The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-04-29
JOINT RATES MADE
BY STATE BOARD

The Minnesota railroad and ware
house committee yesterday announced
traffic as required by the eastman joint
rate law passed in 1913. 1t was eX-
pected that the commission would
adopt a specific schedule of rates as
distance tariff law, but after consider
ing the proposition for some time, the
commission decided simply to adopt
rules fixing percentages and to allow
the different railroads to fix the Sched-
ules themselves.
Following are the rules promulgated
yesterday by the. commission:
No. Joint through rates for less
than carload shipments shall be made
on a basis OF 80 per cent Of the sum Of
the local rates, plus the actual drayage
charge at transfer point, where such
charges are published in the regular
tariff.
For Carload Shipments.
No. 2Toint through rates for car
load shipments shall apply via the
shortest available route where there
are track connections and railroad
companies shall absorb all transfer
class and classes A, E, C, D, E, and for
commodity schedules 10, IA, 15I Is, IL,
Is, 10, 20, 81, "a, &c, 81. %, 20 80 81 80
SO "a IS and SO shall remain on the
local rates and shall apply through all
junction points within the state; sche-
dulles II and IL, So per cent of local
rates and shall apply through all june
ton points except where shipments
move between Minneapolis and Mime
sofa. Transfer for st. Paul n Duluth,
when the joint rates shall be the local
I'm" plus an arbitrary Of 5 cents for
100 pounds: for schedules ~ and 70, IS
per cent of local rate and shall apply
through all junction points except
where the shipments move from Duluth
through the twin cities to points in
Minnesota, the originating line receiv-
ing no more than the division 1t now
takes on such through shipments; for
schedule rs the rate shall be made up
on the basis Of the arbitrary applying
Dec. 81, 1913, to all shipments moving
through Duluth. St. Paul, Minneapolis
or Minnesota Transfer from producing
points plus the local rate charged by
the delivering line; commodity schedule
16 shall be exempt from application of
joint rates; Joint rates for all freight
in carloads and less than carloads NOV
ing over the lines of the Omaha and
the North Western shall be made up on
the basis of the mileage rate establish
ed by the commission for class A rail-
roads.
No. 3. Six small logging roads in
northern Minnesota are exempted from
the application of the joint rate rule.
Limited by Through Rate
No. 4. In no case shall a Joint rate
on carload or less than carload lots be
less imam Il6 lIIuuSI lolC W IL SihS1S
line in the same parts, provided the
single line mileage does not exceed the
joint mileage.
No. S. No joint rate shall be less
than los per cent Of the local rates for
an equal mileage of the line reaching
the destination of the shipment.
No. 6. In no case shall a joint rate
be less than the local rate to or from
the junction point of either of the
lines. ..H,
No. Z. In no case shall the rule ap-
ply to traffic passing over two. lines
which move the traffic on a switching
rate.
No. s. In case traffic is moved over
three lines, one of which moving on
the switching rate, the rule shall ap-
ply only to the other two.
No. 9. The minimum charge on a
single shipment will be 80 per cent Of
the aggregate charge for 100 pounds
at third-class rate, but in no case shall
the charge be less than 25 cents for the
entire movem emf. X
. No. 10. The percentages n arb
~traries provide for the making of maxi
mum Joint rates, but carriers may pub
lish Joint rates on a lower basis.
No. IL. Each carrier not exempted
by his order is required to establish
joint rates to apply through all points
of connection within the state. This
may be done by naming the rate or pro-
viding specific rules to govern in max
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