The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-06-13
Railroad Commissioners of
Georgia Finally Decide.
FLAT FIGURES ADOPTED
Barring lnjunctions, ETC., by Roads,
Passengers in Empire State of
the South Will Be Riding
Cheaper After Sept. 2.

Friday, finally adopted its much-talk-
ed-of orGer reducing the passenger
rates in Georgia.
The decision, as a whole, was the
decision of Commissioners H. w. Hill.
chairman, and o. B. Stevens, Commis-
sioner Joseph NJ. Brown dissenting
from that portion of it which put the
railroads named in the 2-cent and 2 ID
cent classes. His opinion was that
these roads should have been put on
the same basis as the others named.
TO the rest Of the decision, however,
he gave his hearty approval.
There appears to be no doubt from
the comment that the commission has
given the people just what they want
ed The reductions are material and
at the same time are not too severe
upon the railroads, though there
seems to be little doubt that they will
be contested in the courts.
The commission reclassifes the fol-
lowing roads, and promu!ategs the
following ra:es for ea b of said roads
to become effective on and after Sep
tember 2, 1907, to-wit:
The following lines are placed in
passenger class A, and will be allowed
to charge as full fare for the trans
porta;ion Of passengers between points
in this state, 2 cents per mile:
Class A-Atlanta and West Point
Railroad company, Western and At
iantic railroad.
Subject to the foregoing the follow
ing lines are placed in class B, 2 IA
cents per mile:
Class B-Atlantic Coast Line Rail-
road company, Georgia Railroad com.
pany, Charleston and Western Caro-
lima Railway company.
Subject to the foregoing the follow
ing lines are placed in class c, 2 IL
cents per mile:
Glass C-Alabama Great Southern
Railroad company, Central of Georgia
Railway company, Georgia Southern
and Florida Railway company, Sea.
board Air Line Railway company,
Southern Railway company.
Subject to the foregoing the follow
ing lines are placed in class D, 3
cents per mile:
Glass D-Atlanta, Birmingham and
Atlantic Railroad company, Albany
and Northern Railway company, Au-
gusta and Florida Railway company,
Augusta Southern Railroad company,
Chattanooga Southern Railroad COM
pany, Douglas, Augusta and Gulf Rail-
road company, Louisville and Nash
vile Railroad company, Macon and
Birmingham Railway company, Ma
con, Dublin and Savannah Railroad
company, Millen and Southwestern
Railroad company, Milltown Air Line,
Ocilla and Valdosta Railroad compa-
ny, Dublin and Southwestern Railroad
company, Flint River and Gulf Rail-
road company, Flint River and North.
eastern Railroad company, Gainesville
Midland Railway company, Garbutt
and Donovan Short Line railroad,
Georgia, Florida and Alabama Rail-
way company, Georgia Northern Rail-
way company, Hawkinsville and Flor-
ida Southern railway, Register and
Glennville Railway company, Savan-
nah and S:atesboro Railway company,
South Georgia Railway company, Tai
bottom Railroad company, Union
Point and White Plains Railroad COM
pany, Valdosta Southern Railway
company, Wadley Southern Railway
company, Wrightsville and Tennille
Railroad company.
Subject to the foregoing the follow
ing lines are placed In class T.,
cents per mile:
Class E-Fitzgerald, Ocmulgee and
Red Bluff Railway company, Georgia
Granite Railroad company, HartWell
Railway company, Sylvania and Gil
rard Railroad company.
Special Group-The Georgia Coast
and Piedmont, cents per mile, ex-
cep: between Glennville and Ludowl'
ci: Flovilla and Indian Springs rail-
way, Lexington Terminal railroad,
sn,ithsonia and Dunlap, and the San
dersville railroad allowed a minimum
charge of 25 cents; Tallulah Falls
Railway company, 3 IA cents per
mile; Louisville and Wadley Railroad
company, 4 IL cents per mile.