The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-07-24
WIEN CoNs1eEEs MUST MOVE:
The State 3, lroad Commission Adopts
New Storage Rules.

New. Storage Rules.
The State reiIrosd commissioner FRI
day made public its new storage
rules. The commission has been work
ing On the mstter for some time and
hiss gone over all the rules Of the
southern States. There have been sew
eral conferences with the railrcad Off
clals and the fi ,ers of the car service
association. The new rules are en-
bodit d in the following action Of the
board:
Where's al act was passed by the
general assembly Of South Carolins at
the regular session Of 1901, and .here-
after approved by The governor on the
18th day Of February, A. D. 1901, au.
tnoriz!ng aud requiring the board Of
railroad commissioners, to fix and
prescribe schedule Of maximum rates
and charges for storage made and
charged By the railroads doing busi-
ness in this State. ana to fix what time
after the reception of freight at place
Of destination such charges Of storage
shall begin" and for other purposes.
| Nov be it
Resolved, That We the board Of rail.
road commissioners do by virtue Of the
authority conferred by said act, FIX the
following rules and maximum rates for
storage charges to apply to all freights
stored By the railroads doing business
in this State:
l. Alif.eight resolved for delivery is
subject to storage regulations.
! 2 AL package freight not removed by
owners from the custody Of the rail-
way company, within seventy two T2)
hours after legal notice Of the ARRIVAL
thereof has been given to consignee,
computed from II o'clock Of the day
follo1lng the date Of such notice Of ar
rival, shall thereafter be subject to =
charge for storage, as set forth in rule.
4 Of these regulations.
3 Prompt notice shall be given to-
consigoess Of the arrival Of freights,.
and the said notice must show date of
its issue, and the time allowed for re-.
moval without charge for storage.
4 The maximum charges for the.
storsgs of freight by the raiiroads5
when stored in tia warehouses OF the:
said railroads in this State, shall be as
follows:
For Ave dsys and urder, l cent per
hundred pounds per day.
Fer 10 days and over 5 dsys, 6 cents
per hundred pounds. ~
FJr 20 days and over 10 days, 8 cents
per hundred pounds. s.s
For 80 days and over 20 days 0eenis;
per hundred pounds. -
For 40 days and over 80 days 13 cents
per hundaed pounds.
For so days and over 40 days, Is cents
per hurdred pounds.
Each additional week and fraction
thereof thereafter, l cent per hundred.
pounds The minimum charge for any
i. one shipment shsh be 67e cents. Not
more than 81 per day shall be charged
for any one consignment not In excess
Of a car. load.
5. A consigne:: living four miles or.
over from the depot, aod, whose freight
is destined to his residences or place Of
, business so located, shall osbs subject.
to storage charges allowed in the above
rules until a sufficient tims has elapsed
, after notice for said coasignee TO re-.
move said goods ty the exercise Of or
dinarY diligence
6 Shipments detsined becsuse billed,
to order sad awaiting bills Of isdsng Of
instructions as to disposition, snip-:
ments held 70: want Of billing instrue-
tions, shipments he'd for inspection.
change Of billing or for any other pur-
, pose, by owner or his agent are sub.
ject to Storage charges, and if such
, freights are forwarded to any other
point sec :ued storage will be added TO
the billing as back charges. -
z. The Ta:es herein prescribed are
maximum ratee, but these regulations
will trot be held to be violated, if lover
rates made by the roads provided that all
, shippers at the same point are assessed
similar rates without discrImi nation.
, 8. Legal holiday and Sundays shall
NOT be taken into account, In reckon
, ing the " hours herein SLOWED for re-
moval Of freight without charges.
{ 9. Due diiigencs on the part Of the
, shipper or consignee to removs freight
promptly shall be deemed By the rails
J roads sufficient ground upon which
! to remit storages charges acoruiug by
reason Of bad weather or impsssbie
roads.
10. Freight and storage charges must
, be billed in seperste items thoug they
may be billed on the sane sheet.
J.O. Wiborn,
Chairman.
Q. ". Garris,
j. q. Wharton,
, Commissioners.
D. P. Duncan, Sscrstsry.
Io speaking Of the neE storage rules
Commissioner G.rris, who has given
the matter much study, Friday SAID:
The new rules praetic lily double the
free time her,sofore alio Red By the
roads. Investigation dlscioses that the
freights removed, upon which Storage
has heretofore been assessed, have re-
NAMED from one to 60 days Of the
storage period within the custody Of
, the reads, making it Very fair to esti.
mate 2U days as an average period upon
, which storage has been charged >on
freighss. For this average period the
, commissioners scale shows 90 rer
cent. reduction.
The interest Of shippars who live at
q distance j. duly cared for in rule 5,
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