrying pas
| sengers, and kept open until their depart
ure, and every facility for procuring tick
| cts must be given passengers. A separate
Waiting room for white aud coioved pas
scngers sufficient for their comfort and
convenience. shall be provided at all sta
tlons. and these waiting rooms shall be
| furnished with lights, and. when tho in
clcmency of the weather requites ". with
IRE. a substantial cooler must be placed
In each waiting room, supplied with good
and wholesome water and there shgll be
connected with each Of these waiting
rooms ladies' toilet (to be effective nut
later than January !, 1900.
FourteenthAll carriers shalt provide
such means or appliances as may be nee
eAaGry 10 secure he careful handling of
and to prevent injury to baggage. At all
MINOR stations, whore 70 proper Gppli-
Pnt es are supplied ara no regular depot
hand Is employed the train hands shall
be required TO assist The baggage master
and handle all baggage with care
| Fifteenth--AH railroad companies, In
addition to the usual bell cord shall place
a safety cord in each coach of the regular
passenger trains. running through the en-
tire length of same,
Slxteenth--It shall be the duty of sleep
ing car companies, ut all stations on the
stopping OF trains. to have the doors OF
their cars open for entrance ana exit OF
passengers and require TO have porter
ready to have step ready for the con-
venience of passengers desiring to enter
or leave the car
Seventeenth Whenever there u.s. by
reason of accident or otherwise break
or obstruction on any railroad which will
delay any passenger train on said rail-
road. IL shall be the duty of said rnad
to have the same bulletined at all sta
lions at and between the said passenger
train and the place so INSTRUCTED. and
the conductor shall give notice OF said
obstruction to the passengers taking train
at the different stations before leaving
same, as well as those already on the
tralp, OF the delay that Will probably be
caused,
Eighteenth--Al passenger carriers shall
DrDVidp Rafg and a1punuta
planes, and shall keep the passenger
compartments sufficiently warm to make
the passengers comfortable. An adequate
supply OF good and wholesome ice water
must be supplied in all such compart-
ments.
Nineteenth--Each carrier shall furnish
separate compartments for the accommo-
dalton OF white and colored passengers,
provided however, that this shall not APP
ply to coored maids or servants In charge
of whito children
Twentieth-Any unused portion OF any
ticket shall be redeemed By the carrier
on presentation at any of Its ticket Of
fees.
Twenty -first--No form or style OF ticket
now in use by any carrier In this State
shall be withdrawn without the consent
OF the commission.
RULES GOVERNING THE TRANSPORT
TATIoN or FREIGHT,
First-All connecting railroads or other
carriers which are under the manage
ment or control by lease, ownership or
otherwise, OF one and the same company.
for purposes OF transportation. shall in
applying tho tarin OF this commission, be
considered as constituting but one and
the same carrier, and the rates shall be
computed as upon parts of one and the
same carrier, unless otherwise specified.
Seeond-on all shipments OF freight
/ which shall pass over the whole or Dor.
tions of two or more roads or water
routes, not under the same control the
maximum rate charged shall not be great :
ef than the sum of the local rates on
! such freights for the distance hauled by
each carrier. The total rate thus ascer-
tained ON such freights from the point OF
shipment 10 the point OF destination shall
DO divided In such proportion between
, the carriers as TO give to each carrier in :
teresttd in the shipment its local rate,
conditioned upon the initial carrier de-
llvering the traffic to the connecting car
rler AZ it's nearest functional point.
Nothing in this rule shall be construed
.. to prevent the total OF any Joint rate
made under this rule from being divided
in such proportion between the carriers
Interested IN the same as they may agree
| upon, but failure to agree between the
carriers interested shall In no way affect
ha ~ t.al.