The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-03-19
PORT PASCAGOULA
Wins RATE Case

After two-years' fight the Chamber
of Commerce Pascagoula-M MOSS Point
and business interests of the port have
won their fight for parity OF freight
rates with New Orleans, Mobile and
Gulfport.
The decision of the Interstate Com
merce Commission was rendered this
week and the order accompanying
the same is given herwith:
at is ordered, That the above named
defendants (the various railroad COM
panies named in the complants-Ed.) }
according as they participate in the
transportation, be, and they are here
by notified and required to cease and
desist, on or before June 18th, 1920,
and thereafter to abstain from publish
ing, demanding, or collecting for trans
portation between Pascagoula and
Moss Point, Miss, on the one hand,
and Ohio river crossings and Missis-
sippi River crossings north of Memphis,
Tennessee, Chicago, ILL.,, and related
points on the other or between Pasca
goula and Moss Point, Miss, on the
one hand, and htlanta Ga and Chat-
tanooga and Knoxville, Tenn, on the
others any class or commodity rates,
except commodity rates on lumber, ii.
excess of those constructed upon the
basis referred to in the next tw) sue
ceeding paragraphs hereof.
'It is further ordered, That the
above named defendants, according as
they participate in the transportation,
be, and they are hereby, notified and
required to establish on or before
June 18th, 1920, upon notice to this
! commission and to the general public
by not less than 80 days filing and
| posting in the manner prescribed i'll
| section 6 of the act to regulate com
! merce, and thereafter to maintain and
apply between Pascagoula and Moss
! Point, Miss, on the one hand. ana
/ Ohio river crossings and Mississippi
River crossings north of Memphis,
/ Tenn, Chicago, H., and related points
on the other. class and commodity
rates. except commodity rates on ium
Der. net in excess of the corresponding
rates contemporaneously maintained
by them between the last named points
on the one hand, and New Orleans, La.
Mobile, Ala, and Gulfport, Miss, or
the other hand
at is further ordered, That the above
named defendants, according as they
participate in the transportation, be
and they are hereby notified and re
nuired to establish son or before JUNE
18th. 1920, upon notice to this commits
sion and to the general public by no
less than 80 days filing and postin'
in the manner prescribed in section
of the act to regulate commerce, ani
thereafter to maintain and apply be
tween Pascagoula and Moss Point
Miss, on the one hand, and Atlanta
Ca, and Chattanooga, and Knoxville
Tenn, on the other, class and com
modify rates, except commodity rate
on lumber, not in excess of the col
responding rates contemporaneousl.
maintained by them between the las
named points and New Orleans, La
of Gulfport, Miss.
"And it is further ordered, That thi
order shall continue in force for
period of not less than two years frol
the date when it shall take effect
1t will be noted that commodit
, rates on lumber are excepted from tn
commissions order. This is due
the fact that these rates were alread
on a parity with the ports mentione
and no complaint was made.
The equalization of Pascagoula
: freight rates with other ports on tt
coast will give big impetus to I'll
growth and development OF our port