Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-03-22

volves moro changes than any "'h
,,,ir nuhication ever issued by Amer |
ic,n railroads. The work done IN |
preparation for this issue ~ SAL" ="
have cost the railroads approximately |
$4,000
Most important Phases.
"Of the many phases ot inc wv
sion the FIRST in importance are vi"
rules and regulations. The carriers
propogod many changes. These ara
applicable to every city. town """
| hamlet west of the Mississippi river
/ The state commissions made ool''
/ tiong to fourteen Of these rules. ana
/ changes were made or ordered III
/ twelve of them.
"A concrete illustration OF these
concerns the duuuago allowance.
Prior To the issuance of No. 81, 'h'
carriers permitted the shippers To use
lu,n..,. and boards To prop mp ma'h'h'
cry in n car. the railroads hauling '"'
pounds of such lumber free OF 'na'E'
No II abolished the dunnag' PRIV
Icrc. and the commission ordered
rnlnptatcd When one considers the
thousands of shipments that ar" mau'
annually. the importanc" of Euch
ruling can be appreciated.
Another change of Importance y"
tho Western half of the United S'a''N
concerns green hides. The carriers
nut I'm n rule permitting them To re-
fuse Ia take green hides for shipment
hot
stored or handled In live stock cars.
and not Coutamiuate other common
ties and claimed that the carriers
should be- compelled to accept the
same for transportation, our position
was sustained by the commission.
Minimum Rate Ruling
Several hundred advances wore
: proposed hy the railroads In minimum
!, weights. They announced their POI
icy to be the establishment OF mini
, NUNS upon the physical capacity o'
;, tho cars. refusing to take into consul
Grafton the commercial conditions
surrounding the transportation.
n Carload Mixtures.
zone of the most important parts o
q this case concerns carload mixtures
r. The carriers proposed the elimination
% OF carload mixtures on 23l artlc'es
and proposed changes restricting car
:, load mixtures on more than three hun
dred other articles. One of the mos
I important changes affecting carioa'
!. mixtures which serves M an illustra
% ton of the effect of such changes
, concerns binding twino. Prior to IN
a issuance of No. 81. the carriers pei
10 mitted binding twine to be 'shlppe
/. mixed with agricultural Implement
"a all of which took carload rates. i
ID No 81. they proposed to apply les
IN than carload rates on all shipments c
binding Irvine made In this manner
This would have caused an advanc
"A OF about one hundred per cent IN th
~ freight rates on binding twine. an
+, more than ninety per cent OF all bin'
,o ing Irvine shipments. we were toi
"a. by the largest shippers In the cou'
N. try, would be affected by this hundre
~ per cent advance.
-. AS indicating the policy OF VI
"a carriers. thirty-two articles had ca
a load mixtuses granted to them. viii
a. over Ave hundred articles we're totai
hv eliminated from carload mixtures.
h, the mixtures were changed or r
=. stricted. The Interstate commer'
IN commission has ordered the carrie
100 to purdue Numerically the opposi
In course. Instead OF restricting mi
MA lures. they are instructed to ma
is. them more liberal.
n, In addition TO these changes
nv rules. the commission made spec'
~. orders disappearing advances on
long list OF articles. The decision
-, this case Is the most epoch-maki
ga. on Classification matters ever rend
eat ed by the Interstate commerce co
,as mission"