Milford chronicle., 1908-06-12
Freight Rates Considered.

:
v Society has been correspondent
i with Mr.. Kingston, the Pennsyl
: vania Railroad Freight Agent 70
this peninsula, and their question
4 and answers are of interest to thos
who ship produce to the grea
s cities.
From the correspondence W,
; learn that there has been no change
in the rate charged for shipping
f tomatoes from points on this pen
f insula to Baltimore; but the empty
packages will be returned from that
point to the place shipped from
free Of charge.
In regard to carrying peaches,
in reply to a question as to reduc-
ing charges because the cars will
not be shelved, the Railroad Com
pany says;
Last year (I9o7) when it was
first decided not to shelve cars we
reduced the rates on peaches to
many points, and in addition to the
reduction in rates, we also reduced
the carload minimum from IS, 900
pounds to $4,000 pounds to all
points in both refrigerator and
ventilated cars with the excep-
ton of shipments to New England
points in refrigerator cars where
the minimum still remains at co.
600 pounds.
From this you will see that last
year we not only continued the use
of shelved cars but also gave you
the benefit of the reduced rates. To
nearby points such as Wilmington,
Chester, Philadelphia and Balti-
more the rates had already been
worked down to such a low basis
that we could not make any re-
duction.
To the question, Is the shipper
compelled to pay for the extra
weight of package where the SIS
basket or other peach packages are
rated?
Answer:
We have established estimated
for the different packages
n which peaches are usually ship
led and these weigets will be used
egardless of the actual weights.
The estimated weights are as fol-
ows:
Peaches in handle baskets,
mall, 10 pounds each; Peaches I
4 handle baskets, medium, IS
ounds each; peaches in handle |
large, 20 pounds each; y
caches in As baskets IS pounds -
ach; peaches in 5-S baskets, 80 o
ounGs each; peaches in 3-gallon
arriers or crates, 20 pounds each; v
caches in 4-gallon carriers or b
rates 80 pounds each; peaches in L
gallon carriers or crates, 40 pds. D
lch; peaches in bushel crates, so ;,
0uHds each. "
Among other concessions recen- 49,
Y made for the benefit of shippers
! the peninsula, you should not N
Sc sight of the fact that the Penn "
lvania Railroad Company recen-
= increased their refrigerator car
uiPment by building about 900
these cars so that we could fur
5h them for shipments off the
without cost except that
icing. have been informed that
is practice has been the means Of
wing the owners of fruit about ~
S per car as compared with the VI
| charges for refrigeration. MAJ
Referring to recent conversation =
alive to shippers disappearing
pments, below find part of Sec
D 10 OF the Interstate Commerce
t bearing on this subject:
Any person and any officer or
mt Of any corporation or com
~ who shall deliver property for
to any common car
: subject to the provisions of
5 Act, or for whom as consignor
cOnsignee any such carrier shall
1sport property who shall know
ly and willfully, by false billing,
e classification, false weighing,
e representation Of the contents
he package, OF false. report of
ght, or by any other device or
ms, whether with or without
consent or cOnnivance of the
-ier, its agent or agents, obtain
for such property at
than the regular rates then es-
ished and in force on the line of
shall be deemed
ty of fraud which is hereby de-
ed to be a misdeamor, and
! upon conviction thereof, in
court of the United States of
petent jurisdiction within the
-ict in which such offence was
mitted, be subject for each of
E to a fine of not exceeding five