The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-13
THE WEEK OF HEARINGS.
Railroad Commission Will Consider
Matters Of Importance.
THE SAFETY DEVICES FOR CROSSINGS
viii Probably Preeipitate Some Interest,"
ing Proeeedinss-AIso the Establish
ment Of Recompressina Rules.

AVAas' october l2--This Is tho
week Tor hearings before the railroad com.
mission and, while the docket annsors -
De rather heavy, 1t is believed that an a,
the hearings will be disposed of In A.
ieast two days, and possibly a day.
Inc hearings viii open Tuesday morp,ne
ana the following is the order In ,h,os
the hearings will be called:
a. Satety devices, interlockIng s,pi+obos
49,, ntst set Tor July 80 continued ~
3. Probos dpd then ts to October Is. "
per from points on the Jefferson and Sorth
Mestern railway, first set for September n
out continued. II
8. Proposition to establish class IN
i oeSS Oh lhlrd class rating on oilcloth, car.
A. Reimbursement OF rates on GROSS +,o,
from Houston East and West Texas All
sunset lines to FL Paso '-'
r, w. kTeadlustlnent of the rates on cotton
from Texas and New Orleans, Gulf. Bean.
mont and Kansas City and Gulf ReSU.
mont and Great Northern stations 10 Hons.
ton aud Galveston.
O. Proposed mileage tariff on su,a, .,,,,,,
carloads. "Ns'' u"ne'
l. Proposition to establish rules relating
TO recompressinG cotton
o proposition TO cancel emergency rates
on cement. carloads.
8. Proposition 10 establish maximum
common point rate OF 25 cents on OH M.
tro!eum and its products tnot crude and
tuel petroleum as covered by commodity
tallH No. 21B).
The most Important Of the above hear.
ings VIII likely he the lnterlorklng switches
ana safety devices al railroad CROSSINGS
and tue establishment Of rules for recon.
pressing cotton. The establishment OF
maximum common point rate OF 2J cents
on OIL and petroleum may also prove very
Interesting
The circular ordering the hearing on the
InlDlnnrnCEtnU ~ ts EN-
On November 4, 1899 the railroad com
mission Cancelled the eighth ninth and
tenua rules of section g OF commodity
tar!m No. I'D, relating to the manner Of
collecting charges for recompressing cot
ton, which order was in pursuance OF
decree OF that date entered by the com
mission wherein 1t reclted the terms Of q
certain agreement made in the presence
of the commission. The agreement proyid-
ed that the Interior compresseS would EN-
ploy an inspector to be stationed at Gal
weston to overlook the Inspection of com
pressed cotton made by the Galveston Mar
Spected, when not meeting the require
ments as to density, sufflciency of bands.
etc, scale OF charges for repairing and
reconditloning the same was agreed upon.
formerly prevailed and the manner OF as
pertaining same has appeared to work to
the advantage and interest Of all concerned.
Certain interior congresses have refused
and stlll refuse to bear any part of the
expense of maintaining an inspection Of the
compressed cotton, as above outlined, and
yet seek to avail themselves of the benefits
accrulng therefrom."
The order of the commission on the oil
and petroleum is as follows.
1T Is ordered that notice be and the
same is hereby given to all persons in.
terested that the railroad commission OF
Texas will on Tuesday, October 49, 1901,
at its office In Austin lake up and con
slider the matter OF the adoption OF the
rate of % couts per 100 pounds for the
transportation Of oil, petroleum and prod
ucts, viz Coal or carbon benzine, ben-
zole petroleum Guhlicatlng). naptha and
gasoline In tank cars furnished BY shipper,
straight or mixed carloads also In bar
reIs and cases and petroleum in glass
boxed In jacketed cans ana TIN cans
boxed. straight or mixed carloads, from
Houston to all points In the common point
territory where the current firth class rates
|The rate from Houston TO apply as max
imum between points TO which 1t applies
from Houston,
in differential territory 10 be made by add
ing TO the Houston common point rate the
current fifth class diherenual.
THE commission viii also consider the
adoption of the following ms an exception
70 the Western classification;
Carload petroleum storage tanks Tor Pc
troleum and its products, intended IoI
permanent oil stations Will be Transporter
at actual weight ut the oil rate WneD ulIeI
with oil that pays the current tlIiu lutt
"Note-It must be understood lhuJ tuIH
notice Is not intended TO disturb the exist
ing rates on crude ana fuel peroleum q
established by commodity tariu NO I'D
issued August 3, 1901 ..,r,ts.
When this docket is cleared the comlniS,,
sion will not have any more hearings un.t'
November 7, unless something very III
Dortaut is called to their attention