The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-03-29
ORDERS OF COMMISSION.
Dallas Jobbers Got Portion Of What
They Asked for.
CHANGE IN CHARGES FOR SWITCHING
An Exception for the Texas Transporta-
ton Company and for the Katy
at Houston.


sion today handed down several orders OF
considerable Importance. The one which
is Of the greatest Importance hears on the
hearing of the Goth, portion of the reduc-
tion asked for by the Dallas jobbers having
been granted The order follows;
II Is ordered by the railroad commission
of Texas that the following rules he adopt
cd as exceptions to Western classincn-
ton, to govern In the transportation by rail
roads between points in T xas OF shil nenis
of the following articles:
Dry goods dncluding cotton factory prod
works and toy torpedoesl, straight or mixed
carloads, minimum weight 20,oo0 pounds,
class A.
New clothing, carloads, minimum weight
20.GDO pounds, class A.
Boots and shoes, straight or mixed ear.
loads. minimum weight 10000 pounds,
class A.
Hats aud caps, straight or mixed car
loads. minimum weight $4,000 pounds
class a.
This order shall take effect April 10.
The railroad commission has ordered that
circular No. os2 issued by this commission
ON October Il, 1899. and effective November
1. 1880, containing scale of charges for
switching service for account of shippers
and consignees, be Cancelled and the follow
ing substituted therefor:
The following rates and regulations are
heleby adopted by the railroad commission
OF Texas, for observance by the railroad
companies Of Texas, in the matters of
switching service and drayage of frcights
Section /. Switching; The charges In dol
lars and cents per car, for switching cars,
within existing switching limits, shall be as
follows:
Distances i,ates
Ono mile and less. ................... 81 80
I've miles mile and and over one mile. 90
Exceptions; l. On loaded cars switched
| from the functions Of the Chicago, Rock
Island and Texas and Fort Worth and Den
yer City railways with ether lines ut Fort
Worth, to the Union stock yards. Fort
Worth Cotton Seed oil Co.'S plant. orth-
and other industries In the immediate To-
cality; where the same are reloaded and re-
turned 10 the line from which received, for
. Texas Mexican Railway: The charge
for supplying narrow gauge cars for ship
ments of coal and switching same to the
electric light works at Laredo. when such
shipments reach Laredo over lines of stand
| ard gauge. shall he SIS per car.
| g. On all cars switched by the Missouri
I Kansas and Texas Railway Of Texas Mt
Houston station. the charge shall be $1.50
per cur.
/ A. The Texas Transportation company is
! authorized to adopt the charge of $3.50 for
/ the movement of each loaded car and the
/ return of the same car. when empty to the
| point at which 1t was received; when the
| car Is loaded in both directions. then each
!
! the charge of SO 80 on all business handled
! over the line of the Texas Transportation
company. II VIII be understood that SAID
/ charges shall be held separate and distinct
/ from tho freight rates applying between
( san Antonio and other points In the State
I of Texas.
/ D. Chicago, Rock Island and Texas rail-
way: Said company Is authorized 10 absorb
| the switching charge of $3.50 per car on
/ coal from Bridgeport destined to. Bowie
/ when consigned to industries located on the
/ ~ Denver
| Railway company.
! General Rules 1. The service Of switch.
! Ing shall include the movement OF a car
loaded in one direction and empty in the
/ opposite direction When ear is loaded
when being switched in both directions a
| switching charge shall be made for each
movement.
. Railroad companies shall maintain at an
| points where switching is necessary, ade-
! quate force and equipment to perform such
/ switch nil cars In the order of dare and
/ time in which the cars are rendered to
them for such service. a railroad compnny
! by connecting line shall place the cars 70
4 he so moved at n proper point of connec.
tlon and then notify such connecting line Of
| the fact. furnishing fst of the cars and
| specifying the exact points to and from
which they are to he switched.
Sec. .. Drnyage: Railroad companies shall
| not In any case. assume, either In whole
| or in part. the cost Of drawing freight from
or to their dcpots at points whore ship
ments originate or at destination, hut they
| may assume such cost In transferring
| through shipments Mt junction points In the
| route to destination, In cases whore trans-
fer of the freight in cars over the rails Is
! impracticahle. or whore the transfer by
dravage nj such junction points is more ex-
Incident: provided. however. that this rule
| shall not he construed ms canceling any NJ
! tho provisions set forth In circular No. 1913.
| which was made permanently effective nv
an order contained In circular No 800, Of
March -, 1897.
All other rates heretofore approved or
adopted for switching service are hereby
| cancelled
This order shall take effect April is.
II is ordered that commodity tariff No.
80A, issued by this commission to apply on
fence posts, cedar logs and poles, carloads,
and on blocks, logs. timber. pilng, etc.
carloads, and effective March 10. 1899, he
amended by including In the list Of articles
subject to the rates specified In table Of
rates section thereof. onk. magnolia linn.
! cedar, gum and other lnrd wood timber or
blocks. used In the manufacture of han
| dies. spoies. felies. furniture, cooperage
| and other articles requiring such classes of
| wood.
This order shall take effect April ID
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