The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-08
FREE TIME REDUCED
RAILROAD COMMISSION MAKES
 AN ORDER OF INTEREST.
Demurrage on Cars Loaded With Ger tain Articles to Begin in Forty eight Hours Instead of
 Seventy-two.

At its regular monthly meeting held yesterday the Alabama Railroad Commis- sion made an order reducing the free time on cars containing certain articles. This order was made upon the applica- ton of the Alabama Car Service Associa- tion, the matter having been argued at meeting of the Commission held on June End.
 The order is of so much interest to shippers that 1t is herewith published in full:
 Application of the Alabama Car Service Association to amend Rule so as to re- duce the free time on articles named in said rule to forty-eight hours instead of seventy-two as heretofore allowed.
 Heard before the Railroad Commission of the State of Alabama, June 7, 1902
 The Commission, after a full and care fuI consideration of the facts in this cause. made the following order, to wit:
 Rule of the Alabama Car Service As- sociat ation is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
 On cars arriving during the forenoon. after o'clock a. m., and held for orders from consignees. car service will be charged after the expiration of forty eight hours from F o'clock m. of that day. provided notification has been given previous to that time, and on cars airiv- ing after 12 o'clock m., to. and including o'clock a. m., of the following day, car service charges will commence forty eight hours from ' a. m. of that following day, provided notification has been given previous to this time. Should notification not be given within the times prescribed, car service will commence forty-eight hours from the hour of notification, pi O. vided further, that when any sonsignee ahnn fo1tP nr dIINinR any one day loaded with any of the articles named in Rule 1, the said cars, in excess of three (5) shall not be liable to demurrage by any railroad company until after the expiration of seventy-eight hours from the hour of notification as above provided.
 It is ordered and directed that Rule 5 of the Commission be repealed. It is further ordered that Rule be amended by striking out the caption, as follows: ''As to all cars containing articles otfer than those excepted by Rule l. the fol- lowing rule shall apply. viz:" % tEat said rule shall read as follows:
 Rule 6. Whenever any railroad company fails to deliver at the depot or to place loaded cars arriving after 12 o'clock at night and before F o'clock noon of that day, at an accessible place for unloading within forty-eight hours (not including Sundays and legal hohdays) computed from F o'clock noon of said day, and the payment of freight charges thereon, or when any railroad company fails to deliver at the depot or to place loaded cars arriving after F o'clock noon or be- fore F o'clock at night of any day at an accessible place for unloading, within forty-eight hours (not including Sundays and legal holidays) computed from 2 o'clock a. m., of the day after the arr rival of the same and the payment of freight charges thereon, the shipper or consignee shall be paid $1 for each day said delivery is so delayed, provided that no penalty shall be imposed upon any railroad company if delay in placing cars s caused by the condition of the weather or other circumstance not due to the neg Iigence of the railroad company, and pro- vided further, that such charges shall be paid by the railroad company actually causing the delay. Provided, that the above rules shall not affect the city of Mobile.