The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-02-14
RAILROADS OFFS. c.
CAN INCREASE RATE
DISCREPANCY BETWEEN IN
TERSTATE AND INTERSTATE
FARES GIVES UNFAIR AD-
VANTAGE-SM-TENTHS OF A
CENT PER MILE MORE TO BE
COLLECTED ON INTERSTATE
LINES-UNIFORM CHARGES
TO BE ENFORCED


Washington, Feb. 12.-The de.
cision of the interstate commerce
commission announced here today
in the matter of the South Carolina
intrastate rates, fares and charges,
is of more than ordinary impor-
tance. 1t will be remembered that
recently the legal authorities of
South Carolina appeared here and
begged the commission to refuse the
demands of the railroads for in
creases in interstate rates. Hereaf-
ter Is cents must be paid when no
ticket is purchased. Following is a
brief resume of the findings:
Excluding from our finding any
respondent whose line is not over 40
miles in length and whose intra-
state fares are on the basis of four
or five cents per mile, we are of the
opinion and find that, with the ex-
ception of the increase made by re-
spondent -Seaboard Air Line railway
in its fare between Charleston and
Savannah, the increases made by
the respondent steam railroads re-
lating to passenger fares, and now
in effect, and the corresponding in
creases made by the Piedmont and
Northern Railway company, and
now in effect, result in reasonable
passenger fares for interstate
transportation within the group con-
sidered in this proceeding, and that
the failure of said respondents to
increase the standard intrastate
fares correspondingly within the
state of South Carolina has resulted
in intrastate fares lower than the
corresponding interstate fares, is
undue prejudice to persons travel
ing in interstate commerce within
the state of South Carolina and be-.
tween points in the state Of South
Carolina, land in unjust discrimina-
tion against interstate commerce.
Fix Trip Fare
"That the reasonable maximum
fare for the transportation of pas
sengers between Charleston and Sa-
vannah by way Of the Seaboard Air
Line railway is, and for the future
will be S3.42, which is on the basis
of 8. cents per mile.
"That the failure of respondent
Seaboard Air Line railway to in
crease its intrastate fares to and
from points in South Carolina on it's
line ebtween Charleston and Savan-
nah correspondingly with the in
crease made by said respondents in
their interstate fares as aforesaid
has resulted, and will result, in in
trastate fares lower than the CORES
ponding interstate fares, in undue
prejudice to persons travelling in in
terstate commerce within the state
of South Carolina and points in 9TH
er states in undue prejudice of and
advantage to persons travelling in
trastate in South Carolina and in
unjust discrimination against inter-
state commerce.
f'That the increases made by the
respondent steam railroads relating
to the minimum charge per passen-
ger and the corresponding increase
made by respondent Piedmont &
Northern Railway company result
in reasonable minimum charges per
passenger and the corresponding in
crease made by respondent Pied
mont & Northern Railway company
result in reasonable minimum
charges per passenger for inter-
state transportation within the
group considered in this proceeding,
and that the failure of respondents
To maintain the intrastate minimum
charge per passenger. for transpor-
tation within the state Of South
Carolina. and to increase said
charge correspondingly has resulted