The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-30
TARIFFS APPROVED
BY COMMISSION
Substantial Reductions in Rates
Are Shown
NO INCREASES ACCEPTED
All Roads Are Ordered to Sell Tickets
and Check Baggage Where
There Is
Station.

0hdtlons
Montgomery. July 29.--(Special AT a
meeting of the state railroad commission
today, at which all the members were
present, revised tariffs ordered by the
commission at its July meeting, were
approved except that in no case where
a new rate is an increase over the old
will be accepted. Taken as a whole, there
have been very substantial reductions in
several of the most generally used COM
modities. The Louisville and Nashville.
for instance showing the following aver-
age reductions: Cotton, Is per cent; fer
tilizer, "A per cent; native hay and grain,
90 per cent; brick. stone, gravel and
sand, 50 per cent; cement, 90 per cent;
lime and plaster, 90 per cent; lumber,
laths, shingles, slaves and headings, 10
per cent; all these being on class rates.
On the call of the docket the Seaboard
was ordered to stop trains at Armstrong
until January; new rates on the Alabama
Northern approved; the Tuskegee road
was ordered to show cause why it should
not reduce passenger fares; all roads
were ordered to sell tickets and check
baggage where there is station, and
the Southern was refused permission to
cease stopping fast trains at Edwards
VILE. 1t was also shown that arrange
ments had been made for a depot at
Rutherford, on the Seaboard.
New Tariff Order.
The following is the order putting the
IF raf &c into force. which
is signed only by Associate Commissioners
Tunstall and Sanders:
Before the railroad commission of Ala
bama, Montgomery, Alabama, July -,
1906
In the matter of revised tariffs.
In compliance with an order of this
commission made May 6, 1905, requiring
the railroad companies operating in Ala
bama to submit to the commission re-
vsed tariffs for the p/pose of correct
ing Inequalities, inaccuracies. and dis
ordinations existing in the rates apply
ing In this state" the several companies
have submitted their revised tariffs. These
tariffs have been carefully examined and
checked; and all proposed increases elm
mated With such eliminations, said
tariffs are now found to be in compliance
with the former order of this commission:
and 1t is ordered that the same be, and
they are hereby approved Provided. that
no increase of any rate in said proposed
new tariffs Is approved; but such increases
are hereby disapproved and dsallowed.
W. c. TUNSTABL,
w. IT. SANDERS,
Associate Commissioners, Railroad Com
mission of Alabama.
Rate Reductions.
Asked for a list of changes made by
the new tariffs. V. c. Griffin, clerk of
the commission, gave out the follow
ing lists of average reduction upon va
rious commodities based upon the entire
mileage in Alabama of each road;
Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
Cotton. a reduction of % per cent on
class rate.
Fertilizer. a reduction Of "a per cent on
class rate.
Native grown hay and grain. reduction
of 96 per cent on class rate
Brick stone. gravel and sand, reduc-
ton of IS per cent on class rate.
Cement. reduction of so per cent on class
rate.
Lime and plaster. reduction of 30 per
cent on class rate.
Lumber. laths, shingles, slaves and
heading, reduction of 10 per cent.
Memphis Division, Southern.
Native grown hay and grain, reduc-
ton of II per cent.
Barrel material reduction of 26 per
cent.
Southern Railway, Main Line.
Brick, reduction of 40 per cent on class
rate.
Central of Georgia.
Fertilizer, reduction of 10 per cent
Cord wood reduction of IA per cent.
Live stock. a reduction of Z per cent
Bacon, lard and molasses, a reduction
of per cent.
Native grown hay and grain. reduc-
ton of IL per cent.
Columbus and Western division:
Live stock, reduction of per cent
Fertilizer a reduction of per cent.
Cord wood, a reduction of II per cent.
Montgomery and Eufaula division
Live stock reduction Off per cent.
Bagging and ties, reduction of 10 per
cent.
Bacon, lard and molasses, reduction of
SIS per cent.
Fertilizer, a reduction of 7 per cent.
Cord wood, a reduction of IA per cent
Native grown hay and grain, a reduc-
ton of 1871 per cent.
East Alabama division:
Coffee, and dry goods, reduction of
IS per cent
Cotton, in bales, reduction of per
cent.
Ice, reduction of II per cent.
Native grown hay and grain, a reduc-
ton of per cent.
Scrap iron, a reduction of 2S per cent
Live stock a reduction Of 6.5 per cent
Brick, a reduction of 40 per cent from
class rate.
Fertilizer, reduction OF 10 per cent
from class rate.
Cord wood. - per cent reduction.
Columbus and Andalusia division:
Cotton seed hulls, l.. c. L., reduction