The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-12-08
EFFECTIVE JANUARY End
Rates on Fruits to Points Beyond
Jacksonville Are Lowered and
Carload Is Fixed.

Washington, D. CATER an ex
haustive review of the efforts of the
Florida railroad commission to reg
ulate the reasonableness of interstate
rates applying to the movement Of
traffic into and out of the state, the
Interstate Commerce Commission rem
dered an opinion favorable to the
Florida Fruit and Vegetable Shippers
association against the Atlantic
Coast Line and the railroad commits
sion of Florida against the Seaboard
Air Line.
The whole case is substantially set
out in the finding and order of the
commission as follows:
From the facts disclosed by the
record held that the rates upon pine
apples, citrus fruits and vegetables
which would result from the applica-
ton of the distance tariff given in
the report herein upon the lines OF
the Florida East Coast Railway COM
pany, the Atlantic Coast Line railroad
company and the Seaboard Air Line
railway from points in Florida up to
Jacksonville, when destined to any
points beyond in other states, would
be just and reasonable, that they
ought not to be exceeded for the flu
ture and that the present rates of
those carriers are unjust and unrea'
sonable to the extent that they ex-
coed such rates.
These cases being at issue upon
complaints and answers on file and
having been duly heard and submit.
ted by the parties and full investiga'
ton of the matters and things involv-
ed having been had and the commits
sion being Of the opinion that the
present rates on pineapples, citrus
fruit and vegetables from points on
the Florida East Coast railway, the
Seaboard Air Line railway and the
Atlantic Coast Line railroad to Jack
sonville when destined for points be-
yond in other states are unjust and
unreasonable insofar as the rates
named in paragraphs hereof would
for the future be just and reasona.
BILE.
ut is ordered that the defendant
Florida East Coast Railway company,
Seaboard Air Line railway and Allan
tic Coast Line railroad company be
and they are hereby notified and re-
quired to cease and desist on or be-
fore the End day of January, 1912,
and for period of not less than two
years thereafter, abstain from exact
ing for the transportation on pineap-
pies, citrus fruits and vegetables in
carloads and less than carloads from
points of production upon their vari-
GUS lines of railway to Jacksonville
when destined for points beyond in
other states and rates in excess of
those mentioned in paragraph 8
hereof.
1t is further ordered that said de-
PENDANTS mentioned in paragraph 2
hereof be and they are hereby mott
fled and required to establish on or
before the End Of January, 1912, and
maintain in force thereafter during
period of not less than two years and
apply to the transportation of pineap-
pies, citrus fruits and vegetables in
carload and less than carload quaint
ties, the carload minimum being "a,
600 pounds for vegetables under ven
tilations and 1880 pounds for vege-
tables under refrigeration from points
of production upon defendants vari-
Gus lines or railway to Jacksonville,
when destined for points beyond in
other states, rates which shall not
exceed the following in cents per
standard box of eighty pounds in
case of pineapples and citrus fruits
and in cents per standard crate of
fifty pounds in case of vegetables"
Here follows the tariff which hereaf-
ter is to be used in making these ship
ments).
Louis c. Massey represented the
railroad commission at the hearing,
and A. A. Boggs appeared for the
Fruit and Vegetable Growers.